Former UFC fighter and analyst Brian Stann has revealed why he left mixed martial arts for his current venture.<\/p>\n
From football to the US Marine Corps to receiving a Silver Star award and beyond, Brian Stann was already a hero before he even entered mixed martial arts. When he eventually made his way into the sport he didn’t waste any time in making his mark, eventually becoming the WEC light heavyweight champion before an eventual transition over to the UFC.<\/p>\n
From there he was involved in a string of entertaining fights before retiring in summer 2013, eventually opting to become an analyst<\/a>.<\/p>\n His work was hailed until he stepped away from MMA and the UFC to become a real estate executive. Now, all these years later, Stann told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about why he left and how he still gets that analyst itch.<\/p>\n