BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Feelings https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘Babalu’ Sobral on retirement: ‘My body cannot continue to do this anymore’ https://www.badmma.com/babalu-sobral-on-retirement-my-body-cannot-continue-to-do-this-anymore.html https://www.badmma.com/babalu-sobral-on-retirement-my-body-cannot-continue-to-do-this-anymore.html#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:15:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/babalu-sobral-on-retirement-my-body-cannot-continue-to-do-this-anymore.html If Renato Sobral has one regret about his final MMA fight, it’s that he couldn’t make his body do what it used to. “Babalu,” a 16-year MMA vet who’s long been one of the sport’s most recognizable names, announced his retirement on Wednesday following a TKO loss to Jacob Noe at Bellator 96. After the Spike TV-televised defeat, which saw Sobral battered but refusing to give up until the referee did it for him, the teary-eyed Brazilian discussed the disappointment and bittersweet feelings. “It’s kind of highly emotional for me to talk about this right now, but I think maybe I’ve been in the cage more than everybody in this room here,” he said. “I lived the life. That’s what I want to say. I have no regrets.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/babalu-sobral-on-retirement-my-body-cannot-continue-to-do-this-anymore.html/feed 0 Injured ‘TUF: Brazil 2′ finalist Santiago Ponzinibbio wants Leo Santos rematch https://www.badmma.com/injured-tuf-brazil-2-finalist-santiago-ponzinibbio-wants-leo-santos-rematch.html https://www.badmma.com/injured-tuf-brazil-2-finalist-santiago-ponzinibbio-wants-leo-santos-rematch.html#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/injured-tuf-brazil-2-finalist-santiago-ponzinibbio-wants-leo-santos-rematch.html FORTALEZA, BRAZIL – With a scar still fresh from recent surgery on his radius bone, Santiago Ponzinibbio watched Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 event with bittersweet feelings. On one hand, he was humbled that so many fans have told him he was the best fighter on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2,” which wrapped up its welterweight tournament at Saturday’s event at Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. It was bitter, though, because the fighter Ponzinibbio (18-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) beat in the semifinal round of the tourney – Leonardo Santos (12-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) – instead took his spot in the final and defeated William Macario (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to win the show. “It’s kind of a bad feeling, a little bit,” he told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) through a translator just prior to the fight’s start. “I really wish I would have been fighting here on this incredible fight card doing a co-main event of the evening

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