Featherweight Bill Algeo has officially decided to hang up his gloves followed a 13-year MMA career and ten-fight run with the UFC.

On Tuesday, Algeo (18-9 MMA, 5-5 UFC) announced his retirement from competition on Instagram, during which he thanked the UFC and his supporters, both close and distant, throughout his 13-year professional career.

Retirement has been on the mind of the former UFC interim lightweight champion for quite some time now, Poirier finally wanting to hang up the gloves after a third title bid against Islam Makhachev last summer. The 40-fight veteran isn't willing to go out without a fight, however.

Cruz, arguably the greatest bantamweight in UFC history, was set to return to the cage for the first time since a knockout loss to Marlon Vera in Aug. 2022. Before the loss to Vera, Cruz won back-to-back fights in 2021 over Pedro Munhoz and Casey Kenney.

The former UFC men's bantamweight champion announced his retirement from MMA competition in a social-media post on Thursday. According to Cruz, the same injuries that had forced him out of what was to be his final professional fight at a UFC Fight Night event in Seattle later this month had also pushed him to hang up the gloves for good.

UFC featherweght Bill Algeo announced his retirement Tuesday via Instagram, putting a capper on a 27-fight pro career that dates back to 2012. Algeo, 35, competed 10 times for UFC, compiling a 5-5 record.