In WKR's latest article for MMA Convert, we look at the apparent end of Pulver's career and why it is so hard for athletes to walk away. 

Professionally we all aspire for the chance to leave on our own terms. For the athletes the desire to demonstrate that the old warhorse can compete at a top level is insatiable. Who can blame them for clinging on to past glories and trying to prove to the fans that they are still the legendary athletes we identify.

Sadly for professional athletes this is rarely the case. More often than not they end their careers washed up, riding the bench or costing their organization the chance to move on either schematically or financially.

For Jens Pulver his swan song sounded long ago but for whatever reason he has yet to hear the fat lady sing. 

Read the entire piece here.