The main issue here, as I’m sure many of you intelligent readers know, Pat Barry isn’t under the employ of Dana White, he’s with Glory now. Glory, a kickboxing promotion on Spike, that doesn’t use state athletic commissions. That’s right, they go through the American Kickboxing Association, and Pat Barry is bringing in the rating on Spike. Hell, they already had Barry lined up to fight Cro Cop, another guy who should not be fighting immediately after his KO loss last week in Denver, but thankfully that was shifted aside.
Now Dana White revealed the news that Brock Lesnar, a former teammate and friend of Pat Barry, has asked Dana to help him make Pat Barry retire, but what can he do?
“Brock Lesnar called me and begged me to make him retire,” White revealed to FOX Sports. “He said ‘I don’t consider too many people my friend, and I consider Pat Barry a friend, Dana you’ve got to get this guy to retire’. I said listen he’s a grown man, Brock. What am I going to do, there’s only so much I can do.”
“It’s different with guys like Forrest (Griffin) and Chuck (Liddell) guys that I have relationships with for a long time and guys who have made a lot of money. That’s the difference. It’s easy to make them quit. Lot tougher to make a guy quit that has to make a living,” White said.
“I don’t want to hurt Pat Barry or throw a monkey wrench in his life or anything, but at the end of the day, state athletic commissions that need to step in and help a guy like Pat Barry retire or people that care about him.”
Dana is right, but what it comes down to is Pat Barry. No one can stop him from fighting except himself. He’s a man who’s been knocked out nearly a half-dozen times in the last few years, and now he’s entering a sport in which he’s never actually competed at a high level. Yes, he has K-1 on his resume, but trust me, that doesn’t mean much looking at the competition he’s already lost to.
So please, Pat Barry. We care about you, hang ’em up. The last thing I want to see is you drooling like a goofball when you don’t mean to be drooling like a goofball.
You know what? Why doesn’t Brock help Pat become a pro wrestler?
