Bendo retires from MMA after Bellator Beatdown (Joining Military) Nevermind BJPenn.com sucks

[Meathead Jock]

http://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/bens...rson-stepping-away-from-mma-at-the-age-of-33/

A nice career had; considering the vast majority of his time was with Zuffa I figured it belongs here too.

I guess its to join the military; and he was planning to do it anyways. Looks like he just wanted to try and collect a new belt for his resume before going into the service.

 

[MYSTXRIVL]

LMFAO Koreshkov beat his ass so hard he retired

not sure i believe that source, benson didnt say anything on his twitter about retiring

 

[Tibbles]

Wow, that sucks.

One of the best LWs of all time imo.

 

[The guest]

Like Dana says. If you're even thinking about it. It's time to go.

Best of luck in the future Benson.

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

Hory shirt

 

[SCTwins]

Joining the military?

How fucking random is that.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

WTF, the real headline is the joining the military part. WTF is going on??

 

[Ever Watchful]

Damn. I was hoping he would try for the LW belt in Bellator.

 

[theheater]

benson got beat by a russian and now hes retiring to join the military. true story

good luck sir

 

[KillingJoke]

Good guy. Wish him the best in his future endeavors.

 

[Kick Strickland]

NO WAY!!!!

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

Koreshkov would do well in the UFC

 

[BiC Fist]

That's kind of ridiculous. But if he wants to be a military man, more power to him.

 

[HAWTRIDDUM]

Wow that was quick. I bet bellators pissed that he didn't give lightweight a shot instead.

 

[Zorrox]

This is not related to his loss. He stated this last MMA hour before the fight. He always planned on retiring sometime before he turned 34 for military service, but he also more recently found out the military made exceptions to that age limit so he could possibly continue fighting even longer. This article and thread is clickbait.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

When you get beat so bad that joining the army becomes your safest and quietest option.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

He's 33, they might not even accept him. Apparently he graduated with a double major in justice and sociology. So he'd try to go in as an officer I assume. He would need a waiver.

 

[Bronson]

Maybe it's for the best. Benson thinks that it is. I can respect that.

Cheers to a great career.

 

[WalterSobchak]

That is P4P the shittiest site on the internet.

 

[Meathead Jock]

Wow that was quick. I bet bellators pissed that he didn't give lightweight a shot instead.

Not as pissed as they would be if he went in there and destroyed Koreshkov and retired right after doing it lol.

As it stands if he retires I would think Bellator got good value out of him. His salary is expensive and they got ratings and boosted a star with only having to pay the salary once. Leaves money in the wallet for Rory at 170lbs.

Although if he was willing to cut to 155lbs there was still value in him, but if he was going to stick at 170lbs he would have been overpaid for a non-ppv format.