Stephan Bonnar retires from MMA
Posted on October 31, 2012, 09:43 PM by Andreas HaleThe man who helped turn the fortunes of the UFC and the entire sport of MMA with one magical fight has decided to call it quits. Stephan Bonnar, who will forever be remembered for his epic clash with Forrest Griffin at the finale of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, has confirmed that he has shed enough blood for the sport he loves.
The American Psycho is coming off of a loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 153 in Brazil and had been pondering retirement before the loss. But Dana White confirmed that the 11-year veteran is done with MMA. "Yes, Bonnar will be retiring now," White said during the online MetroPCS chat. MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani later confirmed the news with Bonnar.
Bonnar had considered himself retired before stepping in to face Anderson Silva at UFC 153 once word got out that both the main and co-main had been scratched due to injuries. As always, Bonnar was a company man who would fight anyone at anytime and will forever be remembered for what he brought to the sport.
He ends his career with a 15-8 record and fought the likes of Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Jon Jones and Mark Coleman during his career.
Thank you Stephan Bonnar.
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Take care Stephan 'The Tuesday Night Brawler' Bonnar. You had above average heart and toughness coupled with reckless aggression which always made for an entertaining fight. You wont be missed, but thank you for your contributions.
Yup.....you're retarded.
popped for roids twice...now who's retarded?
btw CageRage64 all I ever see from you is poisones hateful remarks...you havn't changed a bit...no creativity, no thought, no insight....just hate....im praying for you bro i hope you find the happyness you arn't searching for
One of the better characters in MMA. Always was a good gatekeeper to the LHW division... Hopefully the beating he took from Anderson, won't overshadow some of the great wars he was actually involved in,
Because he's probably the only reason fake fans like you watch the sport after his and forests amazing fight back at TUF 1 showing people just how exciting mma can be.
Anyone would have curled up like that after takin a knee from Silva str8 to the solar plexus u douche! No shame in goin out like that. Have u ever took a knee there? So quit runnin ur mouth cause u damn sure woulda been cryin like a lil biznitch!
Another fan.
Wow. Go to your local thai boxing club and ask the instructor to knee you in the solar plexus.
Your contempt for fighters is based on your ignorance of what it takes to be a fighter. The fact that you play UFC on Xbox and you dont feel the pain doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
Please grow up. Be a man. When you're a man you won't be as quick to critisize other men. Until then, little boy... ssshhhhh.
I'm guessing you get beat up by 8 year olds on a daily basis.....
@billmett,
Is that what it sounds like??
I'm not saying you are saying you could take knee. Anyone hit full force in the solar plexus against a fresh opponent will not recover. The fact is that AS is the best fighter (of which we are aware) at his weight on the planet...
Your model of the world; "he should make it through the first round" is like me saying that only if my daughter tried harder she could run a sub ten second 100 meters... It's not going to happen. Heart has nothing to do with it.
I'm sorry if what I wrote seemed offensive, but please, go the gym, train and find out what it means to be hit... Then I'll respect your comments based on your experience, not an uneducated opinion.
In fact, I'll make you a deal, if you train for 3 months, I'll donate 100 dollars to a charity. How's that?
Watch he other fights douche nozzle. Then watch some of Silva's.
We already know you are neither tough, nor a badass, so no problem there.....
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Another member of Anderson Silva's (great) win streak retires...shock of shccks. If only Chris Weidman would retire.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!! He is super entertaining and was coming from a nice 3 win streek...ok stand up, nice and underated ground game, tons of heart.....como on!!!!! you lost to the goat...there is no chame in that!!
@Odessa. You should respect Bilmett. I bet he could simultaneously knee himself in the solar plexus and transfer the power to his arse cheeks, there by crushing his Xbox to smithereens and radiating with pugilist expertise!