Fighters Who QUIT in MMA 

What about the time that French guy on TUF said French people were tough and never quit and then he quit before the 2nd round?

Andy Wang was a warrior. If only they followed the path of Wang they would never give up

Dude in the fight with Tom Fulton is a real class act. I respect what he did. His career and his record didn't mean as much as his respect did. It's not often that you see that. A fighter typically beats their idol and bows in respect afterwards. I.e. Adesanya v. Silva, Ali v. Holmes. Liston v. Ali. So in the position where he could have furthered his career, he took the high road.

Hearing Leben say I'm done was so crazy he had no hope left

i can totally understand any of these guys quitting, but i really empathize with someone quitting against mvp. I can’t imagine having to deal with him beating the shit out of me with highlight reel attacks combined with highlight reel taunts.

Nothing wrong with quitting why receiving unnecessary punishment. Fighters should do it more often or even corners.

This is a classic. Please do a sequel.

Nothing wrong with quiting.. especially in a fight.

Brandao had every right to flip out

No Nick Diaz v Lawler 2?

Penn wld fight anyone going up fighting gsp guy will always be a legend

Loved Roger Huerta sad to see him just quit that fight & have this bad of a losing streak. He was a beast & fun to watch during his prime

Chris Leben was one of the toughest MMA fighters of all time, he took so much punishment in his career, even in wins. Guys head belongs on Easter Island. Glad he called his last fight, he didn't need more damage. Glad to hear he's doing well training MMA in HI I think in BJ penns gym.

Man this is depressing, but imagine being broken down that much man, just broken in your spirit, done. The penn one was brutal, I was a big fan of Penn, like not a diss, felt so bad for him

Anyone remember a fight in the UFC where the moment one of the guys got full mount the other tapped out? I swear I’ve seen a fight go down like that but I don’t remember who fought, any remember?

I recently broke my right hand. I felt nauseous, dizzy and almost threw up because of the pain. The kind of bravery needed to step into an octagon and fight is something very few people have it in them.

NICE ONE

Imagine tapping out to save your "hero" Travis Fulton.... wonder how ol boy feels about that fight now. 😬😬😬😬

I respect a fighter who realizes he’s going to take more harm then it’s worth.

Ivey is a class act for what he did

What song is that at the end of the vid? I heard that whistling song on another video and just curious.

Even tho these guys quit, u have to respect what they have done being a fighter on a professional level because u have to be a different breed to want to be a fighter

I remember when Max Roshkopf quit on the stool. He arguably won the first round

Damn, watching Max Roshkopf broke my heart......dude was done and broken...

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What about the time Ken Shamrock quit mid-fight because he thought he was having a heart attack?

I dont think any of us are in a position to criticize these men.

There is no sense in being beaten up so bad that it affect your health and your career. It is better to retreat, trained harder and live to fight another day.

The human body can only take so much

There's no sense in taking unneeded damage and there's no shame in realizing you are outmatched. At the end of the day, these fighters still have their health and families that love them.

Prochazka vs Nemkov in Rizin definitely missing piece there.

McGregor wants to be on this list he has quit multiple times in fights

There was a ufc event last year where a fighter looked like he lost confidence for a round or 2 then had his corner call the fight. Anyone know that guys name??

It’s even more embarrassing to quit after you just got a ass whippin😂 no heart pure weakness💯

Kudos to anyone getting in their but man ya would want to a tough fella to take the punishment !

Rickles is a monster in BKB...

No matter what's said if you quit your done

would be funny if when he was crouched down thinking to quit, he took out his phone, made a call, and was like "is that job still available" and then youcould hear him saying like yeah yeah size 32 waist and hangs up

Nick Diaz vs lawler 2 and also Dan hooker vs claudio puelles

man good for Chris Leben. I mean shitty that he got to that point but good for him for choosing to just stop rather than get ko/tko'd again for no reason

im really mad that max roshkov was telling his coach hes done and to call it knowing he was outmatched and the coach kept trying to tell him no. horrible job on the coach's part. i get you want your fighter to win but if you know hes outmatched especially because he took the fight on short notice, you need to keep his health in mind

Hindsight says dude should of continued to beat up Travis Fulton

Francis -Dana

Leben is a veteran. He knew he was ko'd

Any one who is willing to step into the ring is not a quitter 99% men prob didn't even set 1 step in ring let alone in mma

If ya hadn't held the ropes, homie wouldn't have felt the need to move you. Blame the game, not the player.

Ropes have no place in mma

why do coaches keep telling people to keep going when the fighter says they want to call it?

I dislike the mindset that quitting is just a bitch move. I feel like it takes more strength to know when it it's time to be done Rather than continue. Better that than it be too late, and that can go for almost everything. That's just my thoughts on things like these.

Travis Fulton is known for having fixed fights. I don’t for a second believe all that bs about his idol.

Yeah for the top 3 guys in the division, there's usually a good story. Hundreds of thousands of other stories of failure that never get told, is what this sport is really about. Man I wish I wasn't so dumb.

Charles Oliviera vs Holloway could've been in here honestly

I’d quit to if I got paid 30k for a ufc bout lol

I would prefer that fighters called it if they had nothing left and it wouldn’t be looked down on.

Anyone that quits in their first UFC debut isn't going to make it. You got to want it more than that. Can't really come back from it.

Its quitting when you gave everything you had ?

Where is Bob Sapp though?

I hope they have Nick Diaz in this. "No mas" vs tomato can robbie lawlor.

I love that Pat Smith was blatantly cheating then got stroppy with the ref after someone tried to stop him

4:22 false,ufc had lots of super fights before that one.

Funny, 7 channels have basically made this exact same video

Anyone that quits in my opinion is a coward.

No shame in saving brain cells.

If you've never actually took part in any physical sport's or anything that requires a gun shield or mouth guard, you wouldn't understand how hard it is for them to just fall out unintentionally... Yes it happens, but it's literally a 1 in 10,000 chance. IMO it's a mouth shaped white flag being spat into the centre of if the ring!

This was posted 1 day ago and you didn't add Nick Diaz? FAIL

The GSP vs Penn bout shouldn't be there. GSP used vaseline to cheat Penn in their fight. They say that is was Phil Nurse's fault but he represented GSP so it is GSP's fault.

BJ Penn didn't really train

Nick vs Robby... you missed...

If you actually believe you’re gonna get seriously hurt, then you should quit. Quitting is better than CTE or TBI’s

Nothing wrong with these warriors . They already have the guts to step in the cage that a lot of people in this world will never even attempt. Sometimes you rather save your own health

Leben had health problems

Oh shit fighters are human too ??? I thought they were relentless Demi gods!!!!

#1 should have been Nick Diaz quitting against Lawler while sitting on his butt. How embarrassing that he retired as a defeated quitter.

No shame in any of these guys.

Wait ? No Nick Diaz ?

We all know Frenchy and 'Grease-gate'.. so No, Frenchy did not win

Where is conor?

Anthony Smith is a quitter

Where's Charlie Olives? He should be here cause he's a quitter.

Quit? Thats a harsh title

You post this shit every week

Quittings an option. If your weak don’t fuckin fight. Simple

Hell Japan has them guys ready to slap your hands off the ropes in Pride fighting championship

Coaches should no better and call it not the fighter ! Hats off to any fighter that steps in the octagon