Myles Jury Signs Multifight Deal With Bellator MMA

Myles Jury is headed to the Bellator cage. The seven-year UFC veteran has signed a multifight deal with Bellator MMA according to a report from ESPN.com today. Jury is expected to debut for the promotion later this year. ‘Fury’ was once one…

Myles Jury is headed to the Bellator cage. The seven-year UFC veteran has signed a multifight deal with Bellator MMA according to a report from ESPN.com today. Jury is expected to debut for the promotion later this year. ‘Fury’ was once one of the lightweight division’s top rising stars. He was last seen losing a […]

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Manny Pacquiao Praises Tenshin Nasukawa for Match with Floyd Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao is in full support of Tenhsin Nasukawa’s opponent for RIZIN 15 but he wanted to give some respect to Nasukawa for stepping into boxing to face Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at RIZIN 14. Pacquiao met with RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara in early Ap…

Manny Pacquiao is in full support of Tenhsin Nasukawa’s opponent for RIZIN 15 but he wanted to give some respect to Nasukawa for stepping into boxing to face Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at RIZIN 14. Pacquiao met with RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara in early April looking to expand opportunities for Pilipino fighters in combat sports. The […]

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Rizin 11 Results: Takanori Gomi Knocks Out Melvin Guillard

Rizin 11 is history. Earlier today (July 29), Rizin 11 took place inside the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event was headlined by a 108-pound scrap between Kanna Asakura and Rena Kubota. Asakura won the bout via unanimous decision. The co-…

Rizin 11 is history. Earlier today (July 29), Rizin 11 took place inside the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event was headlined by a 108-pound scrap between Kanna Asakura and Rena Kubota. Asakura won the bout via unanimous decision. The co-headliner saw Kyoji Horiguchi survive an early knockdown to dominate Hiromasa Ogikubo. Getting the […]

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Takanori Gomi vs. Melvin Guillard Booked For Rizin 11

Well-known mixed martial arts veterans Takanori Gomi and Melvin Guillard will do battle this summer. Gomi was supposed to meet Andy Souwer at Rizin 11 on July 29, but Yahoo! Japan reports he was pulled after signing an exclusive contract with ONE Champ…

Well-known mixed martial arts veterans Takanori Gomi and Melvin Guillard will do battle this summer. Gomi was supposed to meet Andy Souwer at Rizin 11 on July 29, but Yahoo! Japan reports he was pulled after signing an exclusive contract with ONE Championship. It didn’t take Guillard long to step up when Rizin needed someone to […]

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10 Veteran UFC Stars Who Should Hang Up Their Gloves

When is enough enough? For many of the best MMA fighters, that’s the toughest question to answer when it comes to ending their own careers in the cage. Whether it’s due to their natural fighting instincts, their continued need to make ends meet, a stubborn refusal to accept that their time has come and gone, […]

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When is enough enough? For many of the best MMA fighters, that’s the toughest question to answer when it comes to ending their own careers in the cage.

Whether it’s due to their natural fighting instincts, their continued need to make ends meet, a stubborn refusal to accept that their time has come and gone, or just scant regard for their own well-being, many veteran stars end up delaying the inevitable far longer than they should.

The consequences for that can be devastating, and in this article, we’ll look at 10 high-profile UFC stars who have already traveled far down that path as they continue to put their long-term health and legacies at risk by delivering subpar performances and enduring repeated beatdowns in the Octagon.

Fighting is a fast-paced, notoriously unforgiving contest.

To be clear, we, as fans and/or writers can never tell a fighter when he or she should hang up their gloves, but at a certain point, it becomes difficult to watch our once-great idols sustain what could be life-altering trauma, and that pales in comparison to the heartache suffered by that fighter and their own family. With that said, let’s take a look at 10 formerly elite combatants who could avoid all (or at last most) of that by walking away right now.

Diego Sanchez

For many years, Sanchez was hailed as having one of the best chins in the game, holding a proud record of having only being stopped once (due to a cut) in 34 fights stretched over a 14-year period, despite having been in numerous brutal and bloody battles from featherweight all the way up to middleweight.

Then in July of 2016 at the historic UFC 200 event, his chin finally gave way when Joe Lauzon flattened him in just 86 seconds.

Though he did win his next fight, worse was to come in 2017 as Sanchez suffered back-to-back knockouts against Al Iaquinta and Matt Brown in a matter of minutes.

Even before this recent decline, Sanchez’s penchant for slugfests had led to concerns that he was taking too much punishment in the Octagon, and if it hadn’t been for highly controversial split decision victories over Takanori Gomi and Ross Pearson, he would have been on a six-fight losing streak from 2012-2015.

Nevertheless, the 35-year-old warrior’s fighting spirit still burns bright and so he’s vowed not to retire, and unfortunately, with his record showing that he’s never lost more than two fights in a row, he’ll likely be allowed to continue to compete even though it’s clearly against his best interests.

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Five Fighters Reportedly Cut From UFC Roster

According to a report from Combate, the UFC has cut Takanori Gomi as well as four Brazilian fighters from its roster. The list includes: lightweight Adriano Martins, featherweight Hacran Diaz, light heavyweight Henrique da Silva, and heavyweight Carlos Felipe. Martins, 35, has suffered back-to-back losses to the likes of Leonardo Santos and Kajan Johnson, who […]

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According to a report from Combate, the UFC has cut Takanori Gomi as well as four Brazilian fighters from its roster.

The list includes: lightweight Adriano Martins, featherweight Hacran Diaz, light heavyweight Henrique da Silva, and heavyweight Carlos Felipe.

Martins, 35, has suffered back-to-back losses to the likes of Leonardo Santos and Kajan Johnson, who knocked out Martins at UFC 215 this past September. Overall, Martins went 4-3 inside of the Octagon.

Dias, 33, is riding a three fight losing streak that includes defeats at the hands of Cub Swanson, Andre Fili and Jared Gordon. Dias went just 3-5 throughout his UFC tenure.

Da Silva, 28, started his UFC career out strong, scoring back-to-back victories over Jonathon Wilson and Joachim Christensen, with both victories coming by way of stoppage. Since then, however, he’s lost four-straight bouts including two consecutive stoppage defeats.

Felipe, on the other hand, had yet to make his Octagon debut before the promotion decided to part ways with him. He was scheduled to take on Christian Colombo at UFC Sao Paulo last month, but he was flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation and subsequently suspended for two years.

In addition to these four Braziliam fighters, the legendary Gomi was also released from the UFC. The Japanese veteran is riding a five-fight losing streak.

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