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hi pot meet kettle. how many jokes have you made about me being brain damaged/punch drunk etc because i do mma and have shown to be in better shape than you can ever expect to be in your life. also about being beaten out of the sport when i'm undefeated and have shown i've not even taken any damage. what a joke you are.

Gary earned pride, fans, and money, and he paid for it in the end with his health. In the interview below, he shows signs of slurred speech and diminished cognitive function. For example, in the video below when asked how long it had been since he fought in Japan, Goodridge replied; it had been about ten years, when in fact it was under two years.

He fought on, right up until seven months ago. He still wants to fight. But...

Friends say his speech, memory and co-ordination have deteriorated steadily for several years.

The hands that once delivered punches now cradle pill bottles.

To navigate life after fighting, the 45-year-old depends on medication.

Levoxyl for his thyroid.

Cipralex for depression.

Aricept for memory.

Still quick with a joke, Goodridge can recall his fights in painstaking detail. But he sometimes stumbles over words, and often repeats himself because he simply forgets what he’s just said.

His drug regimen is suited to an Alzheimer’s patient, and that’s no accident. After 85 combined kickboxing and MMA bouts, many of them poorly regulated, Goodridge at times feels much older than 45.

“My brain,” he says, “doesn’t remember much these days.”