UFC Middleweight Costas Philippou Retires from MMA

In a somewhat surprising move, UFC middleweight contenderCostas Philippou has decided to end his MMA career.

Philippou has not personally commented on his decision. However, Sherdog did confirm the Cyprus-born competitor's retirement with UFC officials on Tuesday.

10-Time #UFC Veteran Costas Philippou Retires at 35 http://t.co/2Ks2jGkKUK pic.twitter.com/9wfgAKgwlE

— Sherdog.com (@sherdogdotcom) July 8, 2015At 35 years old, it did recently look like Philippou had peaked. He lost three of his final four bouts, most recently dropping a decision against Gegard Mousasi. With that said, Philippou was only losing to 185-pound contenders and seemed to have enough left in the tank to keep going a few…