5 UFC fighters who should retire in 2019

#2 Jim Miller

Veteran Jim Miller looks physically shot at this stage after years of action

New Jersey legend Jim Miller recently completed a decade of action inside the UFC Octagon, and with 31 bouts to his name, he holds the record for the most UFC fights in promotional history.

But while that record probably won’t last forever, it almost certainly shouldn’t be added to by Miller himself.

Miller’s UFC record currently stands at an impressive 18-12 with one No Contest, but it’d be hard to deny that his best years are now behind him.

Sure, he picked up a victory in September by choking out Alex White, but prior to that he’d lost 4 in a row, and it seems that the skills that once pushed him into the top 5 of the UFC’s most stacked weight division – 155lbs – are now waning.

Miller just doesn’t look as physically imposing as he once did, and that means that his tremendous grappling game is becoming harder and harder to impose on his opponent.

And to add to that, at 35 years old he’s much slower than he once was, meaning he’s easier to hit than he was in his prime, and his stamina isn’t as impressive, either.

Realistically, a battle with Lyme Disease that began in late 2013 probably forced his downward slide to come quicker than it would’ve done had he remained healthy – once he’d began to control the disease he did go on a three-fight win streak in 2016 – but it’s hard to see a future for the New Jersey veteran past 2019.

One last fight probably wouldn’t be too bad of an idea, but after that he ought to hang his gloves up for good.