Twelve-time Bellator veteran Brett Cooper has retired from professional mixed martial arts at 28 years old.
The Long Beach, Calif., native known as “Fudoshin” recently announced his decision on his private Facebook page. His full statement (courtesy of MMAJunkie.com) is as follows:
It looks as though I will be retiring from hi-level competition in MMA. In order to compete at the highest level I would have to do certain things that I’m not comfortable with. It is time for me to be a dad and not be selfish anymore. I learned a lot from this sport and met a lot of great people.