MMA can be a brutal sport especially to someone who suffered a devastating loss. Other than a draw or a no contest half of the fights involve losing. One fighter who decided to hang up the gloves is James Vick.
Prior to fighting Justin Gaethje, Vick had a record of 13-1 with 4 fight win streak in the UFC. When he suffered a loss against Gaethje, his career went downhill. He went on to lose five fights, four of those by knockouts. He had no choice but no retire or else he will receive even more damage.
This is why MMA is not for everybody. Some fighters work all their life and end up only short of their dreams, they do this for a living. What is unfortunate is sometimes fighters don’t have a safety net if they MMA career goes haywire. It seems Vick saw that his health is more important than his career which is a good thing.
From being hated by fans because of his trash talk to Gaethje, fans feel sorry to what has become of James Vick career. This is part of the sport, some fighters do reach the pinnacle and some don’t which is unfortunate. Much worse is if the fighter suffers permanent damage. Vick suffered a lot of scary knockouts especially from Gaethje and Niko Price.
Hoping for the best for James Vick’s future and health. He was always willing to go down on his shield and entertain the fans. It also takes guts to step inside the octagon so massive respect to all the fighters.
