{"id":285808,"date":"2018-09-23T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T14:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=285808"},"modified":"2018-09-23T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T14:38:14","slug":"after-ufc-sao-paulo-loss-evan-dunham-says-his-retirement-is-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/evan-dunham\/after-ufc-sao-paulo-loss-evan-dunham-says-his-retirement-is-permanent\/","title":{"rendered":"After UFC Sao Paulo loss, Evan Dunham says his retirement is permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heading into his UFC Sao Paulo showdown with Francisco Trinaldo, long-time lightweight contender Evan Dunham assured that he would be retiring after the card.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this planned retirement fight didn&#8217;t go the way Evan Dunham planned, as he was put down by a vicious body shot from his Brazilian foe. While Dunham clearly would have preferred to retire on a victory, he assured post-fight that, despite the widespread trend of retired fighters mounting comebacks, his retirement will be permanent. In fact, this loss only served to reaffirm his choice to hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC Sao Paulo: Evan Dunham Says He Has No Intention Of Returning to MMA  - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fz4FSN-DYZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already knew what I was going to do, going into this fight win, lose or draw,\u201d Evan Dunham said during a told MMA Fighting post-fight (transcript via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Evan-Dunham-Nixes-Possibility-of-MMA-Return-I-Have-No-Intentions-of-Coming-Back-142831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog<\/a>). \u201cMy last three losses have come by body shot knockout. I have a responsibility to myself and the fighters coming up behind me to know when you\u2019re body is telling you to quit. It\u2019s time to quit, time to hang it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not coming back. I\u2019m happy. I\u2019ve got plans. I\u2019ve got things already set up and going that I want to do\u2026.I have no intentions of coming back at all. I\u2019m ready to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on his career, Evan Dunham says he is happy with the way he performed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy with my career and wouldn\u2019t change a single thing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his impressive career, Evan Dunham battled some of the best fighters the UFC lightweight division had to offer, such as Sean Sherk, Melvin Guillard, Nik Lentz, TJ Grant, Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone, Edson Barboza, Ross Pearson, Joe Lauzon, Beneil Dariush, Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Trinaldo. 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