Once a fighter gets his name established and is starting to past their prime that coaching/gym money is too much to turn down after a while.
U can make a good living opening gyms showing up a cpl times a week to show face. Settle down wifey up some fitness model hoe have sum roid kids and relax a bit. And if you have a cpl solid prospects in your gym you can make 100k a yr off them and the gym if your lucky. Without having to get your face bloody every 3 months.
Yea. Thats exactly why guys like Condit are talking retirement. Hes been fighting for 12 years and while hes is still good, why continue punishment for peanuts? These guys are educated, have family, and have more opportunity now. Don't want to end up like Don Fyre or Gary Goodridge, who I just read wanted to commit suicide because he has dementia.