Duane Ludwig On Uriah Faber’s Retirement: “It’s Time”

Duane Ludwig spoke with MMA Fighting for a new interview. Some highlights are below:

On Uriah Faber’s retirement: “I think it’s time. He hasn’t really shown much improvement. But it’s not so much that he hasn’t gotten better, it’s more so his mind and his heart is going other directions rather than fighting. I think he’s being smart in doing what he needs to do, and he’s got an excellent business mind. So I think his skill set would be better utilized for the general purpose of martial arts, rather than that direction of that cage.”

On Faber’s post-Octagon future: “My service to the world now is much more utilized as helping out the martial artists, and just people in general with martial arts, other than me being in the cage performing on the selfish journey I lived. And I’m a much happier person now, I look at it is giving back, in uplifting and inspiring other people. I’m much happier now. And I’m glad I have the skill set in order to do so, and just like Faber, he’s got a good business mind. So hopefully he can use his business in the martial arts world to help enrich people’s lives. We’ll see which way he goes.”

On if he’s happy for Faber: “Hopefully he’s happy, then it’s cool. I’m on my own journey, and he’s on his own journey.”