Prior to accepting a fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 153, Stephan Bonnar was essentially retired and apparently the fighter has decided to call it a career.
During a chat on the MetroPCS Facebook page on Tuesday night, UFC President Dana White was asked about the future of Bonnar and stated that the fighter was going to retire.
Following White saying this on the video chat, Bonnar has gone to Twitter to confirm the news that he has retired from the sport.
Huge thanks to every UFC fan out there! All I ever wanted was to bring ya’ll some fun…hope u were entertained…. fb.me/J4EtPi5L
— Stephan Bonnar (@StephanBonnar) October 31, 2012
Bonnar (15-8) will always be remembered for his classic fight at The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale against Forrest Griffin in 2005. This fight is the bout that changed the sport and was the catalyst for the rise of mixed martial arts.
He would never make his way to a title shot in the UFC, but fought some of the best fighters in the world including Silva, Jones and Rashad Evans. Prior to his fight with Silva, he had been on a three fight winning streak with wins over Krzysztof Soszynski, Igor Pokrajac and Kyle Kingsbury.
If this is the end of the career of Bonnar, he will likely be one of the next inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame.