Anyone know why the great Mark Schultz only had one mma fight?

[RawHawg]

Such a legendary wrestler, and beat Goodridge handily, seems like he could have gone a long way in mma.

 

[Matthew Fedler]

It was more of a bucket list item for him I believe. Also at that point NHB fighting wasn’t an especially lucrative career and he was offered a coaching position with a college team.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

MMA still not that lucrative, especially for such a high level athlete

 

[Kingz]

The movie Foxcatcher made it seem like such a fall from grace.

 

[savemgs]

It was more of a bucket list item for him I believe. Also at that point NHB fighting wasn’t an especially lucrative career and he was offered a coaching position with a college team.

Not to mention he was passed his physical prime.

 

[MysticCam]

Du pont did to his life what USADA did to Jon Jones career

 

[Typrune Goatley]

 

[tenniswhiz]

I remember reading that he and Rickson Gracie did some training together.

 

[Wsb390]

The movie Foxcatcher made it seem like such a fall from grace.

alot of that movie was bs according to him

 

[IamStryker]

Such a legendary wrestler, and beat Goodridge handily, seems like he could have gone a long way in mma.

I made a thread about his MMA fight awhile back, http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/i...for-beating-gary-goodridge-at-ufc-ix.3258767/.

He was paid 50k for that fight. It wasn't a fall from grace like the movie showed. In his book it was a redemptive story.

 

[Matthew Fedler]

The National is a Canadian institution. Nice find!

 

[youngsteinel]

He did it a couple months after his brother was killed. He was in a bad mind state and could probably have used the cash. He was a coach at the time and that was a safer and more lucrative career. He tells a different story everytime though. He obviously has some brain damage and is also a total fucking nutcase. Sad story.

 

[UhHuhSure]

Took the fight on a days notice. Man those NHB fights were fire.

 

[RawHawg]

He did it a couple months after his brother was killed. He was in a bad mind state and could probably have used the cash. He was a coach at the time and that was a safer and more lucrative career. He tells a different story everytime though. He obviously has some brain damage and is also a total fucking nutcase. Sad story.

He looked very good in crossing over to mma in that one fight. Thanks for the info

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

Du pont did to his life what USADA did to Jon Jones career

His first and only fight was after Du Pont.

 

[Te Huna Matata]

alot of that movie was bs according to him

There is a reason he's applied for every NCAA D1 head coaching vacancy in the past 15 years and why he's never landed one. As @youngsteinel stated above, Mark is off his rocker.

 

[psg15]

Also he was the wresting coach at BYU and they didn't want him fighting.

 

[j123]

USADA loomed

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

The movie was all over the map. Schultz did it for a payday. Wrestlers were getting mad money for MMA at that point. Schultz was an odd weight, right in the middle, lots of competition. Cael Sanderson was in the same boat. They could have been great or they were prey.

 

[The Moloko man]

Schultz injured his back in the fight IIRC

So I doubt he wanted to carry on fighting in no holds barred matched and risk injuring himself further while he was coaching at BYU...among other reasons I'm sure