{"id":1535040,"date":"2022-07-01T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535040"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:53:02","slug":"ufc-legend-describes-post-fighting-career-im-glad-i-didnt-keep-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-legend-describes-post-fighting-career-im-glad-i-didnt-keep-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Legend Describes Post-fighting Career: \u201cI\u2019m Glad I Didn\u2019t Keep Fighting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fufc-legend-describes-post-fighting-career-im-glad-i-didnt-keep-fighting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Bas Rutten hasn\u2019t let retirement get in the way of him from participating in the world of professional fighting. The 57-year-old UFC Hall of Famer recently sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/sport\/mma_ufc\/ufc-exclusive-bas-rutten-would-have-loved-to-have-finished-his-career-at-karate-combat\/ar-AAYPTLt?ocid=BingNewsSearch\">GiveMeSport<\/a> to discuss life more than a decade and a half after retiring from the UFC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bas Rutten via Karate Combat YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former UFC Heavyweight Champion has enjoyed being back on the fight scene the last few years as a commentator for the full-contact Karate Combat fight league, which is currently on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karate.com\">fourth season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u201cSeason Sensei\u201d for Karate Combat, Rutten has informed and entertained audiences by bringing his classic charm and boisterous personality to the league. When ask by reporter Tom Ward whether he would have liked to have participated first, as a younger man, in the karate league before transitioning to the UFC, Rutten confirmed he would but under different circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would have been the other way around,\u201d Rutten replied. \u201cI would have loved to finish my career at Karate Combat kind of like what Gabriel Varga right now is doing as well\u2026 He was kind of thinking about retiring but then Karate Combat came along.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1575 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.06.30-06.16-themixnet-62bde86d1f438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1704\" height=\"854\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Karate Combat YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a child, Rutten was inspired like many fighters after watching Bruce Lee in the classic action film <em>Enter the Dragon<\/em>. His parents signed him up at a young age to train in Tae Kwon Do, and as a teenager he eventually switched styles to kickboxing. He would eventually travel to Japan where he began his amateur career.<\/p>\n<p>Rutten\u2019s biggest wish would have been to do \u201cthe 100-man kumite (freestyle fighting) thing at the very end of my career,\u201d he added. \u201cI talked to a bunch of guys, they said take a hundred, because after thirty it doesn\u2019t matter anymore. You\u2019re so beat up you\u2019re just fighting on automatic pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.06.30-06.16-themixnet-62bde8754778e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"842\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Karate Combat YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dutch fighter\u2019s professional career lasted from 1993 to 2006, having been crowned UFC heavyweight champion in 1999 and gone toe-to-toe with the likes of Frank Shamrock and Maurice Smith. Rutten\u2019s comeback to the UFC after some time spent away from the octagon was a true marvel since he was forty when he returned. The cost of competing once again though took a toll on him physically and mentally as he fought with younger competitors, eventually convincing him to retire shortly after his return.<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholictranscript.org\/bas-rutten-the-religious-fighter\/\">devout catholic<\/a>, Rutten felt a spiritual message telling him it was time to put down the MMA gloves for good after a series of frequent and chronic injuries gave him a wakeup call.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.06.30-06.16-themixnet-62bde87be6736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"848\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bas Rutten vs Frank Shamrock via One Drop Boxing YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat was the Lord telling me it was time to stop you know,\u201d said Rutten. \u201cHe gave me a bunch of injuries that I hated at the time and now I understand why it was because he didn\u2019t want to wreck my career.\u201d Fortunately, he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2015 and is now enjoying his time being part of Karate Combat.<\/p>\n<p>Rutten, always up for new challenges though, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/88026931-jake-paul-tommy-fury-bas-rutten-boxing-ufc-mma\">recently offered<\/a> to coach boxer Tommy Fury before his fight with YouTuber Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to train Tommy Fury, are you kidding\u201d Rutten said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfRmKF4oDWf\/?__coig_restricted=1\">when asked<\/a> in a clip on the official Karate Combat Instagram account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.06.30-06.16-themixnet-62bde8853852e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"958\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Fury via SHOWTIME Sports YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cS***, for the Fury family; I love Tyson. Major fan of this guy and I think [that] we can do some damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Rutten\u2019s impressive skills and path will take him next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bas Rutten hasn\u2019t let retirement get in the way of him from participating in the world of professional fighting. The 57-year-old UFC Hall of Famer recently sat down with GiveMeSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1535180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1535180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}