Roger Gracie is the ONE Championship cruiserweight champion, but hasn’t defended the title since he won it in May 2016. Today, he has decided to step away from the sport completely, retiring from MMA at the age of 36. In an interview with MMA Fighting, he cited his reasons - mainly not wanting to continue to fight just for money:
“I decided to stop because I didn’t think MMA was motivating me enough to keep dedicating myself 100 percent to an athlete’s life. I enjoyed it, it was a huge pleasure to do these 10 MMA fights, but I have no other ambitions.