{"id":458406,"date":"2022-09-15T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T00:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=458406"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T00:39:52","slug":"marlon-moraes-ends-retirement-set-to-sign-with-pfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/marlon-moraes-ends-retirement-set-to-sign-with-pfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Moraes ends retirement, set to sign with PFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marlon Moraes will be ending his retirement less than six months after announcing it.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Moraes <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/marlon-moraes\/ufc-bantamweight-marlon-moraes-announces-retirement-from-mma\/\">announced he was retiring from MMA<\/a> following a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-vegas-50-results-song-yadong-kos-marlon-moraes-video\/\">KO loss to Song Yadong<\/a> back in March. It was his fourth straight loss and in March, he released a statement through his manager that he would be retiring from MMA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank everyone,&#8221; Moraes said in a statement. &#8220;Sean Shelby, Hunter Campbell, Dana White, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a> for giving me so many opportunities. I want to thank my family, coaches, manager, everybody who has been part of my career. I&#8217;m still going to be around MMA helping young guys and my friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, not even half a year after announcing his retirement, Marlon Moraes is getting close to signing with the Professional Fighters League (PFL). ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto broke the news as Moraes&#8217; manager Ali Abdelaziz informed him of the news with Moraes set to move up to featherweight as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marlon Moraes (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMARLONMORAES?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MMARLONMORAES<\/a>) is very close to signing a new deal with PFL, per his manager Ali Abdelaziz (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliAbdelaziz00?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AliAbdelaziz00<\/a>). Some of the details still coming together, but Moraes&#39; return to the sport looks imminent. Per Abdelaziz, his plan is to compete at 145 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1570567882299568128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moraes previously competed in World Series of Fighting which was renamed PFL so he has experience fighting for the promotion. However, Moraes ending his retirement is a surprise as in the statement he released back in April, he seemed like he was done.<\/p>\n<p>Marlon Moraes (23-10-1), as mentioned, is on a four-fight losing streak and is just 1-4 in his last five. Prior to the KO loss to Yadong, he suffered TKO losses to Merab Dvalishvili, Rob Font, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/cory-sandhagen\/\">Cory Sandhagen<\/a> with his last win coming over Jose Aldo by a controversial split decision.<\/p>\n<p>Before the win over Aldo, Moraes suffered a TKO loss to Henry Cejudo for the UFC&#8217;s bantamweight title. To earn the title shot, he was on a four-fight winning streak and beat Raphael Assuncao, Jimmie Rivera, Aljamain Sterling, and John Dodson. He&#8217;s also the former WSOF champion.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Marlon Moraes ending his retirement to sign with PFL?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marlon Moraes will be ending his retirement less than six months after announcing it. In April, Moraes announced he was retiring from MMA following a KO loss to Song Yadong back in March. It was his fourth straight loss and in March, he released a statement through his manager that he would be retiring from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":315515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[23015,24130,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marlon Moraes ends retirement, set to sign with PFL | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marlon Moraes will be ending his retirement less than six months after announcing it and he&#039;s set to sign with the PFL, reports say.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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