Why as MMA fans do we and Uncle Dana

[WolfPackHunter]

Say "if you are thinking about retirement its probably best you do" , Why do we urge our favourite fighters to retire when we see they're skill levels, reflexes, love of fighting diminish, Only to then state idiotic things 15 months down the line like "Nunes will never come back she's terrified of Harrison" and commentators and experts with a voice are trying to coax Amanda back. Amanda retired champion, achieved champ champ, fought a whose who of woman's fighting including Wandy in a dress, she fought through every challenge, fought sick, injured to become the woman's GOAT so why do we want to diminish her at 36 years old when she's been gone since June 2023.

WHY AS THESE FIGHTERS FANS DO WE WANT TO SEE THEM FIGHT THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK WHEN THEYVE ACHIEVED NOTHING LIKE HER AND IS USED TO FIGHTING AT LW?

Fighters who stayed on past their best and damaged their legacy Anderson and Aldo

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Some people care about their well being.

I don’t. I say let em brawl until they fall for good!

 

[MySDName]

Nice formatting

 

[nostradumbass]

Kayla Harrison is only 2 years younger than Nunes. If Nunes wants to stay retired, fine, but we've already seen from multiple past fighters that people don't accept when a fighter doesn't get beaten into retirement. A few are fine with guys retiring before they become Tony Ferguson, but the majority are a mix of guys who don't like them and just want them to keep fighting until they get the satisfaction of seeing them lose, or fans who do like them and think they still have plenty more good fights.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Aldo never damaged his legacy. In fact, he's still adding to it...
Anderson lost some fights past his prime, but that doesn't do anything to take away from how majestic a Champion he was. His real fans look at his late struggles similarly to how Star Wars fans view the Rey/Kylo trilogy. We pretend like they never happened and continue to receive infinite joy from the previous films

 

[Cobra 03]

Amanda Nunes was the best, most exciting women fighter ever, and she has nothing left to prove. Stay retired and enjoy life. If you do come back, I'll look forward to seeing you kick some ass again!

 

[GrantB13]

Unless a fighter is approaching dangerous territory like multiple knockout losses in a row I don't care. I don't think a fighter should retire just because they won't be a champion. If they enjoy fighting let them do it.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

 

[Neck&Neck]

Why do we let whitebelts make threads again, is the real question

 

[Cherry]

Don't lump Dana into this. He'll only say that for fighters he can no longer profit from. Pushed Cormier to continue and tried everything to get Khabib back.

 

[WolfPackHunter]

Why do we let whitebelts make threads again, is the real question

White Belt on Sherdog.com Forums means I know nothing about MMA or I don't have serious questions I want to gauge my opinion vs other MMA fans? I have been watching MMA for over 29 years been a huge fan as in my number 1 sport for the last 25. So I apologize I left the Sherdog Forum and the Tito Ortiz website forum something like 20 years ago but I got tired of little cliques and idiots trying to bring others they know nothing about down on a keyboard.
Until they ban "white belts" from making threads I will so just avoid them

 

[WolfPackHunter]

Question is quite simple... Why do we "demand" retired greats come out of retirement to fight new kids on the block

 

[Marko Polo]

Dana doesn’t care about fighters thinking about retiring, he cares about them declaring they’re thinking about it. He wants these guys to live and breath with ppv numbers in mind

 

[WolfPackHunter]

Aldo never damaged his legacy. In fact, he's still adding to it...
Anderson lost some fights past his prime, but that doesn't do anything to take away from how majestic a Champion he was. His real fans look at his late struggles similarly to how Star Wars fans view the Rey/Kylo trilogy. We pretend like they never happened and continue to receive infinite joy from the previous films

Its just my opinion but Jose looked like he had lost some reflexes, speed etc when he fought Chad Mendes the second time, he had proved himself over 10 years beating every number 1 contender. If he had chosen to hang up his gloves then would fans be putting Volk and Max ahead of him in the FW GOAT ratings? The guys killer instinct basically sold the lower weights to Dana White