Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has notified the promotion that he is retiring from active competition and he will exit the USADA drug testing pool as he begins a new career with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Velasquez made the announcement on Friday following a press conference in Las Vegas where he was announced as reigning WWE champion Brock Lesnar’s next opponent at the upcoming “WWE Crown Jewel” show in Saudi Arabia on Oct. 31.
“As of right now, the chapter’s closed on my MMA career,” Velasquez told reporters following the press conference.