Ivan Salaverry hangs up the gloves
In the least surprising announcement of the year, Ivan Salaverry has revealed to Sherdog that he is retiring from the sport of mixed martial arts:
“Basically, I am just not prioritizing fighting anymore,” Salaverry told Sherdog.com. “Even though I love fighting and I had a great run and I enjoyed it, I’ve transitioned to other things. There are quite a few variables as to why I stepped away and not just one. I’m older now; I’m 37 and not 27. I also have some injuries that are just not recovering, too. And within that scope, I have my school and my two kids. Fighting is not just a priority anymore.”
I think I speak for most MMA fans when I say that Ivan’s had a great run in MMA and has been an unsung hero in terms of pioneers during the modern era of the sport. Best of luck to Salaverry in whatever endeavors he pursues in the future.
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Best of luck to him. His body lock on Fryklund was one of my top 5 favorite subs.
Kinda wish others who have aged would follow his lead *cough* shamrock *cough*
Stay Hard Ivan!!!!!
Sad to see him go, but better this than to linger around and tarnish his accomplishments
ill miss ivan, but i’d rather miss him than see him get wailed on by the next gen.
best wishes.
welp,
there goes one of my favorite fighters..
you know, it seems like.. once you’re one of my favorite fighters, you get a string of bad luck..
Ivan
Vitor Belfort
David Loiseau
am i right?
Rich, you are right.
Ivan was an awesome pioneer of MMA, an all around nice guy, and one of the great promoters of our sport. You dont have a dominating move named after you by being a chump.
Best of luck to him.