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Hathaway is actually still in the USADA testing pool, so he might come back at some point.
what the fuck, he's been in the testing pool this entire time?
Hathaway is actually still in the USADA testing pool, so he might come back at some point.
Well Gregor just posted this
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
what the fuck, he's been in the testing pool this entire time?
I don't think TS was trying to insinuate it was specifically because of that lossHathaway 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
TJ Grant. Just dissapeared into the potash mines forever it seems.
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
Came here to post this ^
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
He was crab fishing in Alaska and fell off the boat and screamed shit just got real and never was seen again.I miss Cody McKenzie and that weird VT of him scurrying up to the camera with his fists up.
Hope he’s doing good.
Remember Paul sass? He was 10-0 entering the UFC wins 3 straight by submission 2 sub of the night awards then loses 2 and cut. Goes to bellator for 1 fight and retires.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.
I'd blame covid for some of that time offThat 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.