Overview
- Swanson, 42, stopped Nate Landwehr on Saturday at 4:06 of Round 1 by TKO at UFC 327 in Miami.
- Referee Herb Dean halted the bout after repeated knockdowns as Landwehr struggled to stand.
- Swanson set down his gloves, then watched a UFC tribute as his family joined him in the Octagon.
- The retirement ends the UFC’s World Extreme Cagefighting lineage with a career that began in 2004.
- He departs at 31-14 with 16 UFC featherweight wins, ranking behind Max Holloway and Darren Elkins.