Former WSOF Champion and top UFC bantamweight Marlon Moraes retires from MMA after 34 fight stint
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Marlon Moraes
Marlon Moraes, the renowned champion from WSOF who at one point made waves inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship with his spectacular finishes, retired professionally from the sport of mixed martial arts at age 33. Moraes, a 34- fight veteran of MMA, has fought the likes of Song Yadong, Henry Cejudo, Merab Dvalishvili, Cory Sandhagen, Rob Font and many more. In the due course, he also secured knockout wins over the likes of current undisputed bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, Jimmie Rivera, John Dodson, Rafael Assuncao, Jose Aldo and many more.
Before coming into the UFC, Moraes was known for his unstoppable reign as the bantamweight champion of the world at the World Series of Fighting (WSOF). There, Moraes was on an 11-fight winning streak with 7 finishes. Moraes, formerly associated with American Top Team, was later on training alongside the likes of Frankie Edgar, Edson Barboza and many more UFC legends under the tutelage of Mark Henry for striking and Ricardo Almeida for jiu-jitsu.
Marlon Moraes thanks the UFC, family, friends and teammates for his farewell to his pro-career
Aaron Bronsteter, MMA journalist from The Sports Network tweeted, “Marlon Moraes has decided to retire from MMA per his agent @AliAbdelaziz00.” In a statement sent to MMA Fighting via Moraes‘ manager Ali Abdelaziz- founder of management consultancy Dominance MMA- Moraes says “I want to thank everyone. Sean Shelby, Hunter Campbell, Dana White & the UFC for giving me so many opportunities…
I want to thank my family, coaches, manager, and everybody who has been part of my career. I’m still going to be around MMA helping young guys, and my friends. I also want to say thank you to Mark Henry, Ricardo Almeida, Frankie Edgar and Anderson França.”
What is your favourite Marlon Moraes moment? Where do you put Moraes’ career amongst the most entertaining ones to watch for the fans? For sure Moraes didn’t leave the octagon without making his mark and for sure he will always be known for taking up the hardest of fights no matter the result. We can all just thank Moraes for a memorable time as long as he was fighting.
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