Gavin Tucker bekräftar UFC-pensionering mitt i skadeproblem

Gavin Tucker, Newfoundland och Labradors första UFC-fighter, har officiellt gått i pension efter nio år plågade av skador. Den 39-årige drog sig ur en föreslagen match mot Doo Ho Choi timmar efter att den annonserats, som först rapporterades tidigare i veckan.

Efter inledande rapporter om att han inte signerade matchavtalet för UFC Fight Night 273 den 18 april i Winnipeg har Tucker bekräftat sin pensionering till MMA Junkie via managern Lucas Lutkus på All In Sports Management. Beslutet beror på ett ihållande mönster av skador som begränsade hans aktivitet, där hans senaste fight – en förlust mot Diego Lopes i augusti 2023 – var hans första sedan mars 2021. Tucker, som anslöt till UFC 2017, avslutar sin karriär med ett professionellt MMA-rekord på 13-3. Trots motgångarna lämnar han ett arv som en motståndskraftig konkurrent från sin hemprovins. Framöver kommer han att vara huvudtränare för Tower 1 Combat Sports Team i New Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, och förbli kopplad till sporten utanför buren.

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