UFC fans person been near baffled by the promotion's brutal axing of heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
The Surinamese slugger was successful octagon enactment past Saturday against erstwhile grooming spouse Sergei Pavlovich astatine UFC Fight Night 250 successful Saudi Arabia.
The pair's Saudi showdown didn't unrecorded up to its billing, with Pavlovich edging an uneventful matter via unanimous decision.
And Rozenstruik has paid the terms for a lacklustre show by losing his spot connected the roster - arsenic good arsenic dropping a decision.
It emerged connected Monday that the erstwhile kickboxer has been chopped from the promotion, contempt having won 2 of his past 3 outings.
MMA fans were near gobsmacked, with 1 penning connected X: "Genuinely insane."
Another said: "Not my 'Bigi Boi.'"
And different said: "Did the UFC hide however bully Pavlovich is? Getting chopped disconnected an L to Pav is CRAZY WORK."
One remarked: "Cutting 1 of the lone competent heavyweights."
Another chimed in: "This is chaotic considering the authorities of the heavyweight part RN."
The post-fight comments of UFC president and CEO Dana White rapidly circulated connected societal media aft news of Rozenstruik's departure.
When asked for his thoughts connected the contest, White, 55, said: “Horrible, horrible fight.
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“Listen, we tin accidental the combat sucked, but Sergei won.
"It wasn’t pretty; it wasn’t amusive to ticker and it was the lone combat each nighttime to get booed.”
Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall was likewise unimpressed, penning connected societal media: "These heavyweight fights lately perfectly stink.
"Let’s get immoderate excitement backmost and halt holding it up."
The UFC returns to pay-per-view enactment aboriginal connected Sunday greeting with UFC 312 successful Sydney, Australia.
Topping the bill is simply a middleweight rubric rematch betwixt existent and erstwhile champions Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland.