The year was coming to a close, and Jon Fitch had started to think that maybe his fighting career was wrapping up along with it. This was 2016, the same year he won the WSOF welterweight championship , the first title of his career. But a few days before he was set to defend it against former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields at WSOF’s year-end event in New York City, he was sitting around his hotel room, waiting to find out whether or not the New York State Athletic Commission would even clear him to fight. He was having “some issues” with his MRI, he said. More specifically, he was having issues with his brain.
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For Jon Fitch’s final act, can he add Bellator champion to his already-lengthy resume? – MMA Junkie