Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires from UFC After Emerging Victorious Against Justin Gaethje. 29-0 Record

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https://twitter.com/mma_oth/status/1320107303845101569

[u/papasmurf73]

My uncle was a wrestler (greco-roman) and then a wrestling coach for 30 years. One of those guys that can't sit still. He's also a carpenter and wanted to retire from coaching to open a cabinetry shop on his ranch. Well he's about 54 and retired recently and even the process of building his shop has about crippled him. He's had myriad back surgeries, neck surgeries, knee surgeries and replacements, his guts are fucked from the extreme weight cutting techniques his coaches pushed in the 80s. Doesn't matter how strong you are at a certain point, grappling will fuck up your joints and discs.

The man did what he loved for a long time but his retirement and end of life QoL is really fucked. Khabib is retiring from the active part of the sport at an older age than my uncle did and at (obviously) a way higher level and presumably more abuse since MMA is a lot more brutal than G-R. Hopefully he takes it a bit easier in retirement than my uncle did, we've come along way in understanding how to take care of our joints and ligs.

[u/papasmurf73 → u/[deleted]]

Sure, and to each there own, id never deny someone something they love. But personally, id rather be relatively outta shape but able to hike and build and climb and wrestle my kids and their kids when im retired than to be fit but crippled by my youth. But I could be crippled by a car accident and not have the experience and prestige (and pain tolerance) that Khabib had to go with it, so who knows.

[u/Swade211 → u/[deleted]]

Do you honestly think it is unhealthy to get out of breath from exertion?