UFC 283 went down in Brazil final weekend and it featured the retirement of two MMA legends: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Glover Teixeira. Each of them laid their gloves down within the octagon after struggling defeat in Rio de Janeiro. Now the UFC has eliminated them from the lively roster checklist.
Additionally faraway from the roster: Kyle Daukaus, who misplaced his final two fights by way of violent KO. Daukaus, the youthful brother of UFC heavyweight Chris Daukaus, wasn’t launched by the UFC. His loss to Eryk Anders in December 2022 was the final combat on his contract, and now he turns into a free agent. Whether or not that’s his selection or the UFC’s isn’t clear right now, however Kyle definitely is aware of there’s changes to be made in his professional combating profession.
“The street to success is at all times below development,” he wrote on Twitter. “And you will want to drive by way of the cities of failure, adversity, self-doubt and critics to reach at your vacation spot of success.”
Daukaus leaves the UFC with an 11-4-1 document (2-4-1 UFC).
UFC heavyweight Shamil Abdurakhimov was additionally faraway from the roster after struggling his fourth loss in a row at UFC 283 to Jailton Almeida. Abdurakhimov entered the UFC in 2015 and began with a decently robust 5-2 document with wins over decrease ranked heavyweights. However wins in opposition to higher degree competitors like Curtis Blaydes, Chris Daukaus, Sergei Pavlovich, and now Almeida simply wouldn’t come.
He additionally had lots of points entering into the cage. Abdurakhimov has eight canceled bouts on his Tapology document over the previous three years, and his bout in opposition to Almeida needed to be rescheduled twice earlier than lastly taking place in Brazil.
Glover Teixeira retired within the cage at UFC 283 after dropping a troublesome 5 spherical resolution to Jamahal Hill for the vacant gentle heavyweight title. Hill set a brand new 205 pound document for most vital strikes landed within the division, pulverizing his opponent’s face. “Outdated Man Glover” acknowledged that at 43 years previous, he was in all probability “too powerful for my very own good.”
However Teixeira is already aiming to be avenged by his pupil and middleweight champion, Alex Pereira.
“I’m gonna focus my power on Alex Pereira, on ‘Poatan.’” Glover mentioned throughout his retirement speech. “He’s gonna preserve his belt for some time then go as much as gentle heavyweight.”
Teixeira took the UFC gentle heavyweight belt off Jan Blachowicz in October 2021, dropping it to Jiri Prochazka in a Struggle of the Yr winner a number of months later.
Mauricio Rua gained the notorious PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix, and gained the UFC gentle heavyweight title off Lyoto Machida in 2010 earlier than being defeated by Jon Jones in his first title protection. 13 years later, and he’s lastly had his closing combat.
“Shogun” was faraway from the roster on Wednesday January twenty fifth after dropping to Ihor Potieria by way of TKO within the first spherical. It was his third loss in a row and undoubtedly time for the 41-year-old to cease competing. His final combat was an enormous bummer — the UFC actually must cease the general public executions of legends like Mauricio Rua and Frankie Edgar. Why they couldn’t pit him in opposition to a fellow aged competitor is a query with out reply.
All we’re saying is: if the man who beats Mauricio busts out a Fortnite emote instantly after, he’s undoubtedly too younger to combat “Shogun.”
