Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman retires

More than a decade after producing one of the most shocking knockouts in MMA history, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman announced his retirement on Friday during the UFC 311 weigh-in show.

"Since 2009, the goal was to be a UFC fighter," said Weidman. "Then, immediately the goal was to become a UFC world champion. Fourteen years later, I'm here and I'm here to tell you guys I'm hanging up the gloves in the UFC. I am no longer going to be fighting for the organization that changed my life in so many ways, and I'm just super appreciative to everybody who got me here."

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