"....And they were never heard from ever again"

[RockyLockridge]

So I want to make a thread about somewhat promising looking fighters who took a bad loss or even a win and never returned to combat. When thinking about this the first person that pops into my mind is John Hathaway. 17-2 mma record, 9-2 ufc record. after he got Spinning back elbowed by DHK, He never returned to combat. Only 26 years old.

Another one in the making could be Gregor Gillespie. He had an undefeated record of 13-0 before getting KO'd by Kevin Lee.

gregor is now 33, and has not returned to combat in over 14 months.

 

[Askren’s chin]

Gregor is still knocked out

 

[Blayt7hh]

Hathaway didn’t quit because of the loss though. He had Crohn’s disease, which made him drop out of fights frequently. He had a bout scheduled after the knockout that he withdrew from for that. I guess he decided it was to hard to manage the disease with his fighting career

 

[NicholasJBasile]

So I want to make a thread about somewhat promising looking fighters who took a bad loss or even a win and never returned to combat. When thinking about this the first person that pops into my mind is John Hathaway. 17-2 mma record, 9-2 ufc record. after he got Spinning back elbowed by DHK, He never returned to combat. Only 26 years old.

Another one in the making could be Gregor Gillespie. He had an undefeated record of 13-0 before getting KO'd by Kevin Lee.

gregor is now 33, and has not returned to combat in over 14 months.

Gillespie recently posted on his Facebook saying he has an opponent lined up, so I am hopeful.

 

[Antix]

That Gregor knockout was brutal, I didn’t realise he’d been out for 14 months but that’s a long old layoff considering how active he was.

 

[Hassan Mouzine]

gillespie is coming back to face khabib and beat him

people on here actually believed that gillespie was going to beat khabib because he was a wrestler.

 

[The Chosen]

Well Gregor just posted this

 

[Serge421]

TJ Grant. Just dissapeared into the potash mines forever it seems.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Hathaway didn’t quit because of the loss though. He had Crohn’s disease, which made him drop out of fights frequently. He had a bout scheduled after the knockout that he withdrew from for that. I guess he decided it was to hard to manage the disease with his fighting career

huh. I did not know that. the more you know.

I guess it's easy to assume that after such a vicious KO that could spell the end for him

TJ Grant. Just dissapeared into the potash mines forever it seems.

I remember this, he was ontop poised for a title fight with benson

 

[Ares Black]

Brandon Thatch

11-1, next big thing

Loses 4 in a row and retires.

 

[Enigma87]

 

[Memeojima]

That Gregor knockout was brutal, I didn’t realise he’d been out for 14 months but that’s a long old layoff considering how active he was.

He wasn't that active. Guy just wants to fish. Blue collar part time fighter

 

[EndlessCritic]

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/118908-ufc-on-fox-10-pascal-panzer-krauss-vs-adam-khaliev

UFC scheduled this fight in 2014, and then both guys completely fell off the map. Khaliev finally returned in 2019. Krauss never returned and is still only 33.

 

[Prologue]

Pretty unfortunate that Tristan Connelly hasn't come back after derailing the Michel Pereira hype train. Pereira has taken 3 fights since and has arguably got it back on track before Connelly got his second shot.

 

[peterparker66]

one of my favourite fighters was considered a P4p Great Barao lost to TJ and really hasn't won since

 

[sampuncher]

TJ Grant

 

[RockyLockridge]

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/118908-ufc-on-fox-10-pascal-panzer-krauss-vs-adam-khaliev

UFC scheduled this fight in 2014, and then both guys completely fell off the map. Khaliev finally returned in 2019. Krauss never returned and is still only 33.

interesting note, one of Krauss last few ufc fights was a loss to john hathaway.

 

[Volador]

Chris Holdsworth. TUF winner, 6-0. Retired in 2014 after allegedly being sucker punched by TJ Dillashaw in training:

https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/3/...me-has-kept-chris-holdsworth-out-for-nearly-a

 

[Jizzer]

The curious case of Erick Silva a young up and comer with so much potential,

Only fighting since 2005, he has disappeared since a 2019 loss to former 2 weight champion Paul Daley,

He is a cautionary tale to all young fighters

Presumed retired in the infancy of his career at a mere 36 yrs old

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Hathaway didn’t quit because of the loss though. He had Crohn’s disease, which made him drop out of fights frequently. He had a bout scheduled after the knockout that he withdrew from for that. I guess he decided it was to hard to manage the disease with his fighting career

Hathaway is actually still in the USADA testing pool, so he might come back at some point.