I cried after I announced my MMA retirement and got a job on railroad tracks … now I have a second chance through boxing
Darren Stewart announced his retirement from MMA with his eyes full of tears and admittedly.
And after getting a job on the railroad tracks to support his family, the father of two might have thought that his fighting days were over.
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But an opportunity that Stewart was finally waiting for and offered his career a second chance.
Stewart had fought professionally in MMA since 2014 – and spent five years in the UFC until a lost strip was downgraded into the domestic scene.
And after six Cage Warriors fights – the fighting offers of the Londoner had dried out – he demanded that he cancel a heartbreaking retirement.
Stewart, 34, said to Sunsport: “On this day I asked how:” What more happens? ”
“And I was told that there may be no fights by the end of the year.
“And I fought at the beginning of the year, so how should I survive?
“Remember I have no job, how will I survive from the beginning of the year to the end of the year? No sponsorship, I mean nothing
“And when I got this message, I started to collapse in tears. I cried, I said: ‘You know what I’m done.’
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“My Missus came and said: ‘What’s going on?’ I said, “I will call it a day.”
“I thought: ‘I’m ready now.’ It is difficult to do and I had to do it.
Stewart fought full -time and was only based on his wallets to get through, and the costs for his fighting costs were also stacked.
He said, “I got a lot of messages and said: Why, why, why, why?
“I said, ‘What do you mean why?’ I don’t get help as a fighter, people only see us fight – it’s more than that.
“What happens after the fight? What happens after three or five minutes (rounds). You have to pay for it, you pay that.
“I also didn’t have sponsorship, so you have to pay for it and pay for it. It’s just too much, man.
“And what else are you then, your rent has to be so and when the next fight cover? You don’t know.”
Stewart got a job on a railway tracks and clocked as a retired fighter every evening.
I started to break out in tears. I cried, I said, “You know what I’m done.”
Darren Stewart with retirement
But everything changed when he got the call from MISFITS Boxing – a way he had in mind for a while.
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And Stewart will fight in Manchester in Manchester on March 29 in Manchester in Manchester after he had never lost confidence in another break.
He said, “It was a fight, man.
“I started working on the railroad and going to work every evening when everyone sleeps. Working on the tracks, lifting heavy things.
“I mean, my body didn’t relax, it was a big fight, I just prayed and said: ‘Do you know what, something will be around, something will be around.’
“I had good people around me and my trainer, with whom I still trained, not only do I box with him, I rehab with him.
“It’s sad that I say it.”
“So I do my rehab, get my mobility back for all the years and a trauma that my body has taken from MMA.”
Stewart admits to regret it, bring all of his chips to the MMA basket without turning.
And he would advise his elders so that Tyler – who has just started Judo – to do the same.
Stewart said in rare honesty: “I will support him, but I will tell him:” Do something else, just learn to defend it. “
“And depending on what he goes.
“Fighting is a real thing, just make it self -defense and do something different. It’s sad that I say it.
“I know that people don’t want to hear that, but I’m the only type I tell you the truth.
“I should honestly write a book afterwards. Many people don’t tell you that. When I speak to people, they say: ‘Wow, really?’ Yes, really.
“I will tell my son: ‘You know what if you really want, I will support you, but honestly, just learn your self -defense and just keep it in motion.”
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