Encyclopedia Bantannica: Fighters who were cut from the UFC in unusual circumstances

[HHJ]

Rousimar Palhares
Reason: Repeated holding onto submissions for too long. Was suspended for elevated testosterone levels, and in his first fight back, holds onto the submission too long again.
Aftermath: Did OK in WSOF, Won the title.
Held on to the submission too long again, against Jake Shields, causing him to be stripped of the title and released from the company.
From that point forward his record is 1 - 7 - 1

Miguel Torres
Reason: Made a dumb rape joke on Twitter.
"If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises."
Aftermath: Was re-signed later that year, but was knocked out in his first fight back and released again.
Post UFC Record is 4- 4

Paul Daley
Reason: Tried to hit Josh Koschek after the final bell in their matchup and had to be physically restrained by the referee.
"There's no excuse for that. These guys are professional athletes. You don't ever hit a guy blatantly after the bell like that, whether you're frustrated or not." He added, "I don't care if he fights in every show all over the world and becomes the best and everybody thinks he's the pound-for-pound best in the world, he will never fight in the UFC ever again." - Dana White
Aftermath: Daley was banned from the UFC for LIFE.
Post UFC Record is 17 - 8

Renato Sobral
Reason: Holding the Anaconda choke too long on David Heath, and being unrepentant in his post fight interview about it.
Aftermath: Won the Strikeforce LHW title. Retired in 2013, and is Unfortunatley suffering from severe CTE.
Post UFC Record: 7 - 4

Muhammad Mokaev
Reason: "Alot of things" Sucker punching Manel Kape just days before their fight, disrespect to UFC staff, being a boring wrestler, and trying to pull Kape's pants off during the fight.
Aftermath: Returned to BRAVEFC and won his fight there. Remains undefeated.

 

[HHJ]

Igor Severino
Reason: Biting his opponent in his debut.

True. That def counts as unusual

 

[AndrewGolota48]

I guess Mitrione only got suspended not cut for his Fallon Fox comments.

"She's not a he, he's a he," the 34-year-old Mitrione said earlier Monday on the Internet-based talk show "MMA Hour."

"He's chromosomally a man. He had a gender change, not a sex change. He's still a man. He was a man for 31 years, 31 years. That's a couple years younger than I am. He's a man. Six years of taking performance de-hancing drugs you think is going to change all that? That's ridiculous.

"That is a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak. And I mean that."

 

[europe1]

Igor Severino
Reason: Biting his opponent in his debut (for no apparent reason).

Aftermath: Still in his early 20s and back on the Brazilian regionals.

Roman Bogatov
Reason: Fouling so much and so grievously in his debut vs Leonardo Santos.
Aftermath: Back to Russia and fouling there instead.

 

[HHJ]

Roman Bogatov
Reason: Fouling so much and so grievously in his debut vs Leonardo Santos.

Too funny. Way to hang yourself, Roman

 

[Luthien]

Dude was terrifying

 

[HHJ]

Dude was terrifying

USADA: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Tyler Manawaroa
Reason: Racist Instagram post. Denied UFC contract post-TUF. "The UFC is committed to having an environment that is free from discrimination. Consequently, UFC has notified Manawaroa that regardless of how far he advances in the completed television series, the organization will not be offering him a contract to compete in the UFC.”

Dan Hardy
Reason: Yelling at/threatening a female employee. "You don't go after women." - Dana White

Jason High
Reason: Shoving the referee after a TKO loss. "You put your hands on a referee, you're done." - Dana White

Ottman Azaitar
Reason: Team member breaking quarantine and sneaking a bag (supposedly full of potatoes) into Azaitar's locker room. Later rehired.

Muhammed Lawal
Reason: Calling NSAC official Pat Lundvall a bitch on Twitter after a commission hearing for a failed drug test (after the Lorenz Larkin fight). Zuffa, who owned Strikeforce at the time, cut him.

 

[Thesnake101]

Tyler Manawaroa
Reason: Racist Instagram post. Denied UFC contract post-TUF. "The UFC is committed to having an environment that is free from discrimination. Consequently, UFC has notified Manawaroa that regardless of how far he advances in the completed television series, the organization will not be offering him a contract to compete in the UFC.”

Crazy how times change, lmao.

 

[HHJ]

Jesse Taylor
Reason: Going fucking drunken apeshit in vegas after winning the TUF show. He was shown kicking out one of the side windows of a rented limousine. The staff of the hotel where the incident occurred reported that a drunken Taylor had frightened female patrons and confronted hotel security by acting aggressively and screaming that he was a UFC fighter.
Aftermath: Forfeited his TUF win, which then had to be reorganized, eventually won by Amir Sadollah.
Was eventually brought back on TUF REDEMPTION but was flagged for a PED violation and then released again.

 

[europe1]

Ruslan Magomedov
Reason: A heavyweight with a 3-0 record in the UFC and a 0-3 record vs USADA. When his fourth bout vs drug testing was schedueled, Ruslan refused to be tested.
Aftermath: Went back to Russian regionals. No report on how many needles have gone up his ass since then.

 

[europe1]

Jon Fitch, Cain Velasquez, Josh Kosheck, Christian Wellisch (AKA)
Reason: Refusing to sign a lifetime contract to allow their names and likenesses to be used in video games the UFC released with THQ. Curiosity, Mike Swick avoided the ban by phoning Dana White independently and kissing the ring.
Aftermath: AKA capitulated 24 hours later. They remain a bitch to the UFC to this day.

 

[EndlessCritic]

Igor Severino
Reason: Biting his opponent in his debut (for no apparent reason).

Aftermath: Still in his early 20s and back on the Brazilian regionals.

His last fight was in the Czech Republic against a tough opponent, and Severino won.

 

[Necrocrawler]

Igor Severino

Aftermath: Still in his early 20s and back on the Brazilian regionals.

Dude is signed to OKTAGON lol
He actually beat one of their Stars* on his last bout
*I mean... His opponent headlined some Oktagon cards, that's why i called him that.

Anyway, my contribution:

Benjamin Brinsa: Dude was signed but quickly released after his past ties with neo nazi groups. Didn't even fought in the org.
Thiago Silva: Had a stable career going 7-3-2NC on the octagon when he was arrested after threating people at a bjj gym and barricating himself after that.
Afterwhile, the charges of his wife were dropped because she "fled" the country and he was again signed back. Some days later, Silva did an interview on the mma hour (i think) saying basically that "the bitch talked too much". That prompted her ex wife releasing a disturbing footage of Silva apparently high on drugs, armed and threatening her about her possible cheating on him (which she actually did, since she actually fled the country with the guy Silva was threatening). He went 5-6-1 NC after that.
Tyler Manawaroa: Dude was a TUF contestant on TUF Australia x Canada. One fine day, he decided to post a racist instagram photo and was subsequently... Not cut lol. Why? Because he wasn't signed yet... Still, UFC made a statement saying that he wouldn't be offered a contract despite of his TUF advances. He was 10-0 at the time and kept that way since he apparently retired after that.
Saul Rogers: TUF 22 runner up. Dude was ready to win the season since he was gonna face McGregors once best friend Artem Lobov. Instead, Visa issues ended up being the culprit for Rogers' firing, with UFC President Dana White infamously declaring “Saul lied on his visa application.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Dude was terrifying

Palhares didn't get a fair shake. I think it had to do with jealousy over his gifted genetics.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Rousimar Palhares
Reason: Repeated holding onto submissions for too long. Was suspended for elevated testosterone levels, and in his first fight back, holds onto the submission too long again.
Aftermath: Did OK in WSOF, Won the title.
Held on to the submission too long again, against Jake Shields, causing him to be stripped of the title and released from the company.
From that point forward his record is 1 - 7 - 1

Miguel Torres
Reason: Made a dumb rape joke on Twitter.
"If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn't mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises."
Aftermath: Was re-signed later that year, but was knocked out in his first fight back and released again.
Post UFC Record is 4- 4

Paul Daley
Reason: Tried to hit Josh Koschek after the final bell in their matchup and had to be physically restrained by the referee.
"There's no excuse for that. These guys are professional athletes. You don't ever hit a guy blatantly after the bell like that, whether you're frustrated or not." He added, "I don't care if he fights in every show all over the world and becomes the best and everybody thinks he's the pound-for-pound best in the world, he will never fight in the UFC ever again." - Dana White
Aftermath: Daley was banned from the UFC for LIFE.
Post UFC Record is 17 - 8

Renato Sobral
Reason: Holding the Anaconda choke too long on David Heath, and being unrepentant in his post fight interview about it.
Aftermath: Won the Strikeforce LHW title. Retired in 2013, and is Unfortunatley suffering from severe CTE.
Post UFC Record: 7 - 4

Muhammad Mokaev
Reason: "Alot of things" Sucker punching Manel Kape just days before their fight, disrespect to UFC staff, being a boring wrestler, and trying to pull Kape's pants off during the fight.
Aftermath: Returned to BRAVEFC and won his fight there. Remains undefeated.

Awesome.
I knew all of these, but had forgotten half. More to come?

He was in the UFC at one point, but elsewhere Gilbert Yvel got DQd and then cut/suspended for:
-Biting an opponent
-Dropping a ref with a punch (when the ref was trying to reset the fighters), and then literally kicking him while he was down
-Raking and thumbing Don Frye blind, and then holding the shamelessly holding the ropes to prevent the TD

 

[Necrocrawler]

I knew all of these, but had forgotten half. More to come?

We are forgetting a memorable one: BJ Penn after getting knocked out in a bar brawl lol:

"On July 26, 2019, news surfaced that Penn was expected to face Nik Lentzi n a grudge match, at a UFC event to be determined. However, Penn was released from the promotion in early September after video evidence surfaced showing Penn fighting patrons in a bar brawl in Pahoa, Hawaii".

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Jesse Taylor
Reason: Going fucking drunken apeshit in vegas after winning the TUF show. He was shown kicking out one of the side windows of a rented limousine. The staff of the hotel where the incident occurred reported that a drunken Taylor had frightened female patrons and confronted hotel security by acting aggressively and screaming that he was a UFC fighter.
Aftermath: Forfeited his TUF win, which then had to be reorganized, eventually won by Amir Sadollah.
Was eventually brought back on TUF REDEMPTION but was flagged for a PED violation and then released again.

How have we forgotten Junie Browning:

Browning was arrested Tuesday night and accused of assaulting three nurses at St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s Siena campus in Henderson, Nev.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing a police report, Browning was taken to the hospital after taking 16 pills of Klonopin, an anti-anxiety drug, “in an attempt to harm himself.”

“The Ultimate Fighter 8” cast member reportedly faces three counts of battery on a health care provider.

According to the report, Browning, who’s since been cut by the UFC (according to Yahoo! Sports), pushed a female nurse, punched a male nurse, and kicked another male nurse.

“Do you know who I am? I will kill you and rape your family,” police said he yelled to nurses.

 

[HHJ]

How have we forgotten Junie Browning:

Browning was arrested Tuesday night and accused of assaulting three nurses at St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s Siena campus in Henderson, Nev.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing a police report, Browning was taken to the hospital after taking 16 pills of Klonopin, an anti-anxiety drug, “in an attempt to harm himself.”

“The Ultimate Fighter 8” cast member reportedly faces three counts of battery on a health care provider.

According to the report, Browning, who’s since been cut by the UFC (according to Yahoo! Sports), pushed a female nurse, punched a male nurse, and kicked another male nurse.

“Do you know who I am? I will kill you and rape your family,” police said he yelled to nurses.

I forgot about it cos I just figured he got cut for sucking hahah