Fighters signed to the UFC that never fought in the UFC

[EndlessCritic]

For Movsar Evloev's second fight, the UFC booked him in a rematch against Zhenhong Lu, in what would have been Lu's UFC debut.

Instead, Lu dropped out of the fight due to a cut, was quietly removed from the UFC roster a year later, and never fought again.

Anyone know what happened?

Zhenhong Lu ruled out of UFC on ESPN+ 15 fight vs. Movsar Evloev

It appears Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 15 card will go down with one bout short of a full lineup.

mmajunkie.usatoday.com

Dong Hyung Ma and Zhenhong Lu removed from UFC roster

Several fighters have been removed from the UFC roster. Among the names notable by their sudden absence were Dong Hyung Ma and Zhenhong Lu. Hyung Ma (16-11-3) has lost his last three UFC fights.

asianmma.com

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Ivan "Ural Hulk" Shtyrkov

Pulled out due to "illness" after weighing-in, then it comes out he melted the pre-fight drug test. Went right back to Russia.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Wasn't Biyal Makhov signed? And Adam Khaliev?

 

[Fight Professor]

Where is Chad Corvin?

 

[TITS]

Cedric Dummy

 

[Hellowhosthat]

There's loads.

Josiah Harrell signed but failed a medical and had to have a heart operation or something. There was something similar with Askar Askar.

Jorge Gonzalez signed but then melted the piss cup before he fought which also happened to Joilton Lutterbach recently.

Timo Feucht signed but then a bunch of neo nazi stuff from his past cropped up so he got quietly cut.

Ante Delija signed on as late replacement to fight Gane but he was still under contract with PFL so they nixed it and he had to go back there (shame as I think he'd have done okay in UFC)

Slim Trabelsi signed but there were arguments as to who his agent was between Ali and Lopez and in the end it prevented him fighting and in the end Lopez took him to Bellator (Lopez also simply didn't tell Lazy King he had a UFC offer so he'd sign with PFL who were offering more money which gave him more commission).

 

[oski]

punk?

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Lopez also simply didn't tell Lazy King he had a UFC offer so he'd sign with PFL who were offering more money which gave him more commission.

My hail Mary in @Siver! 's yearly ranking thread was Lazy King, I now hate this Lopez fellow

 

[Neck&Neck]

Anderson Aldo

 

[don't ask]

Bilyal Makhov was another Olympic medalist the UFC signed and then disappeared.

 

[Sticko]

Michael Imperato - signed to the UFC 10 years ago only to be cut after video of him making racist remarks came to light.

Resurfaced on DWCS 10 years later only to lose a 30-27.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

I'm still waiting for Tyrone Spong to fight in the UFC

 

[Thesnake101]

Sean Santella got signed as a replacement to fight Wilson Reis, however he failed his medicals and it got scrapped. In the aftermath he got cut, which is usually a common occurrence for short-notice replacements who can't make it to the fight.

 

[dildos]

Geronimo dos santos

 

[EndlessCritic]

Slim Trabelsi signed but there were arguments as to who his agent was between Ali and Lopez and in the end it prevented him fighting and in the end Lopez took him to Bellator (Lopez also simply didn't tell Lazy King he had a UFC offer so he'd sign with PFL who were offering more money which gave him more commission).

In random news, Slim Trabelsi lost an amateur fight to Alain Van de Merckt, who is now 8-0 as a pro and is competing on DWCS in October.

 

[Swamp Rat Jones]

Technically Fedor . His PRIDE contract stipulation was that he could fight for any promotion as long as it was in Russia, which Dana obviously wasn't going for and renegotiations failed. But the contract WAS owned by Zuffa.

 

[usernamee]

Jörgen Ingmar Kruth

2004 WMC Superheavyweight Muay Thai World Champion
2000 K-1 Grand Prix Europe Champion

as an example of what he accomplished, he transitioned to mma late in life

He was scheduled to fight Maldonado but pulled out before the fight to retire from combat sports because he realized/felt that he wouldn't be able to perform as well as he wanted and he'd rather retire. (He was 38 at the time)

 

[Hellowhosthat]

In random news, Slim Trabelsi lost an amateur fight to Alain Van de Merckt, who is now 8-0 as a pro and is competing on DWCS in October.

Yep, he's a middleweight too, impressive to beat a heavyweight like that. He's looked good so far as a pro but he hasn't really fought anyone. I featured him in my hype trains thread a while back.

 

[Danespina]

Anderson Aldo

Fedor St. Pierre.

 

[TheMadHatter]

Hasbullah