Former UFC bantamweight title challenger and WSOF bantamweight champion, Marlon Moraes, has decided to officially retire from the sport of MMA.
MMA Fighting's Damon Martin was the first to report the news, after being given the following statement from Moraes via his manager Ali Abdelaziz confirming he's calling it a career.
“I want to thank everyone — Sean Shelby, Dana White, and the UFC for giving me so many opportunities. I wanna thank my family, my coaches, my manager, everybody who has been around and been part of my career. I want to say thank you to Mark Henry, Ricardo Almeida, Frankie Edgar, Anderson Franca, and Hunter Campbell. I’m still gonna be around the sport helping young guys and helping my friends.”
The 33-year old Nova Friburgo, Brazil native retires with a 23-10-1 professional record and faced the likes of former two-division UFC champion, Henry Cejudo, former UFC featherweight champ José Aldo, current UFC bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling, former WEC bantamweight champ, Miguel Torres, Cory Sandhagen, Raphael Assunção, Rob Font, John Dodson, Jimmie Rivera, Merab Dvalishvili, and Song Yadong over the course of his 15-year career. He also was a three-time Performance of the Night bonus winner during his Octagon run.
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