Happy trails, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
One of the greatest heavyweight fighters to ever compete in mixed martial arts (MMA) is calling it a career, hanging up the four-ounce gloves after 15 years in the fight game. Nogueira, who turns 40 in just a few months, finishes with a professional record of 34-10-1, 1 NC.
Nogueira, who will join the ranks of corporate UFC alongside fellow legends Chuck Liddell and Matt Hughes (as promised), had trouble staying consistent in the second half of his career, finishing 5-6 under the ZUFFA banner and dropping his last three fights.