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Shedding at UFC Vegas 99 was just like the kiss of dying.
The turnover continues on the decrease ranges of the UFC’s roster, and losers on that card proceed to be given their strolling papers.
On Tuesday, October 29, the promotion mentioned goodbye to eight fighters, and 5 of them misplaced on the UFC’s Apex on October 19, per Roster Tracker.
Together with Jake Hadley, who wasn’t re-signed after shedding a battle he was favored in opposition to a short-notice opponent, six fighters who misplaced at that occasion are now not with the UFC.
The names of the fighters let go had been extra important this time round because the promotion reduce ties with No-9-ranked Matheus Nicolau.
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The 31-year-old Brazilian has misplaced three straight fights, however the defeats have come to stable competitors. Nicolau was knocked out in April 2023 by No. 1 contender Brandon Royval. He misplaced by KO in opposition to Alex Perez, who’s at the moment ranked sixth, although he snapped a shedding streak with the win.
Most just lately, Nicolau misplaced a unanimous choice at UFC Vegas 99 to the hard-charging No-7-ranked Asu Almabayev. That streak is lower than best, but it surely doesn’t seem to be a skid worthy of being launched or not being re-signed.
Here’s a have a look at the fighters faraway from the UFC’s roster on October 29.
Robelis Despaigne
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Towering Cuban Olympic bronze medalist in taekwondo, Robelis Despaigne didn’t show to be for the journey. Despaigne, 37, went 1-2 within the UFC in his three-fight stint with the promotion.
He scored an 18-second KO win over Josh Parisian in his promotional debut in March 2024. Nonetheless, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Austen Lane simply defeated him via a unanimous choice in his final two fights. The loss to Lane occurred 10 days earlier than his launch, and the important issue was the identical in each defeats.
Despaigne has no floor recreation and proved incapable of defending takedowns on the best stage of competitors. He might attempt to proceed his growth exterior the UFC with hopes of returning later, however as a result of he’s pushing 40 years previous, it could be a case of too little grappling coaching, too late in his life.
Jessica Penne
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Penne, 41, is on a three-fight shedding streak. She hasn’t gained a battle in additional than 4 years. Whereas she is a little bit of a pioneer and one of many individuals who helped legitimize girls’s MMA, it looks like the top of the highway.
When watching Penne lose a unanimous choice to Elise Reed at UFC Vegas 99, I posted she is more durable than she is nice at this level, and that’s a harmful place to be as a fight sports activities athlete.
Tamires Vidal
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The 26-year-old Brazilian is one other fighter on a three-fight shedding streak. Her one-sided loss to Joselyne Edwards at (you guessed it) UFC Vegas 99 was extremely revealing.
Whereas Edwards missed weight by an eye-popping three kilos, Vidal was outfought in each facet of the game. Vidal didn’t appear to be she belonged within the UFC, and that’s a foul look once you’re on a three-fight shedding streak.
Vinicius Salvador
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Whereas Salvador hadn’t fought since Could, he did have one thing in frequent with a lot of the different fighters on this doubtful listing. Salvador’s final defeat put him on a three-fight shedding streak. He’s 14-7 as a professional.
Daniel Pineda
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Pineda’s scenario is totally different than the others. Sure, he, too, is on a three-fight shedding streak, and he didn’t get the win at UFC Vegas 99, dropping a break up choice to Darren Elkins.
Nevertheless, Pineda, a 45-fight MMA veteran, introduced his retirement within the Octagon following the loss. He did exit with a Battle of the Evening efficiency.
Charalampos Grigoriou
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: (R-L) Chad Anheliger of Canada punches Charalampos Grigoriou of Cyprus … [+]
How loopy is MMA?
Grigoriou earned a UFC contract on Dana White Contender Sequence when he scored a 60-second KO of Cameron Smotherman in Season 7 of the present. Grigoriou misplaced each of his fights with the promotion as a member of the principle roster, and he will get launched with a gaggle of fighters who additionally misplaced on a card that noticed Smotherman defeat Hadley, precipitating his separation from the UFC.
Jesse Butler
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It was powerful two fights for Butler within the UFC. In his promotional debut, Butler was knocked out in 23 seconds by Jim Miller. In his subsequent battle, Butler misplaced a unanimous choice in opposition to Brad Katona in June.
Butler is now 32 years previous and 12-6 as a professional. Like everybody else on this listing, he has some choices to make about his profession.
