Heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jamal Pogues have been faraway from the UFC roster following losses this previous weekend in Saudi Arabia.
UFC officers confirmed the strikes to MMA Preventing on Monday.
A 15-fight veteran within the octagon, Rozenstruik began his UFC profession on a scorching streak with 4 straight knockout wins capped off by a comeback end over Alistair Overeem again in 2019. That earned Rozenstruik a struggle towards Francis Ngannou however his evening ended early with a devastating knockout loss simply 20 seconds into the opening spherical.
Following that loss, Rozenstruik struggled to place collectively any momentum whereas bouncing backwards and forwards between wins and losses over the subsequent few years. Rozenstruik did handle to place collectively a two-fight win streak with victories over Tai Tuivasa and Shamil Gaziev however then he dropped a lackluster choice to Sergei Pavlovich on the UFC Saudi Arabia card this previous Saturday.
Finally, Rozenstruik was faraway from the UFC roster with a document of 9-6 general.
As for Pogues, his run with the UFC ends following a disappointing break up choice loss to Hamdy Abdelwahab, which dropped his general document with the promotion to 2-2. Pogues vehemently disagreed with the judges in his most up-to-date loss however he nonetheless left Saudi Arabia with one other defeat on his document and now he’s now not on the UFC roster.
Fighters faraway from the roster are clearly eligible to signal with one other promotion or doubtlessly return to the UFC at a later date.
