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Nine-fight UFC veteran Jack Shore retires from MMA at 29

Just 29 years old, UFC veteran Jack Shore says he is retiring with “good health” and “financially stable.”

[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] has made the surprising decision to retire from MMA.

The nine-fight UFC veteran, who went 6-3 inside the octagon following his promotional debut in September 2019, announced on Wednesday that he has come to the conclusion his time as an active fight is over.

Shore revealed the news on social media with a lengthy explanation about the retirement (via Instagram):

Hello guys, been quiet for a while enjoying time with my friends and family.

As what may come as a surprise to a few I’ve decided to hang up the gloves on my professional fighting career. After fighting out my contract and taking some time to think about what’s next it’s clear to me that my time with professional fighting is done. Although I had the chance to re sign with ufc I’ve decided my times done. I want to thank the ufc for letting me live out my childhood dream of fighting for the worlds biggest organisation and against some of the best in the world, I’ve enjoyed every minute!

From what started as a kid with a dream lead me to amateur titles, world titles and living out my dream of fighting in the ufc. I can truly say for every single fight I gave the training and the fights my all, never said no, never asked questions just kept my head down, stayed true to myself and achieved more than I ever thought possible.

For the entirety of my 20’s fighting and training was my life and sole focus, however the last few weeks/months have showed this is no longer the case. And I always promised myself when I was mentality checked out I would retire from the sport rather than the sport retire me. Injures have caught up with me after a lifetime in the sport. I’m leaving with my mental in check, good health, financially stable and am fully ready to move onto the future.

There are so many people who have played a part in my career from the start. My beautiful fiancé Kaydie who has support and backed every decision I ever made, whether it be right or wrong, my son Fraser for being my reason why, my mother for always doing everything for me and always putting me first over everyone and everything (sorry for the stress I’ve caused over the years mam🤣❤️), my sister for always having my back and also being an unpaid PA for 10years 🤣.

My SMMA family for the years of training & support on the mats and making me the fighter I am today!

Every bit of success I’ve had inside the cage I owe to my incredible coaches. Hehm and Gary for all their knowledge, Paul reed for everything he’s added the last few years. Of course Coach Carl Parker who for the last 10 years has constantly improved my game and reminded me of who i truly am even when I didn’t always believe it myself, the man who calms when you need calming and rises the intensity when you need it, never afraid to tell you what you don’t want to hear, and a man who has dedicated the last 10 years of his life making me a better fighter.

And of course my dad, who made a chubby 12 year old believe in himself and convinced him to always chase his dreams, work hard and be proud of who I am. The world class coaching he has giving me for over 20 years has helped me reach things in this sport than people only dream of. But most importantly he always remained my dad first and has always been there for and loved his son as well as his fighter. I would not be who I am or achieved a fraction of what I had if it wasn’t for this man. From the arena cellar to arenas around the world, we started as a pair and like I always said we would finish as a pair. There is no better man out there to have as my role model/ mentor/ coach . There’s no Tank without Shakes.

I’m a martial artist for life and will never not be involved in the sport I love, but the love for the game just isn’t there like it was and for that reason I know it’s time to step away.

What a journey. For once, I can finally say I’m
Proud of what I’ve achieved and always did my best. Hopefully when people think of Welsh MMA they’ll always think of Tank Shore. Big Love to you all ❤️

Tank out 👊🏻

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Shore, who is one of a handful of Welsh fighters to compete under the UFC banner, started his UFC run as an undefeated bantamweight after being signed as Cage Warriors champion. He suffered his first career blemish against Ricky Simon in July 2022, which prompted a move up to the featherweight division.

The results didn’t improve there, however. Shore would win his divisional debut against Makwan Amirkhani then suffered back-to-back losses against Joanderson Brito and, most recently, Youssef Zalal at UFC Fight Night 246 in November.

2024 MMA retirement tracker: A list of those who hung up the gloves

Here’s a list of every notable retirement announced by fighters from the UFC, PFL, Bellator, and more in 2024.

(This story was updated to add new information.)

MMA is a constantly evolving sport with a revolving door of athletes entering and exiting. Currently, fighters from the era who helped make the sport so popular are beginning to trickle away from competition and hang up their gloves in order to move on to the next chapter in life.

If there’s one thing that’s well known about combat sports retirements, though, it’s that they often don’t last long. The urge to compete, and perhaps more importantly get a payday, will continue to drive fighters back even well beyond their expiration dates.

2024 has already seen a number of notable fighters announcing they are done with the sport, and we have a list of those who have opted to walk away this year (the list will update as new retirements are announced).

UFC Fight Night 246 post-event facts: Edmonton return produces third-longest card in UFC history

Check out all the facts from UFC Fight Night 246, which was the third-longest event in UFC history in terms of fight time.

UFC Fight Night 246 on Saturday opened the promotion’s November event schedule with a 13-fight lineup that went down at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

In the main event, former flyweight champion [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] (22-8-2 MMA, 10-4-2 UFC) returned from a self-imposed hiatus with force to batter and bloody [autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag] (17-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for five rounds en route to a unanimous decision.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 246.

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The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $196,500.

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag], [autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag], [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag], [autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]. earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 246 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 246 had an announced attendance of 16,439 for a live gate of $2,600,463.

Betting favorites went 11-2 on the card.

Betting favorites improved to 27-10 in UFC headliners this year.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 3:06:38.

The 3:06:38 of total fight time marked the third-longest event in UFC history behind UFC 263 (3:19:32) and UFC 251 (3:07:27).

Moreno improved to 7-3-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2019.

Moreno’s 10 victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Demetrious Johnson (13), Joseph Benavidez (13) and Alexandre Pantoja (12).

Moreno has earned four of his 10 UFC victories by decision.

Albazi has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Albazi has completed at least one takedown against all six of his UFC opponents.

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has earned four of her seven UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] (13-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) fell to 2-2 since she moved up to the women’s flyweight division in September 2023.

Namajunas has suffered five of her seven career losses by decision.

[autotag]Brendson Ribeiro[/autotag] (16-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Caio Machado[/autotag] (8-4-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) was unsuccessful in his light heavyweight debut.

Machado has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned both of her UFC stoppage victories by submission.

[autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag] (17-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of her career.

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 2-6 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag] (11-2-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

[autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) fell to 2-4 since he dropped to the welterweight division in January 2022.

Giles suffered the first decision loss of his career.

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]’s (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at bantamweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (10) and Mario Bautista (seven).

Zahabi has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] (20-10 MMA, 10-10 UFC) fell to 1-5 with one no contest in his past seven fights dating back to August 2021.

Munhoz has suffered all 10 of his career losses by decision.

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] (16-8-1 MMA, 7-7-1 UFC) was successful in his UFC bantamweight debut.

Jourdain has earned 14 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag] (24-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) suffered his first stoppage loss with a submission defeat.

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag] (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) improved to 3-0 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in March 2024.

Zalal has earned 13 of his 16 career victories by stoppage.

[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he moved up to the featherweight division in March 2023.

Shore has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.

Shore has suffered two of his three career losses by submission.

[autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag] (13-8 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has suffered two of his three UFC losses by decision.

[autotag]Jamey-Lyn Horth[/autotag] (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of her UFC victories by decision.

[autotag]Ivana Petrovic[/autotag] (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered both of her career losses by decision.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.

UFC Fight Night 246 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $7 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $7 million to athletes in 2024.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 246 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $196,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 246 took place at Rogers Place. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 246 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Brendson Ribeiro[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Caio Machado[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jasmine Jasudavicius[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Ariane da Silva[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Marc-Andre Barriault[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mike Malott[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Aiemann Zahabi[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Alexandr Romanov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Serhiy Sidey[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Garrett Armfield[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cody Gibson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Chad Anheliger[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Jamey-Lyn Horth[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ivana Petrovic[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2461 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $7,092,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $29,829,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

UFC Fight Night 246 video: Youssef Zalal cracks Jack Shore with knee, taps him with choke

Youssef Zalal’s second UFC stint has been glorious as he moves to 3-0 with three submissions since returning to the promotion in March.

[autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag] continues to prove himself reinvented.

On the UFC Fight Night 246 prelims Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Zalal (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) won his third fight since being brought back to the promotion for a second stint. It was arguably his biggest and best performance to date as he submitted [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) by arm-triangle choke at 0:59 of Round 2.

Prior to the submission sequence, Zalal blasted Shore with a massive standing knee that floored the Welshman to the canvas. Shore recovered but ultimately became a victim of some slick jiu-jitsu from the Moroccan.

Zalal went 3-3-1 over seven fights prior to his UFC departure in 2022. After three MMA wins and a total of five combat sports victories on the regional scene, Zalal was brought back on short notice in March to fight Billy Quarantillo, who he submitted. He then tapped Jarno Errens in August. Saturday made it 3-0 in the UFC with three submissions.

After a 16-0 start to his pro MMA career, Shore has lost three of his most recent four outings and two fights in a row.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 246 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 246.

Youssef Zalal def. Jack Shore at UFC Edmonton: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Youssef Zalal’s second-round submission win over Jack Shore at UFC Fight Night 246.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Youssef Zalal[/autotag]’s second-round submission win over [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photos by Perry Nelson, USA TODAY Sports; MMA Junkie; UFC)

Jack Shore’s coach calls foul on shin cut stoppage at UFC 301

Jack Shore and his team are not happy with way his UFC 301 loss to Joanderson Brito unfolded.

[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]’s team is not happy with way his UFC 301 loss to Joanderson Brito unfolded.

After taking multiple leg kicks from Brito (17-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the early stages of the featherweight bout in Rio de Janeiro, one kick cut open the shin of Shore (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and caused significant bleeding down his leg.

The action was paused, and a doctor was called in to inspect, who said he thought the leg was fractured. The fight was stopped and Brito awarded the win, much to the frustration of Shore.

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Following the fight, Shore’s father and head coach, Richard Shore, vented about the situation on social media, as well as shared a photo of the condition of his son’s leg following a trip to the hospital (via X):

Well what can we say. Ref stops the fight for Doctors opinion. Doctor stops the fight.
1 kick off and say it’s a cut on the shin we can continue. Jack asks to continue. The cutsman says to the Doctor he can work the cut and stop the bleeding.
Doctor says it’s fractured? Fight over.
We get taken to hospital. Have an Xray and no fracture.
Couple of stitches and sent us home.
Let fighters fight.
We were chasing the fight but still comfortable and confident.
Awful way to end a fight. Jack is devastated.
Thanks to everyone for all the love and support. To all the haters go F**k yourselves.
See you all soon. X

That was the actual cut. Terrible stoppage. Your photo is showing the blood running down the shin, which makes it look worse than it was. No gracture just a few stitches

With the loss, Shore fell to 1-1 since he moved up to the featherweight division from bantamweight. Brito, meanwhile, extended his UFC stoppage streak to five fights, which is the second-best active streak in the company behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 301.

UFC 301 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jose Aldo nets $21k for potential final UFC fight

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 301 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $280,000.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 301 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $280,000.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC 301 took place at Rio Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

The full UFC 301 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag]: $42,000
def. [autotag]Steve Erceg[/autotag]: $32,000

[autotag]Jose Aldo[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Jonathan Martinez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Anthony Smith[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Vitor Petrino[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Michel Pereira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Ihor Potieria[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Caio Borralho[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Joanderson Brito[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Myktybek Orolbai[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Elves Brener[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Drakkar Klose[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Joaquim Silva[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jamie Mullarkey[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Dione Barbosa[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ernesta Kareckaite[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ismael Bonfim[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Vinc Pichel[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Kevin Borjas[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $2,920,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $25,657,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 301.

UFC 301 video: Joanderson Brito slices Jack Shore’s shin with leg kick to earn stoppage win

Joanderson Brito got one of the more unusual stoppages in recent UFC memory against Jack Shore at UFC 301.

[autotag]Joanderson Brito[/autotag] got one of the more unusual stoppages in recent UFC memory against [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] at UFC 301.

After busting up the legs of Shore (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) with kicks for several minutes, one shot from Brito (17-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) sliced the shin open and led to a significant amount of bleeding. The doctor was called in to check on the cut and ultimately deemed the featherweight fight at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro would not continue, awarding Brito with the TKO stoppage win at the 3:35 mark of Round 2.

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Check out the replay of Shore’s nasty shin below (via X):

With five consecutive wins in the 145-pound division now on his resume, Brito said in his post-fight interview that he’s looking to climb higher with a callout of Dan Ige.

“Let’s be honest: I’m at another level in this division,” Brito told Daniel Cormier through an interpreter. “Shout out to everyone on my team.”

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Up-to-the-minute UFC 301 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 301.

Joanderson Brito def. Jack Shore at UFC 301: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Joanderson Brito’s second-round TKO win over Jack Shore at UFC 301.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Joanderson Brito[/autotag]’s second-round TKO win over [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag] at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports)