Bruce Buffer provides retirement update after celebrating 30 years with the UFC in Houston

Bruce Buffer has one goal in mind before he starts to think about stepping away from the UFC.

Sean Strickland may have had his mic cut after UFC Houston, but one man the promotion is never going to silence was also in attendance at the Toyota Center on Saturday night.

It’s very rare for the promotion’s broadcasts to stop to celebrate someone’s accomplishments unless they’re being inducted into the Hall of Fame or retiring.

That was not the case when a break during Saturday’s card celebrated Bruce Buffer reaching a staggering 30 years with the UFC.

The veteran voice of the Octagon may be an obvious pick for the Hall of Fame in the future but the time for reflection hasn’t arrived yet according to him.

Bruce Buffer says he’ll make a decision about retirement after UFC 400

Bruce Buffer may have had an early error at the start of the year, but the UFC moving into an era without their iconic announcer would’ve felt strange.

The 68-year-old fought back emotions when the spotlight was put on him on Saturday night to celebrate three decades of his work with the promotion.

Buffer has had to battle through some rough moments, but it’s hard to even imagine what the promotion would do if he made the decision to step away.

“When I stepped in the Octagon thirty years ago, obviously, in my evolutionary process things have changed,” Buffer said when explaining his longevity during the UFC Houston post-fight show.

“The way I announce, the way I move and everything else but I will tell you truth to date today, every night I walk in that Octagon, I have to prove to myself, to you, to the fans, to the powers that be, everybody watching and especially to the fighters that I deserve to be there and share that moment.”