TORONTO -- Canadian bantamweight Nick (The Ninja of Love) Denis has retired from mixed martial arts, citing a concern over blows to the head. "In the last couple years, and especially in the last few months leading up to my May 5th fight, while sparring I would notice that when I got hit, it would affect me more and more," the 29-year-old Denis wrote in his blog. "When I first started sparring I would run through punches unaffected. Not only that, but now training at Tristar (Gym in Montreal), I am literally training with the world's best. We are all training at the highest level, all for the same reasons. "Could I fight in the UFC, against the best fighters in our solar...
↧