With his hand raised in the Octagon, Dennis Bermudez finally got the send-off that he wanted.
The nine-year pro MMA veteran won a unanimous decision over Te Edwards in a lightweight bout (the first 155-pound bout of Bermudez’s UFC career after 16 featherweight appearances) at UFC Brooklyn on Saturday and promptly left his gloves in the cage to signal the end of his career.
Bermudez, 32, had hinted in interviews that he might retire soon, and after beating Edwards to snap a four-fight losing streak in front of a crowd of his fellow New Yorkers at Barclays Center, the timing couldn’t have been better.