"Since I decided to get into this sport, since 2009, the goal was to be a UFC fighter. Then immediately, the goal was to be a UFC champion. Fourteen years later, I'm here to tell you that I'm hanging up the gloves in the UFC. I no longer will be fighting in the organization that changed my life in so many ways."
"You've got to move on, so I'm opening up a new chapter in my life, and I'm excited about the future. I'm leaving the door open for big opportunities out there. But we're moving on to see my life develop in different ways."
Weidman, who shocked the world by knockout out Anderson Silva in 2013 to claim the UFC's 185lb title, is specifically done with the UFC. He did, however, leave the door open to competing elsewhere.
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