Former UFC, Bellator Competitor Paul Redmond Announces Retirement

Well-traveled Irish veteran Paul Redmond has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts following a 24-bout professional tenure.

Redmond initially considered not making an announcement but ultimately elected to reveal his decision on Instagram. The 35-year-old exits the sport with a 15-9 mark over the course of a career that began in 2010.

I was just gonna fade off into the background and not mention it but a lot of people keep asking me, ‘When am I out again next? and I always say ‘ah soon, etc. etc.’ But the truth is you’re probably not going to see me do my thing in an MMA cage again,” Redmond wrote.

“I’ve thought long and hard about this, talked to the big lad [Coach Andy Ryan], my family, etc., and I think now is a good a time as ever to step away from MMA. Twenty-five pro fights, a full amateur career, but the injuries are starting to mount up every fight camp and I haven’t made the last two fights because of them.

“Along with other stuff I have going on in my life with work, etc., the time to put into fight camps the way I used to and fight the way I do isn't there. Also losing the love of it and financially it not making sense, there's nothing I have left to give the sport.”

Redmond competed for a number of notable organizations, including the UFC, Bellator MMA, Cage Warriors, KSW and British Association of Mixed Martial Arts. He went 0-2 in the UFC, 2-0 in Bellator and 7-1 in Cage Warriors.

He last competed at Bellator 240, where he was submitted in the second round by Georgi Karakhanyan in February 2020. The Team Ryano MMA product was supposed to return at Cage Warriors 125 on June 26 but was forced to pull out of the event due to injury.

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