Has anybody ever officially retired another fighter in the UFC?

[felmmando]

cro cop fought again and never officially retired

Against whom?

 

[Got GOAT]

rick will fight again for sure

Franklin you mean? God, I hope so. He's one of my favorite fighters and has been since 2005. The guy always comes to fight and is a very good ambassador for the sport.

 

[felmmando]

does arguably mean that Hughes actually didn't retired Royce, since he fought after that lost.... The whole meaning of retired means you never fight again. Education buddy, education.

Wow, Sherdog makes a dictionary unnecessary!

However, when I say that Hughes arguably retired Gracie, I am not employing a different meaning of that verb than you are. Rather, I'm suggesting that his loss to Hughes precipitated that retirement, or hastened it more than the controversial win that followed.

 

[Got GOAT]

Almeida fought TJ Grant and Mike Pyle after that.

One could argue that Mark Bocek retired Dustin Hazelett.

Damn, didn't know that. Thought he had retired after that Hughes loss. Now I've gotta check out Almeida's fights with those guys. Those two opponents are good fighters so I'll have to have a look. :icon_chee

 

[rooku]

Tim Sylvia vs Tre Telligman

One of the most brutal knockouts I've seen.

 

[felmmando]

CroCop is still fighting.

Live and learn! I thought I remembered him saying he'd had enough after fighting Nelson but I see he fought six months ago. My bad.

 

[BulldogWrestler]

Diverticulitis retired Brock.

no it didn't lol

I remember all the talk about Lesnar being at 60% with Diverticulitis and how 'SCARY' he was going to be after the surgery being at 100% and look what happened:icon_lol:

 

[yonski]

Franklin retired Liddell

 

[Otto!]

Brock retired Heath Hearing

This.

 

[Otto!]

Rage retired Nick Diaz.

 

[sleepingaides]

machida retired randy

Best example for sure.

 

[zuffazombee]

Pulver's left hand retired John Lewis.

 

[JoshuaGilbert]

Reem-Brock
Brock-Herring
Machida-Couture
Couture-Coleman

 

[TommyGunz]

Franklin vs Lidell. And didn't ubereem retire fujita due to tiger knee/coma?

 

[ethanfranklin]

Rashad retired chuck liddells chin.

Serra retired GSPs killer instinct.

Weidman retired Andersons mystique, after it made a comeback, post Sonnen...

 

[TonyK]

Technically - every fighter that was the last fight in some other fighter's career... Or something like that.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Nick Diaz retired BJ Penn. Liddell retired Couture.

 

[ovbious]

Shamrock zinoviev

came here to write this.

 

[TheKnightMare]

Machida retired Randy. Condit "retired" diaz.

 

[MeGaMaNx18]

Machida retired randy