If his body can handle it (which honestly is an if because if you're getting injured that often and for that long...that tells you something) I'd really love to see him come back.
I think his career could go down as one of the biggest "what a shame"'s in mma history
because here was a guy who came out of nowhere and went on this crazy 12-0 run.
He one punched Gonzaga.
He DOMINATED Frank Mir
and suddenly he was getting a shot at Brock Lesnar and it seemed like the division was basically going to be these two guys for a long, long time (Because at this point people weren't sure anyone could handle their size)
So he dominates Lesnar for 1 round, gets inches away from the stoppage, but then you know the rest. Second round submission loss.
But that's okay, no shame in losing to the Champ, especially when you performed well.
But it takes him 11 months to finally come back and he does so against Junior Dos Santos and gets absolutely picked apart from bell to bell. Brutal beating.
and that was june of 2011 and he hasn't fought since. He came into the UFC at the age of 33, and now he'll be 38 in January.
Anyway, my main point was that considering going into the Lesnar fight (And even directly after it) he was considered one of the top 2 heavyweights in the UFC. And even once Cain and JDS took the throne, people kept Carwin in the top 5, and then later the top 10 at least.
Even as recently as this year, his name would still get brought up as one of the guys who could potentially beat anyone if he was healthy. JDS, Cain, Lesnar, Carwin. Those were the big 4 before Overeem came in but Lesnar retired and Carwin has just flat out been MIA for 2 years now.
I HATE that the nelson fight fell apart. I think he could've caved Roy's face in.
I just really hope he makes ONE more run. Even if he fights and gets a quick loss just so we can all go "oh ok... he's done" then at least there won't be all this "what if" stuff
Ah, that's different.
I thought we were talking about an actual diagnosis of depression, where he doesn't want to get out bed or train or anything.
Dana's just saying he's unhappy he can't stay healthy. Big difference.
Sounds like between age, chronic back injury, and <ahem> potential supplement changes after showing up in a PED investigation, his body may be packing it in.
usually when people say "so'n'so is depressed" in casual conversation, they're not referring to clinical depression.
Like if I said "my dad died. I'm so depressed." it's just another word for sad to most people.
