{"id":218271,"date":"2017-01-18T09:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T17:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218271"},"modified":"2017-01-18T09:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T17:16:38","slug":"tim-kennedy-updates-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tim-kennedy-updates-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Kennedy updates on retirement decision, MMAAA, and his future in the martial arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, UFC middleweight contender Tim Kennedy <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tim-kennedy\/tim-kennedy-announces-retirement-mma\/\">announced his retirement from mixed martial arts<\/a> with a heartfelt post to his Facebook page. This retirement announcement followed <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-206-results-tim-kennedy-vs-kelvin-gastelum\/\">a lopsided knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 206.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, Kennedy spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/1\/17\/14304614\/retired-tim-kennedy-vows-to-seek-change-in-more-significant-fight\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> to elaborate on his decision to retire, and give updates on his involvement with the new Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association, and his future in the martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, it was Kennedy&#8217;s plan to retire whether he won or lost against Gastelum, though he admitted there were a few unlikely possibilities that would have kept him around.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI knew that the outcome of the fight regardless of a win or a loss was going to be me being retired,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was one or two scenarios that could have maybe kept me around, and that was me fighting Michael Bisping in like, London, for 10 percent of the entire pay-per-view, which is obviously an impossibility.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, I was done. I knew I was done. I wanted a Cinderella story. I wanted to go out<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tim-kennedy\/breaking-ufc-205s-rashad-evans-vs-tim-kennedy-reportedly-off\/\"> fighting Rashad at Madison Square Garden<\/a>, but that\u2019s not how life is. So I knew I was going to be done regardless.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kennedy then explained that the outcome of the fight only served to reaffirm that it was time to hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI really pride myself on being intelligent, smart, but most importantly as a man that understands his assets and liabilities,\u201d he said. \u201cNothing, like, existentialist or anything, but when you are critically evaluating yourself and your performance, you know what you\u2019re supposed to do, but physically you\u2019re not able to do it. If anything, that fight \u2014 and more specifically, my performance in that fight \u2014 solidified in every single way that I was doing the right thing by walking away from the sport.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Tim Kennedy will no longer be competing in mixed martial arts, he explained that he hopes to compete on the submission grappling circuit in the future, ideally in contests with Fedor Emelianenko and Roger Gracie.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m going to be a martial artist until the day I die. I\u2019m going to be competitive guy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I want to fight to fight Fedor [Emelianenko] in a super-fight grappling competition. I want to rematch Roger [Gracie], but maybe in a gi this time so he has a chance. I\u2019m not done, it\u2019s just the fights that I\u2019m going to be picking will be much more meaningful, much more significant.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Kennedy touched on his high-profile involvement with the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association (MMAAA), a new organization that seeks to improve conditions for professional mixed martial artists.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis is not a slow-moving thing,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not a lawsuit that is going to take years. You\u2019re going to see announcements every month. You\u2019re going to see who\u2019s part of this outspokenly, who are athletes on the roster that have already joined. You\u2019re going to see content about why this is important coming out. And if you saw me fight, and you saw how I fought in the cage, this is something that I think is much more important than my performance, and I\u2019ll fight much more fiercely.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Were you surprised that Tim Kennedy decided to retire? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/18\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, UFC middleweight contender Tim Kennedy announced his retirement from mixed martial arts with a heartfelt post to his Facebook page. This retirement announcement followed a lopsided knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 206. 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