Muhammad Mokaev has blamed the UFC after his extremely anticipated grappling match with Raul Rosas Jr. was referred to as off.
Final week, Mokaev and Rosas Jr. excited fans by revealing they had agreed to face off in a catchweight submission wrestling bout at ADXC 6 in Abu Dhabi on October 25.
Sadly, it was revealed on Monday their conflict has been canceled.
The occasion organizers launched a press release that didn’t make clear the rationale Mokaev vs Rosas Jr. had been scrapped, however the English 125lb fighter let everybody know precisely what occurred behind the scenes.
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Muhammad Mokaev claims the UFC blocked grappling match
ADXC said in a statement: “Resulting from unexpected circumstances, Muhammad Mokaev vs Raul Rosas Jr. has been canceled because the #ADXC6 Foremost Occasion!
“The present should go ON. Keep tuned for a brand new Grappling Foremost Occasion to be introduced quickly!”
Mokaev defined the state of affairs additional to his social media followers.
He tweeted: “I’ve quite a lot of respect in direction of Raul Rosas Jr.
“Sadly, UFC didn’t let him to compete I want you all the perfect bro!”
Rosas Jr. has’t commented on his obvious withdrawal from the occasion.
It’s at the moment unclear if Mokaev will stay on the cardboard in opposition to a distinct opponent or if the promotion will put collectively a completely completely different foremost occasion on very brief discover.
One factor is for certain, this complete ordeal can have finished nothing to restore Mokaev’s strained relationship with the UFC bosses.
Why was Muhammad Mokaev minimize from the UFC?
Mokaev is undoubtedly probably the greatest flyweights on the planet and he’s by no means misplaced a battle, so it appeared unusual when White didn’t provide him a brand new deal when his newest contract expired in Jule.
Many individuals believed it may have one thing to do along with his ‘boring’ combating fashion, which regularly sees him dominate opponents by using his superior grappling abilities.
The UFC boss insisted combating fashion has nothing to do with it and claimed that Mokaev was minimize for his conduct behind the scenes.
“Yeah, the matchmakers aren’t large followers of his for a lot of completely different causes, and never simply because [of his fighting style] there’s lots of people who shoot takedowns on this on this enterprise,” White mentioned about Mokaev after UFC 304.
“There are quite a lot of guys that battle with that sort of fashion, but it surely’s much more than simply that.”
The 24-year-old begged to be re-signed by the UFC and Mokaev even offered to fight for free, however White stood agency on his place throughout a later media scrum.
He mentioned: “I wasn’t concerned in any of the stuff that occurred with him.
“The matchmakers and Hunter [Campbell] have been, and so they weren’t pleased with him. They weren’t pleased with the best way he acted. They weren’t pleased with quite a lot of the issues he did and mentioned.
“I suppose you may look again now and remorse it, however you probably did it. You probably did it, and you place your self on this place.”
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