UTICA, N.Y. – When you have a UFC record that goes back more than a decade, you’re bound to see some of your contemporaries retire. That’s the case with Ben Saunders who meets Jake Ellenberger this Friday in what will be the 14th bout of a UFC stint that began – albeit with a gap – in 2007. You don’t even need to look far for an example: Just recently, Saunders saw 39-year-old ex-champ Michael Bisping, who started his own octagon run in 2006, hang up his gloves . So how does 35-year-old Saunders go about his own path as he watches peers resume theirs? Well, first off, he wishes the newly retired well in their future endeavors.
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