Filed under: News , UFC The UFC light-heavyweight division lost its most violent knockout artist on Saturday at UFC 210 when Anthony Johnson announced his retirement from MMA competition following a defeat to champ Daniel Cormier in the main event. Johnson (22-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC), who made his professional debut in August 2006, suffered a second-round submission loss to Cormier (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in the UFC 210 headliner at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y., to fall to 0-2 in UFC championship fights. Afterward, he got on the microphone and declared his time as a fighter was over. “Rumble” indicated he has a plan for his future already set up, but he didn’t reveal exactly what that it is. He said one thing was for sure, though, and that’s that fans will no longer see him in the octagon, where he’s delivered 12 memorable knockouts (tied for the second most in company history).
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