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Griffin retired, but not by choice
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<p>Forrest Griffin has been fighting in the UFC since 2005 and professionaly since 2001, but the toll on his body from fighting and training has become too much. Griffin was planning on fighting again after his win against Tito Ortiz last July, but his body had other ideas. Griffin recently spoke to Ariel Helwani on the MMA hour about his struggle:</p>
"I physically can't (come back). I didn't want to be done, in the beginning. When I announced my retirement, that was actually when I was trying to come back and I realized, it just wasn't viable. It passed me by. My shoulder is done. I brush my teeth with my left hand now. That's just the way it goes. I can't shoot a basketball, I can't throw any kind of ball. I was right handed. The last three years, I was kinda fighting with one arm, on and off.
My training camp was, I don't want to call it Frank Mir style, but it was Frank Mir style. It's like, I'm going to work on whatever hurts the least today. What are we doing today? Well, what's not broken today? That's what we're going to do today."
Fuck I just had an MRI done on my shoulder today. It got injured training in Amsterdam over the summer. I can barely put a shirt on. Now I'm really starting to worry.
ImStillHereChief - Fuck I just had an MRI done on my shoulder today. It got injured training in Amsterdam over the summer. I can barely put a shirt on. Now I'm really starting to worry.
Get it fixed and stop training, or at least make changes.
By Mir Style I believe he meant that between the crash and fighting for as long as he has Mir has so many permanent injuries he has to constantly train around them and, from the sound of it, has days where he can barely train. Makes Mir one tough SOB imo.
Forrest was always tough but i think his lack of athleticism is what held him back..he always seemed like he was punching underwater during his fights..his submission game seemed non-existent..
Bry Bry - Forrest was always tough but i think his lack of athleticism is what held him back..he always seemed like he was punching underwater during his fights..his submission game seemed non-existent..
He def had a sub game and I wouldn't say that he wasn't athletic. I remember him making Rampage look clumsy in a basketball game on TUF. His hand speed was never there but over all he was an above average athlete.
Bry Bry - Forrest was always tough but i think his lack of athleticism is what held him back..he always seemed like he was punching underwater during his fights..his submission game seemed non-existent..
Gotta remember all the wars & injuries he had before tuf even started. And he was known as a guy that loved to train, coture said he had to turn the lights off to get him out if the gym. He trained and fought injured for years. Guy was tough as they come.
I wish him.success in his list fight life. He was the UFCs poster boy for years and made them.alot of money, I hope they find something for him.
