Elias Theodorou released by the UFC. The cuts by the promotion continue as it all started earlier this week with heavyweight stud Justin Willis.
According to Raphael Mariano from Globo, the UFC has parted ways with the former “Ultimate Fighter” winner. This is an interesting move by the Las Vegas-based promotion as he was the No. 15-ranked fighter in the middleweight division.
It’s also interesting due to the fact that the decision to cut Theodorou is shocking because he just fought in a co-headliner.
Theodorou suffered a unanimous decision loss to Derek Brunson at UFC Ottawa (also known as UFC on ESPN+9) on May 4, 2019) at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on ESPN+.
This was an important fight for the rising contender as a win over Brunson in his home country of Canada would allow him to jump up in the rankings in the middleweight division. That wasn’t meant to be.
The loss snaps Theodorou’s three-fight winning streak. During his time with the promotion, he had a solid 8-3 record in the Octagon.
The UFC also released some other fighters as well including flyweight star Wilson Reis, who was coming off of a TKO loss to Alexandre Pantoja. He has lost four of his last five fights. Heavyweight fighter Marcelo Golm, who went 1-3 in the promotion, is also gone.
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