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Within the last few weeks, five long-time MMA fighters have decided to call it quits from the sport that made them famous. These five fighters are former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, for…
Within the last few weeks, five long-time MMA fighters have decided to call it quits from the sport that made them famous. These five fighters are former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks, former UFC and Bellator welterweight contender Josh Koscheck, and long-time […]
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Josh Koscheck is the latest fighter to announce his retirement from MMA.
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Josh Koscheck is the latest fighter to announce his retirement from MMA.
Koscheck retires from MMA with 17-11 record including posting a record of 15-10 under the UFC banner. He rose up the ranks in MMA after appearing on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter. He lost a split decision to eventual winner Diego Sanchez in the semifinals of the tournament.
During his time as an active pro-MMA fighter, Koscheck had a successful career including a welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre at the UFC 124 pay-per-view event.
However, the past few years have not been kind to the former UFC title contender has he went gone 0-6 since 2012 where he was stopped five times in those six bouts.
After departing from the UFC, Koscheck was supposed to make his Bellator MMA debut against Matt Secor at Bellator 148 in the main event back in January of 2016 but that fight got nixed.
One idea that lured Koscheck to Bellator MMA was to have a rematch with Paul Daley. As you might recall, there was an incident at UFC 113 when Daley punched Koscheck after the bell sounded in the third round.
Years since that fight, the two have talked about fighting each other once again. As soon as both fighters were in Bellator MMA, the chances of that fight happening appeared to be good. Obviously, that didn’t happen.
Koscheck announced his official retirement from MMA on The Luke Thomas Show on Thursday by stating that the reason he made this decision was due to him believing that he “didn’t have it” anymore.
“You never know, I might come back some day,” Koscheck said (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). “The biggest thing about my mixed martial arts career, at the ending it didn’t go the way I wanted. It’s almost like you kind of just lose it, and it pains me to say that. It really, truly pains me as a fighter because I have a big ego – everybody that steps inside that cage has a big ego – but I truly didn’t have it.
I couldn’t go out there and compete with these young guys. I felt great in the gym. I was in great shape. I don’t think I was ever in better shape than I was at 38, 39, and 40, but I just didn’t have it.”
Well, Josh Koscheck just told me he's officially retired on #TLTS.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) June 28, 2018
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Josh Koscheck is the latest fighter to announce his retirement from MMA.
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Josh Koscheck is the latest fighter to announce his retirement from MMA.
Koscheck retires from MMA with 17-11 record including posting a record of 15-10 under the UFC banner. He rose up the ranks in MMA after appearing on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter. He lost a split decision to eventual winner Diego Sanchez in the semifinals of the tournament.
During his time as an active pro-MMA fighter, Koscheck had a successful career including a welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre at the UFC 124 pay-per-view event.
However, the past few years have not been kind to the former UFC title contender has he went gone 0-6 since 2012 where he was stopped five times in those six bouts.
After departing from the UFC, Koscheck was supposed to make his Bellator MMA debut against Matt Secor at Bellator 148 in the main event back in January of 2016 but that fight got nixed.
One idea that lured Koscheck to Bellator MMA was to have a rematch with Paul Daley. As you might recall, there was an incident at UFC 113 when Daley punched Koscheck after the bell sounded in the third round.
Years since that fight, the two have talked about fighting each other once again. As soon as both fighters were in Bellator MMA, the chances of that fight happening appeared to be good. Obviously, that didn’t happen.
Koscheck announced his official retirement from MMA on The Luke Thomas Show on Thursday by stating that the reason he made this decision was due to him believing that he “didn’t have it” anymore.
“You never know, I might come back some day,” Koscheck said (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). “The biggest thing about my mixed martial arts career, at the ending it didn’t go the way I wanted. It’s almost like you kind of just lose it, and it pains me to say that. It really, truly pains me as a fighter because I have a big ego – everybody that steps inside that cage has a big ego – but I truly didn’t have it.
I couldn’t go out there and compete with these young guys. I felt great in the gym. I was in great shape. I don’t think I was ever in better shape than I was at 38, 39, and 40, but I just didn’t have it.”
Well, Josh Koscheck just told me he's officially retired on #TLTS.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) June 28, 2018
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Yet another Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran has announced his retirement. Former UFC welterweight title contender Josh Koscheck has announced his retirement on The Luke Thomas Show. If you missed the appearance, Thomas let everyone know the news on Twitter: Well, Josh Koscheck just told me he’s officially retired on #TLTS. — Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) […]
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Yet another Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran has announced his retirement. Former UFC welterweight title contender Josh Koscheck has announced his retirement on The Luke Thomas Show. If you missed the appearance, Thomas let everyone know the news on Twitter: Well, Josh Koscheck just told me he's officially retired on #TLTS. — Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) […]
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Back in 2013, Tyron Woodley was still trying to carve out a name for himself in the UFC. Woodley did just that, dominating former UFC title challenger Josh Koscheck and earning a victory. Now, it is Woodley sitting atop the UFC’s welterweight division as the reigning champion. He’ll seek another successful title defense later this […]
Back in 2013, Tyron Woodley was still trying to carve out a name for himself in the UFC. Woodley did just that, dominating former UFC title challenger Josh Koscheck and earning a victory. Now, it is Woodley sitting atop the UFC’s welterweight division as the reigning champion. He’ll seek another successful title defense later this […]
Another legendary former UFC welterweight champion is reportedly considering a comeback. Weeks after longtime former champion Georges St-Pierre reveled he would be coming out of retirement to fight Michael Bisping for the middleweight title, the man whom he took the crown from – decorated MMA pioneer Matt Hughes recently told Joe Buck he’d consider a
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Another legendary former UFC welterweight champion is reportedly considering a comeback.
Weeks after longtime former champion Georges St-Pierre reveled he would be coming out of retirement to fight Michael Bisping for the middleweight title, the man whom he took the crown from – decorated MMA pioneer Matt Hughes recently told Joe Buck he’d consider a comeback on his “Undeniable” show (via MMA Fighting):
Hughes revealed he would come back versus an opponent he knew he could beat:
“If I could find an opponent that I could definitely beat, I would go again.”
The longtime champ then teased he would fight a former guest of Buck’s show, with many sources speculating that was fellow MMA pioneer Royce Gracie, whom Hughes demolished via TKO in a 175-pound catchweight bout at UFC 60 in 2006.
Hughes went on to mixed results from that point, however, going 5-5 over his next 10 bouts, including a TKO and submission loss to “GSP” and knockouts to Thiago Alves, BJ Penn, and Josh Koscheck that ultimtely lead to his retirement in 2013.
From there, Hughes took a position as the UFC vice president of athlete development and government relations, a position he was let go of as part of sprawling layoffs in the company following talent giant WME-IMG’s takeover of the company in mid-2016.
Although Hughes failed to respond to attempts to clarify the report, several sources have reported he has been in talks with Bellator MMA, and even though the talks are reportedly of a preliminary nature, it would no doubt put him in line for a potential rematch with Gracie.
And hey, there’s always one former legend – and feverish Hughes rival -who doesn’t exactly want to call it quits either, a fellow former champion who might get better match-ups in a Bellator cage.
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