BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Recognizable Names https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +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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