Marlon Moraes Makes An Announcement About His PFL Career

Marlon Moraes is looking to put his PFL career into high gear beginning with next year’s tournament. After dropping five of his last six in the UFC, with each loss coming by way of knockout, Moraes decided to announce his retirement from MMA. How…

Marlon Moraes is looking to put his PFL career into high gear beginning with next year’s tournament. After dropping five of his last six in the UFC, with each loss coming by way of knockout, Moraes decided to announce his retirement from MMA. However, as is often the case in this sport, he would return…

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Marlon Moraes Assesses José Aldo’s Possible Move To Boxing

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes feels his former training partner and opponent José Aldo should move to boxing. Aldo announced his retirement from MMA following a legendary career in the cage that included championships in the UF…

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes feels his former training partner and opponent José Aldo should move to boxing. Aldo announced his retirement from MMA following a legendary career in the cage that included championships in the UFC and WEC. His reign as the UFC featherweight champion will go down as one of the…

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Marlon Moraes Likes His Chances In Aljamain Sterling Rematch

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes feels he’d get the better of UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling in a rematch. Moraes will make his PFL debut against Shane Burgos at the 2022 PFL Championships on November 25th. Afte…

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes feels he’d get the better of UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling in a rematch. Moraes will make his PFL debut against Shane Burgos at the 2022 PFL Championships on November 25th. After a brief retirement following a loss in the UFC to Song Yadong, he’s opted to return…

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Marlon Moraes Explains Quick Unretirement To Sign With PFL

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes has opened up on why he decided to return to fighting so soon after announcing his retirement. Moraes announced that he was hanging up the gloves and ending his MMA career back in April, following …

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes has opened up on why he decided to return to fighting so soon after announcing his retirement. Moraes announced that he was hanging up the gloves and ending his MMA career back in April, following a loss to Song Yadong in March. He lost four straight fights in…

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Moraes Ends Retirement With PFL Signing, Burgos Fight Agreed

Former UFC bantamweight contender and WSOF champion Marlon Moraes has officially ended his brief retirement by signing a multi-fight deal with the Professional Fighters League. At UFC Vegas 50 earlier this year, Moraes saw his in-cage woes continue as …

Former UFC bantamweight contender and WSOF champion Marlon Moraes has officially ended his brief retirement by signing a multi-fight deal with the Professional Fighters League. At UFC Vegas 50 earlier this year, Moraes saw his in-cage woes continue as he suffered a fourth straight knockout loss. Previously, the Brazilian had been stopped by Cory Sandhagen,…

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Marlon Moraes Announces His Retirement From Mixed Martial Arts

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes has announced his retirement after a long career in the cage. Moraes’ manager, Ali Abdelaziz, sent a statement from Moraes to The Underground’s John Morgan. “I want to thank everyone—Sean Shelby, Dana White, and the UFC for giving me so many opportunities,” Moraes said. “I want to thank…

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Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes has announced his retirement after a long career in the cage.

Moraes’ manager, Ali Abdelaziz, sent a statement from Moraes to The Underground’s John Morgan.

“I want to thank everyone—Sean Shelby, Dana White, and the UFC for giving me so many opportunities,” Moraes said. “I want to thank my family, my coaches, my manager, everybody who has been around and been part of my career. I’m still gonna be around the sport helping young guys and helping my friends. I also want to say thank you to Mark Henry, Ricardo Almeida, Frankie Edgar, and Anderson França.”

Moraes lost four fights in a row on his way out of the Octagon, including most recently against Song Yadong last month. Before that, he lost via knockout to Merab Dvalishvili, Rob Font, and Cory Sandhagen.

Moraes had been with the UFC since his debut at UFC 212 when he lost a controversial split decision to Raphael Assuncao. He went on to win four in a row over the likes of Aljamain Sterling and Jimmie Rivera en route to the title shot.

After a strong start in the fight against then-champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 238, he lost via third-round TKO. He would go on to earn a split decision win over former UFC champion José Aldo in his next outing.

Before joining the UFC, Moraes made a name for himself in the World Series of Fighting. He earned the promotion’s bantamweight title with wins over the likes of Sheymon Moraes and Josh Hill.

Moraes went under the knife last year on a nagging shoulder injury, and he wasn’t able to get back on track in the division. It’s unclear if his recent injury concerns factored into the decision to leave MMA.

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