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Ian McCall announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Monday during an interview with “The MMA Hour.” The announcement was not entirely unexpected in light of the 33-year-old’s competitive slide and health issues in recent years. The timing was sensible: It was two weeks removed from his depressing nine-second loss to Kyogi Horiguchi at Rizin Fighting Federation 10, enough to avoid the appearance of a rash, emotion-driven decision.