Frank Trigg Looking At Retirement If UFC Contract Is Terminated

by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 21, 2009 4:00 PM EDT in News Comment 17 comments

UFC president spoke to MMAJunkie after Frank Trigg's loss to Josh Koshcheck at UFC 103, and informed them that they probably will not bring Frank Trigg back for a second fight. Trigg signed a four fight deal with the UFC earlier this year in hopes of making one last title run in the UFC. Here's what Dana White had to say:

"I think Trigg is one of those guys (like Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic)," White said after the conclusion of the UFC 103 post-fight press conference. "These (other) guys are young and explosive. There's just a whole other level of talent out there, man, and that's the way it works. That's the way this business is."

MMAJunkie-So, will he give it some thought before terminating the contract?

"I doubt it," White shrugged. "He got smoked tonight."

I can understand White's point of view. I mean Trigg did get destroyed by Josh Koscheck, and he got destroyed by the current champion George St. Pierre a few years back as well. Frank Trigg speaks on the situation:

"I made a stupid mistake," Trigg said. "I stood on his foot in the corner, and I got caught with a punch."

"If they say I'm done, I'm done," he said. "If the UFC cuts me, I'm done fighting. I don't have the strength or determination to go fight in the minor leagues anymore. I've done it before.

"I didn't come back here for one fight ... so I could say I retired as a UFC fighter. I came back to make a run at a title fight. I want to fight. But if they're done with me, that's it."

Frank Trigg has been competing professionally in MMA since 1997. Would you like to see the UFC give Trigg one more fight?

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if they just had to give him 1 more, i don’t know who? hughes? i doubt that hughes would accept that. i think he should go ahead and retire from fighting unless he wants to headline shows like wargods and adrenaline. he still will be involved in the sport in some sort of capacity, i believe he has his own radio show and a clothing line. maybe the ufc could throw him a bone and let him do the announcing for the best of PRIDE show that they will be airing on spike starting next year. he’s got alot of experience with that from fox sports.

by bdw on Sep 21, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yea

I think he closed up his clothing line due to the economy and some other things…and the radio stint(he had to give this up to sign with the UFC if I’m not mistaken). I doubt they would want to do Hughes/Trigg 3…I’d like to see him doing some announcing though.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 21, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve listened to his show a few times… thought it was pretty bad, to be honest. He killed off his clothing line before coming into the UFC though, so at this point all he’s making money off of is his sponsorships.

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by -Neil- on Sep 21, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It wasn’t a stupid mistake; it was him being sluggish and outclassed.

Go ahead and retire – there’s really no feeder opponent for him in the UFC:

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 21, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

like I said, move him up to the middleweight division

by Charles Walker on Sep 21, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Word

I’d like to see him at 185…he can sell a fight…do it Dana.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 21, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah he’s got nothing left ot give… boot Goldie the fuck offa the announcing team instead lol

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 21, 2009 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on dawg

You gotta keep Goldie….where else would you hear entertaining stuff like Travis Lutter is the Michael Jordan of BJJ…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 21, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He the company schill and it’s so freaking obvious at this point it’s not even funny anymore…

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 21, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Well…he does get paid by them…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 21, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the looks of his eyes in every PPV intro

he spends it all on coke.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 21, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Diet Coke.

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by Ozzz on Sep 21, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

goldie's bad

but he aint got nothing over that fat aussie dude who does hd-net fights. people just laugh at him. goldie and mauro are about tied for being flakes.

bring back randy! he was the bomb and there was less time for goldie to speak. randy and rogan by themselves would be perfect. i think randy could learn to announce. all the promo shit is of a card or a telepromter anyway.

by bdw on Sep 21, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let the guy play out his contract in undercardland.

Let him retire with coin in pocket and on his own terms. Not like they couldn’t find a scrub to fight him on the unders.

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by Ozzz on Sep 21, 2009 5:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m not a huge fan of Trigg as a fighter, but the man is great on the stick. Replace Mir in WEC with him, if they aren’t going to use Jens Pulver, or maybe put him in some other sort of media capacity where they can fall back on him when Rogan has something else going on. I’m not a fan of Mir or Florian on the mic, and we know from Trigg’s experience that he isn’t too bad. I don’t want to see the guy get beat in the head until he’s 50, but at the same time he’s still got some fight in him.

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by -Neil- on Sep 21, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs