Julian Erosa couldn’t have retired better at UFC Vegas 123 on Saturday.The American knocked out South Korean featherweight Jeong Yeong Lee with a massive overhand right 90 seconds into his final fight for a storybook ending.Erosa flattened Lee to score his 10th and final victory in the UFC after 11 years with the promotionGettyIn doing so, Erosa, who was part of Team Urijah Faber against Team Conor McGregor on The Ultimate Fighter 22, earned a hefty $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus. It was just the second performance-winning fight bonus of Erosa’s UFC run and the perfect way to retire.The 37-year-old had already said before his fight that this would be his last.UFC’s Erosa describes emotions of retirement“It’s amazing,” an emotional Erosa told UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier, surrounded by family after his win.View Tweet: https://t.co/tJw7I488oZ“When I had my son, my priorities switched around. Fighting was everything to me, then I had my son, and he’s now everything to me.“Fighting was always going to be there, but he’s not always going to be there.“I want to be in his life as long as possible with as many brain cells as I have so I can see his kids grow up.”Erosa made his UFC debut on the undercard of Nate Diaz‘s shock win over McGregor in March 2016.He was unsuccessful and returned to the promotion eight fights later after winning a contract through Dana White‘s Contender Series in 2018.‘Juicy J’ has since won nine of his 17 UFC fights and retires with a 32-14 professional MMA record.Erosa was surrounded by family as he gave his last post-fight interview in the UFCGettyThe American has been a professional fighter for more than 16 years and retires after 45 boutsGettyWhat’s the next UFC event?UFC Vegas 123 was the penultimate Fight Night card at Meta Apex of 2026.After a last-minute injury to Sean Brady, Waldo Cortes-Acosta fights Johnny Walker in the main event of UFC Vegas 124 next weekend.It’s then off to the promotion’s annual Madison Square Garden show for UFC 334 on November 14.Ciryl Gane defends his heavyweight title against Josh Hokit in the main event of UFC 334, with the legendary Amanda Nunes returning to face Kayla Harrison in the chief support act.After that, the UFC visits Qatar for its last Fight Night show of the year before closing out 2026 with UFC 335 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.It’s an all-Brazilian clash at the top of the card as Charles Oliveira takes on Diego Lopes, after Alex Pereira contests the second bout of his heavyweight run against Sergei Pavlovich.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.