{"id":104272,"date":"2014-07-07T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=104272"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:54:35","slug":"jens-pulver-confirms-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jens-pulver-confirms-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jens Pulver Confirms Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/exclusive-part-1-jens-pulver-talks-about-driven-and-his-role-as-a-father-latenight-cageside\/jens-pulver-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27874\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/jens-pulver.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"jens-pulver\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27874\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the TUF 19 finale last night, another UFC legend decided to hang up their gloves, former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver has decided to officially announce his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Lil Evil spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaheat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MMAHeat.com<\/a> about his retirement saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I did (compete at) 135 for a bit, and everyone was saying &#8216;time to retire&#8217;, this and that, and I just refused to announce it or say it, but I think I&#8217;ve said it like three times already today.&#8221; Pulver said in an interview with MMA Heat on Sunday, &#8221; I&#8217;m done. 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