New York, Aug. 5 -- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) icon Brock Lesnar announced his retirement from professional wrestling following a loss to rising Nigerian wrestling star Oba Femi at the promotion's marquee 'SummerSlam' event on August 1.

The 49-year-old multi-time WWE champion, who also had stints in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as a part of an illustrious combat sport career, confirmed his retirement on 'The Pat McAfee Show' on Tuesday, as per ESPN.

Appearing on the show, Lesnar confirmed that his outing against Femi would be the last of his career. He also admitted that he felt he was done as an in-ring performer following a loss to Femi at WrestleMania 42 in April, having removed...