RE: Here we go again: Amanda Nunes coming out of retirement
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I wonder if they are bluffing and hoping for some one to say please do not retire we will give you more money. Some athletes on the other hand do not know when it is time to retire and hang around like a bad smell.
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There doesn't seem to be very many that truly retire and this adds to the point I often make about MMA not being a good "career" to aspire to. Even someone like Nunes, who is likely one of the best paid women participants, ends up going back after stopping. I think that when people do return they end up getting more money because they have better bargaining chips and UFC in particular, will always ask them back behind the scenes if the new blood isn't working out for them. Given how the Daegestan takeover of the UFC isn't really crowd-pleasing at the moment, I think we are going to start to see a lot of ex fighters come out of the woodwork to inject some popularity into things.