Life after fighting will get bad for many mixed martial arts (MMA) legends.
Recently, several former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters have declared severe health problems because of the ongoing UFC antitrust lawsuit, which recently reached a second settlement to the tune of $375 million. UFC and Pride legend Wanderlei Silva is one of many to have declared he is suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) symptoms, as well as former UFC Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum.
Dozens of other fighters have also declared.
Recently, former UFC fighter and podcast host Brendan Schaub revealed a very troubling update from his former training partner, former UFC interim Heavyweight Shane Carwin.
said on his podcast. “Shane, you know, can’t even keep a job. He went from being an engineer to he can’t be a bouncer at an f—king bar. He can’t. So that’s what you’re dealing with. Shane’s in the thick of it, man. There’s nothing we can do; we tried to get him help.”
Shauab revealed that UFC flew Carwin out to Las Vegas when they heard the news.
“You know, the UFC did fly him down to the Apex thing, and they tried to do stuff,” Shaub said. “So to Dana [White’s] credit, you know, as soon as Dana found out he – that’s who I called. I went through my contacts and tried to get Shane some help. And as soon as Dana heard that Shane was having some issues, he flew Shane down there, and they tried to help. I don’t know enough about it. I don’t know if anyone does. But he’s the worst of the worst right now.”
Carwin fought six times in UFC and only lost twice, which is pretty remarkable yet puzzling as to why his health is so bad. However, Shaub revealed he and Carwin went to war for years in the gym, knocking each other out.
At the end of Schaub’s episode, he pleaded for his former promotion to step in and help Shane by giving him money because he believes he has little time left and won’t see any of the money coming from the UFC antitrust lawsuit.
