Do you think that...

[Luffy]

The money is the main reason many fighters keep fighting and not retiring, instead of wanting a legacy, a challenge and to be recognized, the latter actually being a lot overrated by we fans?

For JJ for example.... Do you think he keeps fighting, has had 2 fights in HW with Stipe being his ideal retirement, as a way to create a legacy, GOAT narrative, or pretty much due to the money? Like, maybe if the fight vs Stipe did make 3x what it did, Jon Jones wouldn't give two f** about retiring... But needing the most he can get in his last fight... So the fact he wants to fight Alex Poatan being totally due to the money that it gets him being on a different level than fighting Aspinall... ? I mean, many casual fans buy PPV... The nerd fans would likely end up buying them both even though if they think one fight is way more sensible than the other, but casual fans will ask who is an Aspinall or what Tom is, but the association to "damn, so this new chama guy who has been challenged even by Usyk to go boxing, who even the president says chama at the end of his speeches now, is fighting the guy who never gets beaten? That's it" will ring to casuals.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Two things can be true. I don’t think GSP came back to fight Bisping bc he needed money.

Jon has a massive ego that needs stroked, occasionally.

I think Poatan is just trying to make as much as he can while the iron is hot, plus he seems to genuinely enjoy seperating other men from their senses.

It really just depends on the fighter. Humans are all motivated differently.

 

[SuperAlly]

Not getting enough attention on your Jon Jones thread an hour and a half before this one?

 

[AmericanMMA]

I think Keith Jardine did ok in ufc

 

[Reptile_Bong_Hit]

As mentioned, I think it depends on the fighter, but will always be some combination of the following:

1. Money vs. what they can earn outside of fighting
2. Health
3. Are they prepared not to be professional fighters anymore (e.g., identify questions);
4. Legacy
5. This is similar to 3, but a little distinct: life outside of the limelight.

 

[Steve Fox]

Addicted to fighting, adrenaline is also a factor.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

You fight until Dana tells you it's over , or Rogan.