Regardless of successful his UFC 304 struggle towards Manel Kape, Muhammad Mokaev has discovered himself and not using a job within the UFC.
Following the occasion, UFC CEO Dana White introduced the promotion wouldn’t be re-signing Mokaev, who accomplished the final struggle on his contract in Manchester. Mokaev had advised it was his wrestling-heavy preventing model that the promotion wasn’t a fan of. White stated that wasn’t the one cause.
“The matchmakers aren’t huge followers of his for a lot of completely different causes,” White stated. “There’s lots of people who shoot takedowns on this enterprise, lots of guys that struggle with that kind of fashion. But it surely’s much more than simply that.”
Maybe it’s been all of the drama that has surrounded Mokaev over his final two fights with Manel Kape. The 2 males obtained into an altercation on the UFC Apex that noticed Kape headbutt Mokaev. Mokaev obtained his revenge in a Manchester fighter lodge brawl, and the 2 clashed once more on the ceremonial weigh-ins and even within the cage earlier than the opening bell. If these incidents weren’t the final straw for UFC, the stinker of a struggle with Kape definitely was.
Mokaev for his half was unrepentant over the pre-fight struggle, which he admitted to organising throughout a UFC 304 post-fight interview.
“In an interview, [Kape] stated if he involves Manchester, he’s going to [attack me] a second time,” he stated. “I couldn’t come near him within the lodge, so I informed him let’s come take an image. And as soon as he got here, I dropped him.”
“I’m not different guys who, someone can bully me. “I come from a tough background. My life was powerful and I give no s— to anybody to bully me.”
There have been indicators that Mokaev was out of favor with the UFC coming into the British occasion. The bout schedule for the occasion was set with the flyweight contender competing on the primary card. However because the occasion approached, his struggle with Kape was moved onto the early prelims.
Now the person who hoped to change into the youngest UFC champion in historical past finds himself outdoors the promotion with little probability of returning any time quickly.
