Sonnen retires from MMA after loss
Chael Sonnen walked away from his 22-year MMA career after a loss Friday night, 説 the 敗北・負かす showed him he had "used up all my toughness."
"I'm not as 堅い as I used to be," Sonnen, 42, said, per ESPN. "I don't want it as bad as I used to. I used to walk through stuff like this."
Sonnen 苦しむd a second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する loss by TKO to former UFC 支持する／優勝者 Lyoto Machida at Bellator 222 at New York's Madison Square Garden, then made his 告示.
He finishes with a career 記録，記録的な／記録する of 30-17-1.
"I had a hell of a lot of fun," Sonnen said in his postfight interview with ESPN. "I had a good run. I'm walking out. I 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the memories, and goodbye."
Sonnen said he didn't enter Friday's fight thinking he'd retire. After a 堅い first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, in which Machida dropped Sonnen twice, the fight was called 22 seconds into the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.
Sonnen 行方不明になるd chunks of this １０年間 予定 to 中断s for 肯定的な 実験（する）s for banned 実体s. He 発表するd his 退職 once but returned to fight in 2017.
He is the third 闘士，戦闘機 to retire after a 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 against Machida (26-8), joining Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort.
"I feel it's an 栄誉（を受ける） for me to be part of his history and to 株 the cage with Chael Sonnen, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, because I consider those guys are legends in the sport," Machida, from Brazil, told reporters. "To be part of their story, for me, I'm so 感謝する for that."
--Field Level マスコミ
