Bob Sapp has spent the last several years as a punching bag. Both for opponents and for fans and media members who keyed in on an easy target.

Sapp was once a feared fighter, mostly due to a combination of his intimidating visage and PRIDE's ability to market crazy the right way, but also because he tried to slam Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira through the ring.

Sapp would only go 2-16 in MMA from 2008 onward, including an impressive 12 fight losing streak that saw him last longer than two minutes only twice. Sapp was still being paid considerable amounts of money to continue fighting all over the world, which was obviously motivation enough for not hanging up the gloves.

But he spoke with Submission Radio and shared exactly why it took until now for him to decide to walk away from the sport.

Here's the trascription as provided by Submission Radio, with the audio below: