The UFC plans to half methods with UFC heavyweight and lightweight heavyweight Jaylton Almeida.
Almeida misplaced a call to Rizvan Kniev on Saturday attributable to lackluster play from the Brazilian. Almeida had solely 9 photographs in his earlier struggle in opposition to Alexander Volkov, however he solely had 31 photographs on this struggle, which he misplaced within the third spherical.
So, after two lackluster performances, blended martial arts journalist Lerte Viana reported to X that the UFC was parting methods with Almeida.
“I simply acquired affirmation this afternoon that the UFC has made the choice. Maljazinho is leaving the group with an 11-8 report,” Viana wrote in X.
Almeida was ranked eighth within the heavyweight division, so his launch got here as a little bit of a shock, however he was promoted after a string of losses.
Jailton Almeida supposed to return to mild heavyweight
Jailton Almeida introduced plans to return to mild heavyweight after dropping to Kniev at UFC Vegas 113.
Almeida’s managers Thiago Okamura and Leonardo Pateira confirmed to MMA Combating that the Brazilian has already knowledgeable the UFC of his intention to maneuver again all the way down to 205 kilos subsequent. Nonetheless, with the promotion parted methods, Almeida probably will not have an opportunity to return to mild heavyweight.
Jailton Almeida final fought at mild heavyweight in his UFC debut in February 2022. There he KO’d Danilo Marquez in just below three minutes. Since then, he has fought at heavyweight or catchweight.
Almeida is 22-5 as an expert and 8-3 within the UFC. Earlier than occurring a dropping streak, he TKO’d Sergei Spivac within the first spherical and submitted Alexander Romanov within the first spherical. The Brazilian headlined two UFC occasions, defeating Derrick Lewis by determination and submitting Jairzinho Rosenstryk. His different loss was a TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes, however he additionally had a notable victory over Shamil Abdurakhimov.
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