No. 8-ranked heavyweight fighter Jailton Almeida has been cut from the UFC, as per an update by Laerte Viana.
Dana Whiteand Co. decided to release the 34-year-old after his most recent loss. Almeida took on Rizvan Kuniev this past weekend at UFC Vegas 113 and lost by unanimous decision.
This heavyweight fight on the main card was extremely uneventful. The crowd at the Meta Apex also booed at the ongoingsnoozefest. In 15 minutes, the Brazilianlanded just 31 strikes, while his Russian foe connected with 43 significant strikes.
In the final 10 seconds, they met in the center of theoctagonto stand and trade, but neither landed anything meaningful. In the end, Kuniev had his hand raised.
After losing 3 of his last five fights, Almeida informed the UFC of his decision to move down to light heavyweight. However, that isn’t happening, as he’s no longer a part of the promotion.
UFC has notified Jailton Almeida of its plans to part ways. ❌pic.twitter.com/LmBFs6dikb
Netizens are not going easy on Jailton Almeida after he was cut from the UFC. A fan wrote:
“He kills the division. He isn’t entertaining but has enough grappling talent to fu*k up other fighters’ streaks. But he himself isn’t good enough to beat top fighters consistently.”
“I’m not surprised. This dude was boring, I’ll never forget Derrick Lewis after fighting him saying “even my wife has never hugged me this long” 😂😂😂😂😂”
Other netizens with similar sentiments commented:
Source: LowKickMMA.com
