{"id":181832,"date":"2016-01-06T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=181832"},"modified":"2016-01-06T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:33:24","slug":"martin-kampmann-officially-retires-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/martin-kampmann-officially-retires-from-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Kampmann officially retires from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/martin-kampmann-taking-his-time-on-possible-return-to-the-octagon\/\">Martin Kampmann<\/a> hasn&#8217;t been in the Octagon since his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/free-fight-carlos-condit-vs-martin-kampmann-2-watch\/\">2013 TKO loss<\/a> to Carlos Condit, he hasn&#8217;t officially retired, until now.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon Kampmann was featured in an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Martin-Kampmann-UFC-the-hitman-retires?utm_campaign=UFC&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_content=1452100054\" target=\"_blank\">UFC.com<\/a>, in which he officially announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve known for a while.  I just haven\u2019t really made it official. I\u2019m not sure why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know,\u201d he chuckled when asked about that little voice. \u201cBut I\u2019ve known for a while that I\u2019m not going to be fighting anymore. Sometimes it\u2019s tough to make it official.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So after 27 professional fights over the course of a decade, what&#8217;s next for &#8216;The Hitman&#8217;?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019ll still be involved in MMA,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will probably be more from a hobby perspective, whereas before, I was doing full-time fighting and full-time coaching. But I still have gyms that I work with and that I help. I coach, I do seminars, and I work a lot with my affiliate gyms and make sure that they\u2019re getting better in their MMA development. So I\u2019ll be involved in MMA, but now I\u2019m really busy with other things.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We here at BJPenn.com would like to wish Martin Kampmann the best in his future endeavors outside of the Octagon, and thank him for the many memories he has gave us throughout his MMA career!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Martin Kampmann hasn&#8217;t been in the Octagon since his 2013 TKO loss to Carlos Condit, he hasn&#8217;t officially retired, until now. On Wednesday afternoon Kampmann was featured in an article on UFC.com, in which he officially announced his retirement. \u201cI\u2019ve known for a while. I just haven\u2019t really made it official. 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