Fighters who retired too early

[JustOnce]

Nick Denis

Blast from the past lol rare Denis love

I think I vaguely remember him from Sengoku actually rather than ufc.

 

[JustOnce]

Rule on Gardner?

Doubt he was going to make heavyweight limit stateside.

 

[JustOnce]

Habib, wasnt he like 29?

He was like 32 I think

 

[JustOnce]

Mackens Semerzier

Nice shoutout to Semerzier lol

Ngl, only remember him by getting subbed by purple belt as a decorated bjj black belt lol

 

[JustOnce]

Paul Sass was only 25 when he retired. He beat Michael Johnson and Jacob Volkmann

Paul

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Always wanted to Aoki vs Sass.

 

[JustOnce]

To me the obvious answer is Ronda Rousey. I'm not sure she could have regained the title, but she could for sure have won more fights.

I think she reaches the highs of the highs, and went out when she wanted to.

I don't think she mentally recovered.

for fighting

 

[JustOnce]

I think those T/KO losses at the end and shitty situations in some fights (Aldo fence grabs, no camp vs. Conor) just killed his confidence/motivation, he probably realized the championship window was shut at that point.

He probably was good enough to beat a lot of guys then, perhaps even now.

But may have never been a champ.

 

[JustOnce]

Yeah, I think Mendes retired at a fine time. Just trying to think of someone who retired too early is a bit difficult.

It's def not easy, and easy to forget too.

 

[StewDogg11]

Nice shoutout to Semerzier lol

Ngl, only remember him by getting subbed by purple belt as a decorated bjj black belt lol

Yeah he also subbed Wagnney Fabiano who was a 5th Degree Black Belt and was a huge upset at the time.

 

[Mickey Mick]

Yeah he also subbed Wagnney Fabiano who was a 5th Degree Black Belt and was a huge upset at the time.

I remember this, WEC ruled!

 

[CashMoney1991]

I think GSP retired at a great time, he defended his belt so many times and got tired of it all, I can't blame him, he accomplished everything he could have done at 170, I guess he should have tried to defend 185, but really Dana was on his nuts to help with a card, Khabib is the only fighter that I strongly feel retired early, 3 defenses but could have had at least 5, I wish he ran into a challenge, but never seemed that willing to

 

[CashMoney1991]

It's def not easy, and easy to forget too.

Mendes no doubt retired at a great time, dude went to War with Aldo, got TKO'd by Conor, got knocked the fuck out by Frankie, all within 2 years before the Volk fight, then got TKO'd by him, homie can only take so much brain damage and probably knew he would never win a belt at that point

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Ronda had more fight left
Khabib tucked his tail and ran
What happened to Miguel Torres?

 

[TimeToTrain]

Randy Couture
Dan Severn
Fedor Emelianenko

 

[wufabufa]

Miller getting a lot of love. Wonder if anyone followed him during his run not after?

I dunno man, it's possible that was kind of the dark ages of MMA when Zuffa was just starting to get their shit together. I started following the sport in 2002 and he was already on his way out. Dude was 24 years old and 16-0....damn shame.

 

[PreservedSwine]

David Terrell

 

[dominion]

dude would of ended up dead if he kept fighting. he had a serious heart condition, he's becoming a doctor now so thats a better net positive today.

don't worry though, I am sure Khabib has another cousin in the mountains of daegstan that will make a name for themself in the 145lb division.

They're all cousins

 

[JustOnce]

Here's a throw back. But Clint Hester. Think he's a full time fire fighter now.

Are we calling retiring just not coming back or actually putting on the whole retirement show?

Because Brock still also had more left in him. But unfortunately testing probably really forced him out. But we can still blame the divercilitous wink wink

gotta hespect clint hester love!

personally i think brock had nothing left in the tank and he couldnt take the shot, but he was a beast tho.

 

[JustOnce]

To be honest though I feel he left at amount the right time, the JDS fight really exposed his limitation as a striker.

or Prime JDS was THAT GOOD.

He's probably better than Aspinall head to head. Too bad he ran into prime Cain and had to fight him three times.

 

[JustOnce]

For me it's this guy. Retired at 3-0 professional record. Really wanted to see how far he could go

Jack Ho*?

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Not sure if serious or not lol