Most fighters don’t know when to quit.
But it’s the same for a ton of people who are passionate about something. Good Lord, just look at Motley Crue
It’s crazy the suit for being paid unfairly isn’t thrown out. Should I sue wearguard? As a dumb teen they paid me minimum wage to load trucks all day. I bet the CEO was rich so in hindsite I deserved way more!!
Shall I sue the neighbor I had as a kid? Because I shoveled old lady Olsons driveway out after every winter storm and all I got in return was cocoa with marshmallows.
That decrepit old bitch fucked me right in the ass.
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Motley Crue had a huge 2023.
2022…
I guess this why they stuck around …lol
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maybe ex fighters should start bands
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True, but they suck now.
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Well they always sucked but many disagree.
Being rich could make my sucking life much better.
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They were never exactly led zep
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Addict talk IMO.
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Legal copy pasta
Will Bapa’s beast of a lawyer get him some CTE money?
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I hope Dana finds a way of suing Brenda and takes EVERYTHING he has
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That wouldn’t be a nice thing to do with your Eskimo brother
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Since birth, you learn to avoid impact to your head and wear a helmet when doing something dangerous. There’s no making it to the top of combat sports and not realizing that. No, every fighter hopes they’ll make lots of money and avoid damage. They think they’ll be the one that makes hundreds of millions and doesn’t get hurt. When the risk/reward-gamble backfires, I understand being unsatisfied, but at the end of the day, is any price the right for giving or receiving brain damage? Probably not.
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“I have been unable to maintain adequate focus to hold down an engineering job. I face serious challenges in meeting basic everyday expenses for food, shelter, and transportation and in basic life skills necessary to function.”
Shane Carwin declaration in lawsuit.
I kinda feel bad for him,but he has had more opportunities than I to make connections to meaniful people…life is rough tough but Shane looks bad(weak,sick) by coming out publicly with this type of information.
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ufc lawyers are gonna say he took that damage all before fighting in the ufc
its probably mostly true
good luck to the man, but i dont think court is gonna be good to him
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Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin became the topic of a lot of conversation online following the latest update in the UFC lawsuit.
Le vs Zuffa received lots of declarations from former UFC fighters that are named in the case and Carwin’s was by far the most shocking as he detailed why he needs the settlement money urgently due to his health and financial concerns.
Brendan Schaub, who came up alongside Carwin as his main training partner, gave an incredibly emotional reaction to this on a recent episode of his podcast. Schaub spoke from an intensely personal point of view about the struggles that he knows the former fighter has gone through.
“Because of the way that we trained, because we were meat heads, we didn’t know, even the coaches. We’d spar twice a week, sometimes three times a week, like all out wars and because of that, Shane, you know, he can’t even… he can’t even keep a job dude. Yeah, he went from being an engineer to he can’t be a bouncer at a f****** bar.”
Schaub did say that the UFC attempted to help Carwin in the past after his health concerns were revealed to the likes of Dana White. The 49-year old retired from MMA back in 2013 due to several substantial injuries that prevented him from ever returning despite several attempts.
“There’s nothing we can do, we tried to get him help. The UFC did fly him down to the Apex and they tried to do stuff. To Dana’s credit, as soon as Dana found out he, that’s who I call. I went through my contacts, I tried to get Shane some help and as soon as Dana heard that Shane was having some issues, he flew Shane down there.”
Schaub got emotional when he spoke about how this money could benefit Carwin and how this should have never happened to such a brilliant mind in the first place.
“There’s not enough money in the world if you ask Shane Carwin if he could do it again. If you gave him a billion dollars, Shane’s really bad.”
Carwin’s fellow former heavyweight reflected about how his old training partner used to pay for his sessions when he couldn’t afford them. He told other emotional stories about how they would spar so intensely with one another that they’d joke on the car ride home that they couldn’t remember how to get back.
His close personal connection to the ex-fighter in question made this a very difficult conversation for Schaub to approach.
“Shane’s one of many, it just so happens that Shane’s story is f****** heart breaking. He wasn’t a dumba**, he’s not a meat head like me. I know he looks like it and you guys want to assume Shane’s this big dumb animal, he’s f****** not dude. When Shane was young before all this, he could’ve sat on JRE and ran circles around any guest that Rogan has had in that room… it just so happened he’s in this 6’3′, 280 pound shredded body… and you guys want to assume he’s a meat head and right him off? I get all that but I’m telling you you’re wrong. Now he can’t afford food and his kids.”
Carwin and Schaub should be suing each other, most of the damage they took was at each others hands. Well I guess lots of people beat the shit out of Schaub but still.
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As much as it sucks…i find it hard to feel bad cause…
Thats the sport…this happens.
You want heart breaking look at spencer fisher
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Did Carwin have any reservations about giving nearly all of his opponents brain damage? Did he not know that his punches could cause brain damage?
I seem to remember Carwin being a pretty intelligent guy. Why is he only suing the UFC? Why not the smaller promotions he got his start in? Over half of his career was outside of the UFC, losing only his last 2 fights.
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