Paul Daley has been competing in MMA for almost two decades and is one of the UK’s pioneers of the sport. But after stepping into the cage a final time in his home country in May, he says that he’s hanging up his gloves for good.
The 38-year-old power puncher was a guest on The MMA Hour earlier today, and made it clear that he put himself in a good enough financial position that retirement was finally an option (via MMA Fighting):
“After many years in the game, the hours on the road, hours in the gym, the years have caught up with me and now every morning I wake up with a bad back, and I’m just tired.