Quote of the Day: Nate Quarry talks retirement
by Matt Bishop on Nov 3, 2010 9:01 AM EDT
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Former UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Quarry (12-4 overall, 7-3 UFC) was on The MMA Hour earlier this week and spoke about potential retirement.
"We'll see," Quarry responded when asked if he will ever fight again. "It's kind of nice, actually, taking this time off, waking up in the morning knowing that I don't necessarily have to get punched today and I've got so many other incredible opportunities going on, so we'll see where my career takes me. I've been fighting for 12 years, training for 14. So 12 years, that's a lot. I started with absolutely nothing, literally living the American Dream. I saw the UFC on TV when I was 24, opened up the phone book, found a gym and started training. I didn't have any wrestling experience ... I was the guy sitting on the couch watching the fights, got up, went out, joined a gym. If I can do it, anybody can because I had no athletic ability from day one. Just willing to take my beating and move forward."
Quarry last fought at UFC Fight Night 21 in March, dropping a second-round TKO to Jorge Rivera. Prior to that, his only UFC losses were in a title match against Rich Franklin and against Demian Maia. He holds wins against Jason MacDonald and Kalib Starnes in his career.
If Quarry does decide to hang up the gloves, he'll have provided the fans with many memorable moments during his career.
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that and he’s not got the cottonmouth sound in his speech of pugilistica dementia and still wants to continue to strap on the gloves.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Nov 3, 2010 1:15 PM EDT reply actions
Yeaaa
If I was Quarry…I’d call it a day….no shame in his career….
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I’ve always been a fan of Quarry’s. Always showed up to fight, never complained and was easily the most level-headed person on TUF 1. He’d make a great coach/assistant coach. Or possibly continue to do public speaking. He was great at the TED conference. But, like Kelvin said, no shame in his career. At least he’s smart enough to know when to call it quits before he gets punch-drunk.
"Girls are mean." Lisa Ward
If he's financially set for life, then he's free to call it quits with no shame
I was impressed by his demeanor at the TED appearance, and it’s a good thing that Maia subbed him instead of pounding him out or something — as Maia said, his goal (early on) was to win by sub without getting hurt or hurting his opponent.
He's got something else he's working on now...
… it’s called ZOMBIE CAGEFIGHTER! I just finished an animation for him based on his fight at UFC fight night after his back surgery. Action, Zombies, Blood… what else do you want (=
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