Now-retired former UFC champ Jens Pulver: ‘Nobody told us how to get old’ reddit/r/MMA/comments/2a9dfm/nowretired_former_ufc_champ_jens_pulver_nobody/ • This is heartbreaking to read. Jens is one of the most honest people in the sport, Im a huge fan, and it sucks that people like him and BJ are showing fighters through example how hard it is to get old in this sport. Hopefully the UFC has something for him on the business side in the future, he deserves it. • I didnt know who the hell he was until watching TUF and he impressed me as a pretty decent guy. BJ Penn has also impressed me in both his TUF seasons, mainly with the number of deaf fighters he coached. Though Ill never understand why he keeps shouting Get up! Get up! Left hand underhook! when he knows they cant wont hear him. • Also nobody told Matt Serra that eattinga tubes of uncooked cookie dough a day was also not a mandatory part of retirement. And that its not legal for Weidman to pay him in KFC Famous Bowls. • If yall havent seen Driven I recommend it to you. • I dont understand how he wouldnt know. I dont mean that as a slight because Ive never thought of Pulver as a bad guy or for that matter an ignorant one. Maybe its just so much time in the lime light colors your views. We just literally have decades of experience when it comes to aging sports athletes and its not particularly different between sports at time when time comes around. • This is a harsh reality not just of MMA, but of professional sports in general. What do professional football and basketball players after theyre done? The really lucky ones can start a career as a sportscaster. Some will try their hand at coaching. But what do the vast majority do, especially those that dont save their money? (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) Please keep this page alive and Share this page. We need more Likes. • OKcupid Visitors every day (30-200+ per day) OKvisits It is free
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:11:07 +0000
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