Bloody Elbow · Apr 13, 2022
Former WSOF champion, UFC contender Marlon Moraes announces his retirement
UFC bantamweight Marlon Moraes has retired from MMA.Marlon Moraes is hanging up the gloves.
The 33-year-old former World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion and one-time UFC title challenger has announced his retirement from the sport.
“I want to thank everyone — Sean Shelby, Dana White and the UFC for giving me so many opportunities,” Moraes said in a statement to MMA Fighting, via his manager Ali Abdelaziz. “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.