[Music] Demetrius Johnson did not compete at 11 168 but grabbed the headline of the night on September 6th when he announced his retirement from MMA in between fights with his announcement Johnson received an overwhelming amount of warm regards from the community kabib noov was among those showering Johnson with High Praise calling Mighty Mouse one of the best fighters of all time no M have sent his message to the 38y year old on his Instagram story while sharing a post about Johnson's retirement from ESPN MMA Nur of wrote Johnson announced his retirement during the 168 Fight Card broadcasted on Amazon Prime video just minutes before the catchweight bout between shamila Don and all n sang at the time of his announcement he served as the active one Championship flyweight MMA champion a title he held since August 2022 nurer made ofans Johnson briefly crossed over as simultaneous UFC champions in 2018 with the former winning the lightweight titl in April and the latter seeing his six year reign and four months later Johnson was then traded to one championship for the rights to Ben asrin following his loss to Henry cejudo like Demetrius Johnson kabib nagev is one of the few fighters in MMA history who retired at the peak one while still owning a championship belt however while Johnson's career rightfully came to a close at age 38 many felt that ner of still had some left in him at the time of his announcement the eagle still has one of the most memorable retirements in the UFC when he declared that he would no longer fight after submitting Justin gatei at UFC 254 he left the sport as the only fighter to retire as an undefeated UFC champion with a 29 comma zero record nura made have left his career behind at just 32 years old declaring in his post fight speech that he promised his mother that he would no longer continue the destani entered UFC 254 in the only fight of his career without his father abdulmanap of who passed due to covid-19