June 19, 2022 11: 45 am ET
Eddie Wineland made his retirement authorities after his knockout loss to Cody Stamann at UFC on ESPN 37.
Wineland (24-16-1 MMA, 6-10 UFC) suffered a 3rd successive first-round blockage defeat and dropped his 5th battle in his past 6 getaways Saturday when Stamann (20-5-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) blitzed him for a fast surface in their bantamweight match at Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
The previous WEC champ and one-time interim UFC title opposition took his gloves off inside the octagon after the surface, however did not leave them behind when he left the cage. That left speculation about whether he was going to walk away. But Sunday, Wineland made things authorities with a social media post validating his choice to retire (via Instagram):
I didn’t get an chance to leave my gloves in the cage however as Jim Morrison assoonas sang “this is the end” T