{"id":93872,"date":"2014-04-17T14:28:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T21:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=93872"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:47:43","slug":"dana-white-wants-to-see-big-nog-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-wants-to-see-big-nog-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Wants To See &#8216;Big Nog&#8217; Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-ufc-fighters-react-to-roy-nelsons-ko-win-over-big-nog\/ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93162\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93162\" title=\"ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ufn_abudhabi_08_nelson_vs_nogueira_003-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>Last week fight fans saw MMA legend Antonio Nogueira get <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/gif-nelson-sends-nogueira-crashing-to-the-mat-brutal-ko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knocked out by Roy Nelson in Abu Dhabi<\/a>\u00a0<em>(Replay <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/gif-nelson-sends-nogueira-crashing-to-the-mat-brutal-ko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>)<\/em> at UFC Fight Night 39 on Fight Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the bout Dana said he was <em>&#8220;Blown up by media guys&#8221;<\/em> wanting to know what was next for the former interim heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White spoke to the media during <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-watch-dana-whites-tuf-nations-finale-media-scrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his recent scrum<\/a>\u00a0about Big Nog&#8217;s future in the sport saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs soon as he got knocked out I was getting blown up by media guys saying, \u2018What do you want to do? But out of respect for Nogueira I didn\u2019t want to say anything until he said something publicly. Then he came out and said he wants to fight Frank Mir.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want to see Nogueira fight ever again. He should retire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>White went on to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe is a warhorse. The guy has been in \u2013 just the battles in PRIDE that he\u2019s been in let alone the fights that he\u2019s fought in the UFC. He is one of the most respected fighters in the world by other fighters, let alone by fans, and I like him very much too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve been in this position a million times,\u201d White said. \u201cI wanted to give him the opportunity to say something first, but now I\u2019m going to say \u2018\u201cBig Nog,\u201d I love you, but I\u2019d love you to never fight again.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What do you think PENNation? Do you want to see Antonio Nogueira fight again? Sound off in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Evan Stoumbelis Last week fight fans saw MMA legend Antonio Nogueira get knocked out by Roy Nelson in Abu Dhabi\u00a0(Replay HERE) at UFC Fight Night 39 on Fight Pass. 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