{"id":68645,"date":"2013-09-10T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68645"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:08","slug":"matthew-riddle-announces-retirement-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matthew-riddle-announces-retirement-from-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Riddle announces retirement from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Matt-Riddle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52858\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Matt-Riddle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Riddle (7-3 MMA) announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old, Riddle, was slated to fight Luis Melo (29-11 MMA) at next weeks Bellator 100 event, which features the opening round of the promotions Season 9 welterweight tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0 Riddle apparently\u00a0suffered a cracked rib in training and thus has decided to call it a career due to financial reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what Riddle wrote on his twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>@riddletuf7: I&#8217;m retiring from MMA today, I cracked my rib and I can&#8217;t fight Sept 20th. @BellatorMMA can&#8217;t give me a fight this year so I can&#8217;t afford it!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em>Riddle fought\u00a0a total of 12 bouts\u00a0in his MMA career, all of which took place under the UFC banner.\u00a0Riddle, who\u00a0competed on season 7 of &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter&#8221;, won his final four fights inside the octagon. However, two of those victories\u00a0were overturned after Riddle, a medical marijuana user, failed post-fight drug tests due to marijuana metabolites.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle was released by the UFC after his most recent no-contest, which came agaisnt Che Mills at February&#8217;s UFC on FUEL TV 7 event.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle\u00a0joined the\u00a0Bellator MMA ranks in May but never actually competed for the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Riddle (7-3 MMA) announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Monday night. The 27-year-old, Riddle, was slated to fight Luis Melo (29-11 MMA) at next weeks Bellator 100 event, which features the opening round of the promotions Season 9 welterweight tournament. 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