MMA world pays tribute to Melvin Manhoef after Bellator Dublin retirement
The 46-year-old MMA original announced his retirement Friday night carrying out a third-round knockout loss to Yoel Romero within the co-primary event of Bellator 285, which required place in the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. This news brings an finish to some near three-decade career both in MMA and boxing that saw Manhoef establish themself among the most harmful knockout artists of his time.
Throughout a career that started in 1995, Manhoef competed for pretty much every major non-UFC promotion on the planet, making stops in Rings, Strikeforce, Bellator, ONE Championship, K-1, DREAM, KSW, and much more. He authored a slew of highlight-reel knockouts, including an 18-second jewel against Mark Search along with a 90-second destruction of Kazushi Sakuraba, each of which happened in 2008. A...