Former Pride and interim UFC champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has officially retired from MMA.
One of the best fighters in the history of MMA has officially retired. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, a former Pride and interim UFC heavyweight champion, will hang up the gloves and move onto a job with the promotion that employed him for the last eight years. Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting has the news via Twitter:
Former UFC and PRIDE champion Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira has officially retired, will work for the UFC. Story coming to @MMAFighting.
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) September 1, 2015
Nogueira (34-10-1, 1 NC, 5-6 UFC) competed in MMA for 16 years, picking up belts everywhere he went.