Fighters who were forced to retire because of injury (in their prime or not)

[Oeshon]

TJ Grant

On the cusp of title shot and the best run of his career, then career ended by injury/health

 

[machidafan99]

I will add both. What was Dave Terrel issue ? I pride myself has a fairly ancient fan but I admit to not knowing him.

You added the wrong Krzysztof
Krzysztof Soszyński

 

[Deleted member 512089]

You added the wrong Krzysztof
Krzysztof Soszyński

Oh yeah, i even wanted to add him, the LHW not the MW, but I got the names confused. Thanks I'll edit that

 

[Me&MrJones]

Bas Rutten.

 

[HollywoodSmokeHogan]

Are there a lot of these ?

The best example I can think of is TJ Grant going to have a title shot at LW and then retiring because of concussion symtoms.

Bisping did not retire because if his eye he fought many fights like that.

Any other example outside Grant ?

Updated list:
- TJ Grant, concussion
- Dan Hardy, heart condition
- Chris Holdsworth, concussion
- Mark Kerr, mental health
- Yuki Nakai, eye loss
- Sean Sherk, shoulder/knee/hip injury
- Evangelista Cyborg Santos, fractures
- James Te Huna, brain trauma
- Travis Lutter, neck injury
- Igor Vovchanchyn, hand injury
- Krzysztof Soszyński, CTE
- Dave Terrel

You should change the title of your thread to “Fighters Forced to retire due to injury” because only a few of the fighters when they retired were actually in their prime. I’ll give you Tj Grant , Dave Terrell and holdsworth.

But most of the guys you listed were past their prime . Hardy hadn’t won against a quality opponent in years , honestly he was all down since he lost to GSP. Guys like Sherk, vovchanchyn, Santos , lutter were all past their prime , hence their losses, which along with the injuries probably factored into their decision to retire . They probably saw the writing on the wall and smartly called it a day

I see a lot of people use the word “prime” really loosely around here .

 

[Deleted member 512089]

You should change the title of your thread to “Fighters Forced to retire due to injury” because only a few of the fighters when they retired were actually in their prime. I’ll give you Tj Grant , Dave Terrell and holdsworth.

But most of the guys you listed were past their prime . Hardy hadn’t won against a quality opponent in years , honestly he was all down since he lost to GSP. Guys like Sherk, vovchanchyn, Santos , lutter were all past their prime , hence their losses, which along with the injuries probably factored into their decision to retire . They probably saw the writing on the wall and smartly called it a day

I see a lot of people use the word “prime” really loosely around here .

You're right. I used that title because I initially thought of TJ Grant and he definitely retired in his prime. But now it has evolved into more. I'll fix that right away

 

[rodkek]

khabib for 2 years

 

[genecop]

RIP Evan Tanner...

 

[cmw43]

Claude Patrick? What the hell happened to that guy?

Only had one loss in the UFC which was a split decision.

He ended up being put in a coma after being jumped by a taser armed gang after a show and he had recurring issues with a knee injury.

 

[cmw43]

Why did Kole Konrad retire? He was undefeated and a solid HW prospect wasn't he?

He got a job in finance, I think he didn't really care about the sport, his coaches said he barely trained for his last fight.

I guess as well the money probably wasn't there in Bellator at the time.

Edit: turns out he was only making $30k as champ fighting once a year and he personally didn't think he had a marketable enough look or personality to be a start and wanted a stable income to provide for his family.

 

[campbecc]

Why did Kole Konrad retire? He was undefeated and a solid HW prospect wasn't he?

He became a commodity trader.

 

[Rear Naked Toke]

Sean Sherk.... though one may argue juicing had something to do with his retirement...

Injury or not, drug testing played a large role. I don't recall which one, but he did once pull out of a fight due to an "injury" when he found out the CSAC was going to test him.

 

[Badger67]

Ivan salaverry kinda. The tail end of his prime he wasnt the man he used to be, and his back injuries plagued him. His return after a hiatus was not him at all.