News UFC parts ways with #12 ranked HW Martin Buday

[JBJ was here]

7-1, and a HW. there had to be a backstory there, he pissed someone off he wasn't supposed to.

The backstory is that six of those wins were decisions, three of them were bad decisions, and none of the fights were any better than watchable. If Buday's UFC record were 4-4 then few people would even notice that the UFC didn't immediately offer him a new contract. While won-loss record matters for determining contenders and title shots, it doesn't really matter when determining whether to sign fighters with mid-card ceilings.

Basically, Buday has very good takedown and striking defense and otherwise is ordinary at best. Against UFC replacement level fighters and regional cans that's more than enough to get wins and it's enough to be in the fight against most HWs who are between UFC replacement and gatekeeper levels. It's also enough to drag a boring fight out of any non-elite HW. What it's not enough to do is to finish fights or win against HWs who have both skill and patience.

 

[NoSmilez]

in any other division, maybe. hard to imagine at HW. they have trouble finding guys to fill out a top 15 at HW. getting cut / not resigning, doesn't matter, i can't remember them ever just discarding a HW with a record that good just because he was boring. i'm assuming he shot the moon and asked for too much money.

I think they just have options to sign people for cheaper. The past few Derek Lewis KOs were kind of the same type of tall Brazilian fighter. In the past they cut or didn't resign Romanov, Blagoy and Bhullar. They cost too much and they are kind of boring grapplers with bad striking.

 

[Tokoloko]

The backstory is that six of those wins were decisions, three of them were bad decisions, and none of the fights were any better than watchable. If Buday's UFC record were 4-4 then few people would even notice that the UFC didn't immediately offer him a new contract. While won-loss record matters for determining contenders and title shots, it doesn't really matter when determining whether to sign fighters with mid-card ceilings.

Basically, Buday has very good takedown and striking defense and otherwise is ordinary at best. Against UFC replacement level fighters and regional cans that's more than enough to get wins and it's enough to be in the fight against most HWs who are between UFC replacement and gatekeeper levels. It's also enough to drag a boring fight out of any non-elite HW. What it's not enough to do is to finish fights or win against HWs who have both skill and patience.

But the question is, do you agree with this, is this fair? Like look at Ankalaev, same fight style, lost to Craig Paul....Did they threaten him with release if he dont finish his next opponent....I highly doubt it. They more like hyped him as next "big dagestani Champion"...Ankalaev is not better than Buday skillwise or characterwise...

 

[TITS]

Who needs Martin Buday when we have Austen Lane and the Tafa brothers?

 

[svmr_db]

 

[Shadey1]

This is a UFC staple tbh. They did the same thing with Alexander Romanov. Buday was far from exciting but in a division lacking young heavyweights. I honestly think he should have been kept

 

[Tokoloko]

officially resigned with Oktagon

 

[Koala]

I guess someone prefers to fight Will Fleury for twice the money

Told you budday

 

[Tokoloko]

Buday was ranked #12 and went 7-1 in the promotion when the UFC chose to not re-sign him.

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Buday just got absolutely folded by Will Fleury in his OKTAGON debut. Guess sparrings with Aspinall gave him too much confidence and he wanted to KO Fleury to impress UFC matchmakers...

 

[Neck&Neck]

Buday just got absolutely folded by Will Fleury in his OKTAGON debut. Guess sparrings with Aspinall gave him too much confidence and he wanted to KO Fleury to impress UFC matchmakers...

What kind of highlight clip is that lol
Doesn’t even show the finish

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Obviously not UFC-level

 

[Tokoloko]

What kind of highlight clip is that lol
Doesn’t even show the finish

it happened 10 min ago.
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[don't ask]

What kind of highlight clip is that lol
Doesn’t even show the finish

UFC used to do this (or show non-highlight moments of the fight) when they thought Caposa posting gifs were costing them PPV buys and were trying to crack down. I seem to recall not being allowed to post gifs here on Sherdog for awhile.

 

[Tokoloko]

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

it happened 10 min ago.
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Mark was enjoying himself.

 

[HHJ]

But the question is, do you agree with this, is this fair? Like look at Ankalaev, same fight style, lost to Craig Paul....Did they threaten him with release if he dont finish his next opponent....I highly doubt it. They more like hyped him as next "big dagestani Champion"...Ankalaev is not better than Buday skillwise or characterwise...

Ankalaev does not have the same fight style as Martin Buday and he has several finishes in the UFC. "not better skillwise" hahaha you really are something else

Your hatred blinds you.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Ankalaev does not have the same fight style as Martin Buday and he has several finishes in the UFC. "not better skillwise" hahaha you really are something else

Your hatred blinds you.

guy is smoking crack. i don't even like Ankalaev but wtf was that. i'd put money on Ankalaev beating the guy who just knocked Buday the fuck out

 

[HHJ]

guy is smoking crack. i don't even like Ankalaev but wtf was that. i'd put money on Ankalaev beating the guy who just knocked Buday the fuck out

easy cash

 

[HHJ]

If the UFC wanted to get rid of Buday they should have found someone who could beat him.

The reason why they dont do that, is that it's bad enough they hired a guy who is so awful to watch, but if he beats a guy who is more exciting than him (anyone) it's shooting themselves in the foot and they already did that 7 times

 

[HHJ]

The backstory is that six of those wins were decisions, three of them were bad decisions, and none of the fights were any better than watchable. If Buday's UFC record were 4-4 then few people would even notice that the UFC didn't immediately offer him a new contract. While won-loss record matters for determining contenders and title shots, it doesn't really matter when determining whether to sign fighters with mid-card ceilings.

Basically, Buday has very good takedown and striking defense and otherwise is ordinary at best. Against UFC replacement level fighters and regional cans that's more than enough to get wins and it's enough to be in the fight against most HWs who are between UFC replacement and gatekeeper levels. It's also enough to drag a boring fight out of any non-elite HW. What it's not enough to do is to finish fights or win against HWs who have both skill and patience.