“Suga” Rashad Evans (19-8) announced his retirement on the debut episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN.

The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion said he loves “the release” fighting gave him every time he entered the cage. However, compared his recent run to trying to “squeeze that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.”

Evans began his MMA career in 2004. Before he gained fame as a competitor in season two of The Ultimate Fighter and became one of the more well-known light heavyweights in the UFC. Unfortunately for Evans, he’d lost his last four fights.  This includes being knocked out in a first-round loss to Anthony Smith at UFC 225.

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