Which UFC Fighter's were cut too soon???

[Hellowhosthat]

Mokaev
Naoki Inoue
Albert Tumenov
Igor Severino (it was only a little nibble we all get hungry)

 

[BigTruck]

I made a similar thread awhile ago, more emphasis on fighters that were cut early from losses to future great fighters. One example is

Pat Healy: Also only lost by decision.

UFC record:
L - Gleison Tibau : Even Khabib struggled with Tibau, he's a giant LW.
L - Jorge Masivdal : Masvidal was always one of the top fighters, even early on.
L - Bobby Green : Green was on a 6 fight win streak and undefeated in the UFC at the time.
L - Khabib Nurmagomedov: Khabib is already 4-0 in the UFC already.
W > NC - Jim Miller : Wins first fight against a vet, changed to NC for weed.

Kamal Shalorus was undefeated in the WEC, gets 3 fights in the UFC against Jim Miller, Khabib, and RDA. Then cut.

Jake O'Brian was undefeated before UFC and cut after going 4-3 in the UFC... losing to Cain and Arlovski in 2008 and then Jon Jones in 2009

But I was hoping to get more answers to who just got cut too early because they got served unknown tough competition too soon.
Pride has a famous one with Yuji Nagata fighting Cro Cop and Fedor back to back and quitting.

I know UFC has had 2 lost fights and you're cut usually, but there has to be some fighters that only got fed killers and cut immediately afterwards.

My old thread: https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/fighters-that-were-cut-from-ufc-too-early.4243899/

Pat also had his 2 fight night bonuses taken away which was like 100k I believe for the miller fight. Sad shit right there.

 

[Tweak896]

Pat also had his 2 fight night bonuses taken away which was like 100k I believe for the miller fight. Sad shit right there.

For weed lmao, I don't even like weed myself but that's crazy how strict they were back then. He got the raw end of that deal.

 

[BigTruck]

For weed lmao, I don't even like weed myself but that's crazy how strict they were back then. He got the raw end of that deal.

I know! I don't like weed and hate stoner culture but it's not harmful or a performance enhancer at all.

 

[ExitLUPin]

In recent memory and of names who haven't been mentioned, Rafael Alves and Saidyokub Kakhramonov are up there. I haven't seen Moreno brought up yet, but that was obviously a bizarre cut at the time, even though he was re-signed shortly after.

People mentioning Gerald Harris, and that's a good one, but the guy who last beat him in the UFC, Maiquel Falcao, was also an early cut. He only had 1 UFC fight too, but went on to beat some legit MWs like Vasilevsky and Mineev.

Kasanganay is an obvious one considering the form he was in right after, but he should never been at WW like he was at the end of his UFC run.

 

[andgonsil]

Sam Alvey

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Khabib

 

[Tito Tapped]

Will Chope. Ifkyk

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Miguel Torres

 

[VolkHan]

Falcao, Theodorou.

One time they contracted a German fighter just to release it straight away after they found out he was allegedly connected to far right hooligans

 

[DougieJones]

Krzysztof Jotko (28-6)

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

paul daley

 

[milliniar]

Sam alvey

 

[JKS]

Gegard Mousasi in his prime is the biggest loss the UFC ever took. Four fight win streak and was primed for a title shot. Then poof, gone.

5 fight win streak!!

But the two other guys who fought for the interim title were also on a crazy high. Whitaker had a 6 fight win streak at MW and Romero had a 8 fight win streak. Gegard was upset he got passed up for a title shot, but it's understandable as the other two were undefeated at MW and on bigger streaks.

I still think the UFC could have kept him if they paid him more and offered a better deal there. He got more money in Bellator with better sponsorships.

 

[Howard Moon]

Sean McCorkle?

 

[volcom5]

Wanderlei Silva, i would’ve enjoyed it very much watching him continue fighting in the UFC, it’s a feel good moment seeing him get wrecked.

 

[SamuraiBro]

Shane Burgos. Even Dana didn’t want him to leave. I think there was some contract mishap that happened if I remember correctly.

 

[Ima5starman]

Mousassi
Ryan Bader
Phil Davis (this one is debatable)

 

[Gabe]

Albert Tumenov

He needs to be re-signed

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Most of them make their way back if they were indeed cut too early. The 3 names you listed at Heavyweight are brutal though considering the condition of the division.