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MMA is a consistently evolving sport with a revolving door of athletes getting into and exiting. At the moment, fighters from the period who helped make the game so common are starting to trickle away from competitors and grasp up their gloves in an effort to transfer on to the subsequent chapter in life.
If there’s one factor that’s well-known about fight sports activities retirements, although, it’s that they typically don’t final lengthy. The urge to compete, and maybe extra importantly get a payday, will proceed to drive fighters again even effectively past their expiration dates.
2024 has already seen plenty of notable fighters asserting they’re carried out with the game, and now we have an inventory of those that have opted to stroll away this 12 months (the record will replace as new retirements are introduced).
Malcolm Gordon
Malcolm Gordon
MMA debut date: Oct. 19, 2012Retirement date: Jan. 21, 2024Age: 33Record: 14-8Notable wins: Francisco Figueiredo and Chris KeladesSource: Gordon’s retirement announcement
Mark Madsen
Mark Madsen
MMA debut date: Sept. 26, 2013Retirement date: Jan. 31, 2024Age: 39Record: 12-2Notable wins: Clay Guida and Vinc PichelSource: Madsen’s retirement announcement
Felice Herrig
Felice Herrig
MMA debut date: Feb. 21, 2009Retirement date: Feb. 10, 2024Age: 39Record: 14-10Notable wins: Alexa Grasso and Cortney CaseySource: Herrig’s retirement announcement
Jamie Pickett
Jamie Pickett
MMA debut date: Sept. 24, 2011Retirement date: March 2, 2024Age: 35Record: 13-11Notable wins: Jhonoven Pati on DWCS, Joseph Holmes and Laureano Staropoli within the UFCSource: UFC Combat Evening 238 post-fight information convention
Tyson Pedro
Tyson Pedro
MMA debut date: Sept. 23, 2013Retirement date: March 2, 2024Age: 32Record: 10-5Notable wins: Khalil Rountree Jr., Paul Craig within the UFC.Supply: UFC Combat Evening 238 in-cage interview after loss to Vitor Petrino.
Satoshi Ishii
2023 PFL 8: New York Metropolis on the The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, New York, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (Cooper Neill / PFL)
MMA debut date: Dec. 31, 2009Retirement date: March 3, 2024Age: 37Record: 25-13-1Notable wins: Tim Sylvia, Perdo Rizzo, Jeff Monson, Philip De Fries, Heath HerringSource: Tokyo Sports activities
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