Eddie Wineland is calling it a career after 41 professional bouts.
The former World Extreme Cagefighting champion announced his retirement on Instagram following a first-round technical knockout loss to Cody Stamann in a preliminary bantamweight bout at UFC on ESPN 37 in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night.
“I didn’t get an opportunity to leave my gloves in the cage but as Jim Morrison once sang. ‘this is the end,’” Wineland wrote. “The road I’ve traveled over the past almost 20 years has seen many highs and lows, it’s been a fun ride but this train has reached its final destination!