A little more than a month after his most recent fight, Chris Weidman has decided there won’t be a next one – at least not in the UFC.

As a young man who wanted to become a professional fighter, Chris Weidman once grabbed a random mouth guard off the floor of Ray Longo's gym in Garden City. stuck it in his mouth and entered the octagon.

More than a decade after producing one of the most shocking knockouts in MMA history, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman announced his retirement on Friday during the UFC 311 weigh-in show.

It's the end of an era in UFC. Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman announced his retirement on Friday after a 14-year career within the

Chris Weidman's UFC career was to bound to end sooner or later. An undefeated champion in his heyday, recent years could have been kinder to Weidman, who's lost

It appears as though another UFC veteran has competed in his final bout as former middleweight champion Chris Weidman officially announced his retirement.

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman announced retirement Friday during the promotion's weigh-in show."I'm hanging up the gloves in the UFC," Weidman said. "I'm no longer going to be fighting for the organization.

Former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman has offically announced his retirement from MMA. We will never forget "The All-American"! Congrats on an amazing career, @ChrisWeidman! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/907AZAA1pp

Chris Weidman has retired from MMA. The former UFC middleweight champion announced his decision to hang up the gloves Friday during the promotion's weigh-in show for UFC 311 in Los Angeles.

On Friday afternoon during the live stream for the UFC 311 weigh-ins, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman announced his retirement from MMA.