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Longtime UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve officially announces retirement citing health issues

After a nearly 16 year career, Stefan Struve has announced his retirement from MMA competition.

The soon-to-be 32-year-old took to social media on Monday morning to make the announcement. Struve (29-13) made the decision a week after being offered his next potential fight from the UFC citing health issues.

What’s up everyone. I got an announcement to make today. It was a little too long so I had to improvise, you can read more in the attachement. I have decided to retire from professional fighting. Thank you all for the support u2764ufe0f pic.