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Corey Anderson Details His MMA Retirement Plans

Corey Anderson details how he plans to walk away from the sport of MMA (mixed-martial-arts) despite being near the top of the UFC light heavyweight division. It’s surprising yet makes sense at the same time due to him being 31 years-of-age. Anderson spoke about his plans during a recent appearance on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani MMA […]

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Corey Anderson details how he plans to walk away from the sport of MMA (mixed-martial-arts) despite being near the top of the UFC light heavyweight division. It’s surprising yet makes sense at the same time due to him being 31 years-of-age.

Anderson spoke about his plans during a recent appearance on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani MMA Show. This is where he noted that he has always planned to not stay around the game for long. In fact, he has made plans to make an exit.

“When I started at 23, I said that by 31 I wanted to be done, Anderson said (H/T to of MMA Weekly). It was more of my mom pushing on me because she hates it. But now I’m at the point where I’m going to have a family and all of that. I see fighters, I know guys in it with their families. They’re away from home. And the damage to the brain. I know what it does to the body. I don’t want that. I’ve already got my exit plan and business plan, everything going. I’ve already got a job set up and waiting and everything.”

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The light heavyweight title contender brought up how he actually never wanted to be a fighter. He has a degree in business and all of his fight money has been saved up. Once he departs from the MMA game, the UFC star wants to start other ventures.

“I’ve got a business degree. I never wanted to be a fighter. All of my fight money has been saved.  I don’t spend my fight money. I work and teach classes to pay bills. So the plan is when I walk away I’m not going to be hurting and have to go back and fight.  I can start my other ventures and just veer off . Be there for my family, my wife and my kids and there for the more kids that we’re going to have.”

Before he hangs up the gloves, he appears to have his next likely fight booked. Alexander Gustafsson just challenged him to a showdown at UFC On ESPN + 5 that is set to take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, England.

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UFC Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson Has An Exit Plan

Corey Anderson knows he must build for the future as being a professional mixed martial artist doesn’t pay the bills forever. At the age of 29, Anderson finds himself at the 6th spot on the official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heav…

Corey Anderson knows he must build for the future as being a professional mixed martial artist doesn’t pay the bills forever. At the age of 29, Anderson finds himself at the 6th spot on the official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight rankings. He may be just one win away from receiving a title opportunity. […]

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Alexander Gustafsson Targets Fight With Title Contender

Alexander Gustafsson targets a fight with one title contender for an upcoming UFC event. This fight would be against Corey Anderson at a show in London. Gustafsson wants to waste no time in 2019 in order to get his next fight booked and have a quick turnaround. The title contender took to social media in […]

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Alexander Gustafsson targets a fight with one title contender for an upcoming UFC event. This fight would be against Corey Anderson at a show in London. Gustafsson wants to waste no time in 2019 in order to get his next fight booked and have a quick turnaround.

The title contender took to social media in order to make this call out as he wrote the following on his official Instagram account:

“Corey, everyone else at the top is taken,” Gustafsson posted on Monday, “I am eager to get right back inside the cage, You just had a good fight with my brother. So I think it’s the perfect time for us to throw down. Let’s dance on the London card March 16th.”

Anderson is currently on a three-fight winning streak. In his last two fights, back in July, he picked up a decision win over former title contender Glover Teixeira at UFC Hamburg. Most recently at UFC 232, he beat Ilir Latifi by unanimous decision.

Gustafsson is fresh off a loss to Jon Jones with the vacant UFC light heavyweight title being on the line at UFC 232. He earned this title shot with a stoppage victory over Teixeira in 2017.

UFC On ESPN + 5 (also known as UFC Fight Night 1) is set to take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, England. The main card will air on ESPN +. The preliminary card will air ESPN + and the early prelims. The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks. Here’s the latest card:

Light Heavyweight: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Dominick Reyes

Middleweight: Jack Marshman vs. John Phillips

Welterweight: Cláudio Silva vs. Danny Roberts

Women’s Flyweight: Molly McCann vs. Priscila Cachoeira

Light Heavyweight: Gökhan Saki vs. Saparbek Safarov

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Jon Jones Responds To Corey Anderson’s Callout

Jon Jones responds to top UFC light heavyweight star Corey Anderson, who recently challenged him to a fight. This comes off Jones’ return at the UFC 232 PPV where he reclaimed the vacant title over Alexander Gustafsson. It was expected to not take long for someone to call out the new champ and Anderson did […]

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Jon Jones responds to top UFC light heavyweight star Corey Anderson, who recently challenged him to a fight.

This comes off Jones’ return at the UFC 232 PPV where he reclaimed the vacant title over Alexander Gustafsson. It was expected to not take long for someone to call out the new champ and Anderson did just that.

Anderson is currently on a three-fight winning streak. He is coming off wins in back-to-back fights after suffering knockout losses to Jimi Manuwa and Ovince Saint-Preux in 2017. Back in April, he was able to score a decision from Patrick Cummins. Moving along to July, he picked up a decision win over former title contender Glover Teixeira at UFC Hamburg. Most recently at UFC 232, he beat Ilir Latifi by unanimous decision.

The contender got his start in the promotion after winning the Season 19 light heavyweight tournament on The Ultimate Fighter back in 2014. Once he entered the UFC, he was able to win five of his first six fights. However, he then lost three out of four fights before his current run.

In a recent Twitter post, Anderson posted a lengthy message where he compared his current spot to where the other top-ranked fighters.

This led to Jones responding by asking if he wanted the smoke that comes along with fighting him.

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Jon Jones Responds To Corey Anderson’s Callout

Jon Jones responds to top UFC light heavyweight star Corey Anderson, who recently challenged him to a fight. This comes off Jones’ return at the UFC 232 PPV where he reclaimed the vacant title over Alexander Gustafsson. It was expected to not take long for someone to call out the new champ and Anderson did […]

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Jon Jones responds to top UFC light heavyweight star Corey Anderson, who recently challenged him to a fight.

This comes off Jones’ return at the UFC 232 PPV where he reclaimed the vacant title over Alexander Gustafsson. It was expected to not take long for someone to call out the new champ and Anderson did just that.

Anderson is currently on a three-fight winning streak. He is coming off wins in back-to-back fights after suffering knockout losses to Jimi Manuwa and Ovince Saint-Preux in 2017. Back in April, he was able to score a decision from Patrick Cummins. Moving along to July, he picked up a decision win over former title contender Glover Teixeira at UFC Hamburg. Most recently at UFC 232, he beat Ilir Latifi by unanimous decision.

The contender got his start in the promotion after winning the Season 19 light heavyweight tournament on The Ultimate Fighter back in 2014. Once he entered the UFC, he was able to win five of his first six fights. However, he then lost three out of four fights before his current run.

In a recent Twitter post, Anderson posted a lengthy message where he compared his current spot to where the other top-ranked fighters.

This led to Jones responding by asking if he wanted the smoke that comes along with fighting him.

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