Fighters giving up MMA too early

[Chris John]

All aboard the Brooooo train. Matt Riddle beat Jones in wrestling and was cut over smoking weed. He’s now an A-level juiced up heavyweight athlete in the WWE.

He never wrestled Jones in that tournament, I remember seeing the brackets once and they were on other sides

 

[Vitor CroCop]

Erik Silva whenever he retires

 

[Cpt Migraine]

All aboard the Brooooo train. Matt Riddle beat Jones in wrestling and was cut over smoking weed. He’s now an A-level juiced up heavyweight athlete in the WWE.

Holy shit! Had to google him and i gotta tell you..

Steroids are for real!

 

[Ice Cold]

But I love him as a commentator & analyst.

 

[Elyo Hipkush]

Nick Diaz
TJ Grant
Michael McDonald
170 GSP - Really wanted to see Woodley & Lawler matchups

I'm from Nova Scotia, TJ Grant was my favorite fighter not just because he's from N.S. but because he was an aggressive beast. The TJ Grant story breaks my heart, I miss him greatly.

 

[Hotora86]

I had the discs between c5, c6, and c7 replaced and it was a miracle, completely pain free since.

Wow, great to hear! Are you in any ways limited in physical activity tho? Like hard sparring / heavy lifting allowed or not?

 

[Saabatical]

Lee Murray

 

[Deleted member 429453]

Conor

Twice

When in reality we deserve to watch him lose a few more times

 

[TSK]

Well bas rutten was destroyed physically unfortunately

And Ninja almost died after the Kharitonov fight.

 

[Mike K.O]

But I love him as a commentator & analyst.

Wasn't Dan forced to retire?
I belive it was a hear issue, and doctors said he shouldn't compete, despite Dan saying he never had problems.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Tj Grant and Arona had great fights left in them....

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

David Terrell and Ricardo Arona are the two big ones that jump out to me. Both were top level guys in the divisions when they decided not to fight again and could have had like 10+ years left in MMA.

I think both just decided to focus on teaching BJJ.

 

[TGArthur]

No one puts Ronda after her 8 fight career in the UFC?

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

With a sport like MMA, I don't think it's possible to give it up too early.

If you're not 100% in, and you can only assume those guys weren't because they chose not to fight, then you shouldn't be in MMA.

If they're hearts weren't in it, all they did was save themselves from further brain trauma by leaving imo.

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

TJ Grant. Had a title shot, got a nasty concussion in training. Retired for good. Sad.

 

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Tyrone spong
Genki Sudo
Steven seagull

 

[beastman]

He never wrestled Jones in that tournament, I remember seeing the brackets once and they were on other sides

Well Riddle beat the guy who Jones lost to, so MMA math = Riddle > Jones

 

[beastman]

My vote is Genki

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

greg stott, meanest jab in mma

All joking about his awkward style and general goofiness aside, matching that guy against Mark Kerr was cruel.

 

[Morris88]

No one puts Ronda after her 8 fight career in the UFC?

Nah, when your head is completely out of the fight game, it's the right time to give it up.