it is depressing, but i can't just forget the fact that he brought this on himself.
chuck was on top when the pay was ludicrously low, but he was one of the biggest earners of his era, and he was kept with the company with a bigass pay cheque for a few years of his retirement, for doing basically nothing. a quick search says his career earnings have been around 4M, not counting this fight, and not including any sponsorship money. i don't think any of it includes any PPV points, but i'm not sure if he ever got any.
so while it sucks to see him go out like that, what truly breaks my heart is the career of someone like jens pulver, who gave his life to the sport and walked away broke and broken. dude never earned jack shit and was disrespected by the company he worked for. at least chuck got to blow his money away on coke and strippers. pulver (and he is not alone in this, there are plenty like him) never got paid shit in the first place.