Pendred Retires !!

JoeyJJ

Stating his desire is no longer there.

http://m.rte.ie/sport/mma/2015/1125/749178-cathal-pendred-calls-time-on-mma-career/

Gatling

What the ..

0ph0rce0

Getting out before the cut.

CatFromHue

I kinda figured it, I think he's getting involved in a new restaurant and that last fight was a bad beating.

DeVore

Ive been very critical of his fighting on here so for his own sake, I'm glad he made this choice. On the flip side, its a hell of an achievement for any fighter to get to compete in the UFC and much respect to any fighter who makes that walk to the cage in any promotion. He seems like a very nice decent fella too so I wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do!

arybvtcw0eolkf

DeVore wrote: »

Ive been very critical of his fighting on here so for his own sake, I'm glad he made this choice. On the flip side, its a hell of an achievement for any fighter to get to compete in the UFC and much respect to any fighter who makes that walk to the cage in any promotion. He seems like a very nice decent fella too so I wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do!

Just about sums up my feelings on him too.

Both as an amateur and pro he was never an exciting fighter to watch, but hats off and respect for his courage.

Salute to a courageous competitor and a terribly decent young man.

chopperbyrne

GOAT

ASOT

http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/25/9800640/cathal-pendred-retires-from-mma-it-is-time-for-me-to-move-on#comments

There's some comedy hold in the comments, personal favorite is "You will always be 29-28 in my heart... Which you don't deserve" :pac:

Luke Thomas isn't taking the comments very well.

Tigger

today fm have him at 17 wins out of 21 in The UFC :eek:

Kylo Ren

JustTheOne

Pendreds Fists of Fury wrote: »

Hope youre happy with your work you big bully!

Tigger

Pendreds Fists of Fury wrote: »

Gwan keano

Axwell

Pendreds Fists of Fury wrote: »

Clearly he has a boards account and saw your name change and the mocking was too much..I hope you are happy with yourself

themandan6611

DeVore wrote: »

Ive been very critical of his fighting on here so for his own sake, I'm glad he made this choice. On the flip side, its a hell of an achievement for any fighter to get to compete in the UFC and much respect to any fighter who makes that walk to the cage in any promotion. He seems like a very nice decent fella too so I wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do!

sums it up for me, a really sound chap who got the best out of himself and has achieved. A lot of people (myself hands up) were not mad on his stand up, a shame he did not box when he was in his early teens, "could have been someone" cause he had that heart and determination

Devastator

http://imgur.com/JhtcdMy

John_D80

Nothing but respect for the man and his achievements as a fighter. No doubt he will go on to great things in his life outside of MMA.

The barstool critics and begrudgers can focus on someone else now.

Mr. Manager

ASOT wrote: »

http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/25/9800640/cathal-pendred-retires-from-mma-it-is-time-for-me-to-move-on#comments

There's some comedy hold in the comments, personal favorite is "You will always be 29-28 in my heart... Which you don't deserve" :pac:

Luke Thomas isn't taking the comments very well.

You could say the comments about him are split

weemcd

I was never his biggest fan but always respected him a lot. The 3 failed drug tests for his opponents (one at Middleweight too btw) is a fair point from McGregor, no shame in going 4-2 dodgy decisions aside. I thought he had time, that if he trained nothing but boxing or went to a kickboxing camp or something like that, but he must have felt it himself that there was too big of a gap standing.

He got a long way on heart and athleticism, you just can't have big holes in your game now.

MartyMcFly84

To be fair to Cathal he has only been training MMA for about 6 years in total. He came from a Rugby background and had no martial arts training what so ever.

I dont think he had a single amateur fight and went straight into pro. He racked up a lot of wins against much more experienced fighters, he was the top Welterweight in Europe winning the Cage Warriors title after training for only 4 years, made it to the Ultimate Fighter and had 6 fights in the UFC and left on his own terms.

This is far more than most MMA fighters will do in their entire careers.

I am happy for him, he stuck at it while many like myself walked away thinking it was not realistic to get into the UFC. People like Cathal proved its was more than possible if you keep trying.

Hoki

Met the guy in Boston, sound fella. Pity his talent didn't match his heart. No shame in a 4-2 Ufc record and at least he'll have some good stories for his grandkids.

DeVore

Cathal has a winners mentality. He will succeed at whatever he does.

I have to be honest and Im going to get lashed for saying this but I wont shy away and so stick to my convictions.

I have a fitness magazine at home and the last page is 20 questions with cathal and in one part he says " I cannot wait for a shot at exposing weidman" at the time I laughed out loud.

so I'm wondering why the loss of heart?? seems to me the oul pride took a beating and he got a wake up call last match. that coupled with an impending cut, after which, what's his options?????

Don't get me wrong, it takes fooking guts to get into a white collar match in the local pub even, more than your average joe can muster. But I just think it's a case that his heart was broke as well as his pride.

shame too,

but you're right, likeable guy. his demeanour with mcgregors talent would be superb!

DeVore

Maybe he was told "jump or get pushed"... who knows. Who *cares* in fact. He's retired and kinda like a death, general good manners would say not to poke to far into the causes or failings of the person.

Few sportsmen in Ireland achieve worldwide recognition in their sport, lets celebrate one who did.

John_D80

Lot of speculation (even here) that he was getting cut and thats one of the reasons he jacked it in. Is there a genuine source for this or are people just talking out of their arses and guessing?

I certainly hadnt heard anything about him getting cut. Losing 2 on the trot is not usually enough to get a fighter cut after winning 4 in a row.

Paully D

He's done more in 6 years in MMA than 99% of those fighting all their life will do in their whole career.

Up until 3 months ago he was 4-0 in the UFC and only Neil Magny had been on a longer winning streak in the entire division. He retires 22-4-1 overall in MMA and a former Cage Contender and Cage Warriors champion.

I know people take the piss out of him etc, but what he has done in such a short period of time in the sport is actually remarkable and when you take everything into consideration his career is always going to be vastly underrated among fans.

The very best of luck to him in the future and with his new venture.

Mellor

Paully D wrote: »

He's done more in 6 years in MMA than 99% of those fighting all their life will do in their whole career.

^This


That's way the way the piss was taken out of him bugged the shit out of me. He's wasn't UFC top 10 material, so what!! Neither are the 99% of MMA fighters. It easy to criticize a fighter sitting on your ass streaming a UFC event, stuffing cheetos in face. It's a lot harder to give it a go. Go to he gym, spar with somebody, be humbled, then rethink your comments.
And I'm not saying that only fighters can critize fighters either, I'm just pointing out that people don't look as bad-ass throwing punches as they like to imagine.

Gamebred

On his fighting style,I dont think he actually performed as good as I think he could've,He tried to be a striker I remember him throwing a spinning hook kick or capoeira thing in sweden,Hes a big strong guy with good grappling I think he could've done a pat cummins and wrestle fcuk people for dominant wins.

John_D80

John_D80 wrote: »

Lot of speculation (even here) that he was getting cut and thats one of the reasons he jacked it in. Is there a genuine source for this or are people just talking out of their arses and guessing?

I certainly hadnt heard anything about him getting cut. Losing 2 on the trot is not usually enough to get a fighter cut after winning 4 in a row.

dunno, tell that to john Fitch!

John_D80

Cathal on the MMA hour. Good interview. Gave a good account of himself. Skip to 0:49:00

http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/30/9812854/the-mma-hour-with-georges-st-pierre-mirko-cro-cop-daniel-cormier-josh

cloudatlas

Fair play to him. I don't think a whole lot of his journalism though, maybe just stick to the restaurant idea.

cowzerp

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

To be fair to Cathal he has only been training MMA for about 6 years in total. He came from a Rugby background and had no martial arts training what so ever.

Could be wrong but pretty sure he joined SBG as a blue belt in BJJ that he had got training in the states, or so i was told anyway.

Either way, Best of luck to Cathal in future endeavours, A very humble and good guy.

weemcd

cowzerp wrote: »

Could be wrong but pretty sure he joined SBG as a blue belt in BJJ that he had got training in the states, or so i was told anyway.

Either way, Best of luck to Cathal in future endeavours, A very humble and good guy.

He did a few summers at AKA as far as I know. Seem to remember him saying that in an interview once

MartyMcFly84

Could be wrong but pretty sure he joined SBG as a blue belt in BJJ that he had got training in the states, or so i was told anyway.

Either way, Best of luck to Cathal in future endeavours, A very humble and good guy.

I am not sure he is a blue belt even now could be wrong, have never seen him in a Gi. Obviously he is much higher level NoGi

He did train in the states while he was there with his J1 mates, that was the first he did it and looked to continue when he came home and joined SBG. He may have gone over a couple times to spend Summers there I am not sure.

Mellor

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I am not sure he is a blue belt even now could be wrong, have never seen him in a Gi. Obviously he is much higher level NoGi

Is training in the Gi a must to be graded in SBG.
I know the kids/teens start off in the gi. But can the older or more advanced guys focus on no-gi only once they reach a point. For example if they wanted to progress up the ranks for no-gi competition.

Clive

Mellor wrote: »

Is training in the Gi a must to be graded in SBG.
I know the kids/teens start off in the gi. But can the older or more advanced guys focus on no-gi only once they reach a point. For example if they wanted to progress up the ranks for no-gi competition.

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Dtp1979

Cathal on Matt cooper soon

Subcomandante Marcos

Clive wrote: »

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Same policy in most good schools and one of the reasons a lot of guys who train no-gi for mma progress at a slower rate, they just don't put on the gi enough to grade regularly and have little to no interest in doing so because they'd rather train for mma than competition jiu-jitsu.

Richy06

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Same policy in most good schools and one of the reasons a lot of guys who train no-gi for mma progress at a slower rate, they just don't put on the gi enough to grade regularly and have little to no interest in doing so because they'd rather train for mma than competition jiu-jitsu.

Which makes sense, if that's your focus. Spending a significant time in the Gi is wasted time if your focus is MMA and you've only started in your 20s, like Cathal.

However, it's no secret that the best grapplers have spent some significant time in the Gi at some point or another to improve and tighten up escapes et al. Having said that, the next generation coming up have been training in the Gi for years before transitioning into MMA and, in my opinion, are far better for it. James Gallagher, Lee Hammond for example, going even younger you have Ryan Keogh.

Mellor

Clive wrote: »

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Makes sense, I was just curious more than anything seeing as you probably have a bigger no-gi base than most. Ours is similar, you need to train in the gi to grade, but the required knowledge also includes a bit of no-gi stuff. (mostly wrestling takedowns).

CatFromHue

I see Pendred has an article in the Indo today. Being the first ex pro fighter in a sport that's going like this is a good place to be for media duties.

DeVore

Worked for Johnny Giles and Dumpty.