Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is making room on its roster.
UFC Roster Watch revealed today (Mon., Oct. 7, 2024) that three fighters have been released from their UFC contracts. Whether for numerous losses or they ran of fights on their contracts, the promotion chose not to re-sign them.
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The biggest name on the list is Ovince Saint Preux, who just got submitted in the first round at UFC 307 this past weekend in Salt Lake City.
Saint Preux (27-18) ends his UFC run with a 15-13 record and tied in third with most Performance of the Night bonuses in UFC history (7). He fought for the interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Jon Jones back at UFC 197 in 2016, losing a unanimous decision. “OSP” has the most Von Flue choke submissions in UFC history (4), and one of his biggest highlights was knocking out Shogun Rua in 34 seconds in Uberlandia, Brazil.
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Karl Williams (10-2) also got released, which makes no sense. The Heavyweight fighter won a contract on season six of Contender Series as a hefty underdog and then went on to go 3-1 inside the promotion – all via unanimous decision. He lost his only UFC fight in his last outing.
Williams was not an exciting fighter, but he should have gotten a new contract in a shallow Heavyweight division.
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The last release was Brazil’s Kleydson Rodrigues (8-4). Rodrigues received a contract from season five of Contender Series after he defeated Santo Curatolo. “KR” ended up going 1-3 inside the promotion, with his only win coming against Shannon Ross via knockout. He missed weight twice, and one of those weight misses caused a fight cancelation.
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