James Vick took to Instagram to announce his decision of hanging up his gloves. This comes after he suffered another loss in his first fight since he was released from the UFC last year. Following his departure from the UFC, James Vick joined XMMA 1 where he succumbed to a TKO loss against Andre Fialho on January 30. The loss was Vick’s fifth in a row.
In his statement on Instagram, James Vick claimed that he has lost the passion for the fight game and cited it as one of the major reasons for his retirement. The 33-year-old further stated that he has suffered numerous serious injuries over the years including a broken orbital bone and jaw, and doesn’t want to risk his health any further.
James Vick said that he doesn’t want his three-year-old son to see him injured severely because of MMA and wants to focus on spending quality time with his little one instead.
Check out James Vick’s full statement on Instagram below:
James Vick showed a lot of promise before eventually fading away
James Vick has pulled the curtains down on his career with a record of 13 wins and six losses. From August 2013 to February 2018, Vick had an incredible 9-1 record in the UFC.
However, it was then that the problems started surfacing. At a UFC Fight Night event in August 2018, James Vick got violently knocked out by former interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje. Since then, James Vick failed to win any of his next four fights and got finished in all of them.
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