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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to make room on its massive roster of mixed martial arts (MMA) talent.

No. 13 ranked Heavyweight Alexandr Romanov scored a win at UFC Edmonton last weekend (Sat., Nov. 2, 2024), when he defeated No. 15 seeded Rodrigo Nascimento -in one of the most boring fights of the year – via sloppy unanimous decision.

Today (Mon., Nov. 4, 2024), Twitter account UFC Roster Watch revealed Romanov was released from his respective contract and/or the promotion decided not to extend it.

While his fight at UFC Edmonton was atrocious, his release is kind of shocking – even though it was the last fight on his contract, according to MMA Junkie.

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Romanov, 33, came into UFC on a roll, finishing four out of five opponents, including a super rare forearm choke on Marcos Rogerio de Lima (watch highlights). “King Kong” then suffered back-to-back losses to high ranked Heavyweights Marcin Tyubra and Alexander Volkov but got back into the win column against Blagoy Ivanov – in a bad fight,

Romanov ends his UFC career with a 7-3 record, losing three of his last fights.

The 33-year-old fighter from Moldova had a ton of hype throughout his run, and at times, he looked incredible. However, in the last few fights, he came into the fights out of shape and very pudgy.

To quote UFC CEO Dana White … “PFL should pick him up.”

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Nate “The Train” is back to close out the UFC’s pay-per-view year.

Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Nate Landwehr faces Doo Ho Choi at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. MMA Mania was first to report the booking.

Landwehr has proven to be one of the featherweight division’s most exciting fighters as he steps in the octagon for the second time in 2024. The 36-year-old knocked out Jamall Emmers at UFC Atlantic City this past March to bounce back from a decision loss to Dan Ige at UFC 289 in June 2023.

Choi is set to compete for the second time in a year for the first time since 2016. “Korean Superboy” knocked out Bill Algeo with a nasty left hook in the second round at UFC Vegas 94 this past July to earn his first victory since knocking out Thiago Tavares at the TUF 23 Finale in July 2016.

As of now, a new main event for UFC 310 is yet to be announced after an injury forced welterweight champion Belal Muhammad out of his scheduled title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov.

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A recent tweet from Dustin Poirier hints that he’s interested in facing Max Holloway for his final UFC fight. Holloway, coming off a tough loss to Ilia Topuria at UFC 308, made history as Topuria became the first fighter ever to finish him.

Poirier hasn’t stepped into the Octagon since his lightweight title shot at UFC 302 in June, where he lost to Islam Makhachev via fifth-round submission. After that bout, Poirier teased retirement but later confirmed plans for one more fight. The question remains: who will he face?

In recent months, Poirier has considered a range of opponents for his swan song, including Nate Diaz and Justin Gaethje. However, in a Twitter exchange suggesting a bout with Holloway for the “BMF” title, Poirier seemed to approve, sparking excitement over a potential showdown.

The two first faced off at UFC 143 in February 2012, which saw Holloway fall short to Poirier via submission. Seven years later, they met for the interim lightweight title at UFC 236, which saw Poirier hand Holloway a unanimous decision loss.

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The only thing more impressive than what Ilia Topuria and Khamzat Chimaev accomplished at UFC 308 is seeing it in slo-mo.

This past weekend, the UFC released their newest Fight Motion video from the promotion’s latest pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Topuria became the first fighter to knock out Max Holloway to retain his featherweight championship. Portions of the stunning result in the headliner are featured in the UFC’s latest slow motion highlight video.

In the co-main event, Chimaev submitted Robert Whittaker in the first round to make a tremendous case for a shot at Dricus du Plessis and the middleweight title.

Other highlights from the card include Magomed Ankalaev’s decision win against Aleksandar Rakic, Lerone Murphy keeping his long win streak alive against octagon veteran Dan Ige — despite overcoming adversity — Shara Magomedov’s double spinning punch knockout in the main card opener, and the bloody lightweight war between Mateusz Rebecki and Myktybek Oralibai.

Check out the UFC 308 Fight Motion video above.

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Daniel Cormier doesn’t agree with Jon Jones often, but one topic they see eye-to-eye on is the dubious loss on Jones’ record.

On Jones’ 29-fight résumé, there are two glaring blemishes: A 2009 loss to Matt Hamill that occurred when Jones was disqualified for the use of prohibited 12-to-6 elbows, and his 2017 knockout of Cormier that was later overturned to a no-contest when Jones tested positive for a banned substance.

Though nothing can be done about the latter result, Cormier is an advocate for Jones’ lone loss to be removed, especially with the recently revised rules (including the legalization of 12-to-6 elbows) that were introduced at UFC Edmonton this past Saturday.

“Jon Jones should be undefeated,” Cormier said at a Q&A this past Friday in Edmonton. “He really should be. A 12-6 elbow is crazy, but you know, we only can fight under the rules that they give us and, unfortunately, there was a moron referee that said he should be disqualified. But he’s undefeated.”

Cormier and Jones have a storied rivalry, with the two trading plenty of shots in and out of the octagon. Though their second meeting is officially a no-contest, Jones still holds a win over Cormier, having won a unanimous decision over “DC” in their first fight at UFC 182.

The build-up to their fights saw Cormier and Jones frequently insult each other and at one point even engage in a public brawl. In the years since their last fight, a grudging respect has developed between the two, and Cormier is fine with where their relationship stands.

“We aren’t great and I don’t think that we ever have to [be],” Cormier said. “I think people need to stop longing for the perfect happy ending. Guys don’t have to do what Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield did. It can be OK to just be OK with us being as we are and I’m fine with it, so you guys should be, too.”

Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion, is set to defend his title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. The bout is being billed as a battle of two of the greatest fighters of all time and potentially the final fight for both, though neither has made any firm commitment to a fight night retirement.

Cormier, for one, will miss seeing Jones compete.

“He’s beat a lot of guys,” Cormier said. “The amount of champions that Jon Jones has beaten over the course of his career is very impressive. The guy has been champion for a long time, he’s done a great job, and it will suck whenever he’s gone because the game is better when you have fighters like that in it. Unfortunately, there’s been a lot of times where he hasn’t been in it because of the things that he’s done.”

Watch the UFC Edmonton Q&A below.

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Khalil Rountree Jr. had his face busted open by Alex Pereira atop the UFC 307 pay-per-view (PPV) event last month in Salt Lake City, but judging by the photos he recently uploaded to Instagram, it appears “War Horse” is healing up rather nicely.

Or like a “prime Wolverine,” according to fans on social media.

“That fourth round, I was throwing jabs and hurting my hand,” Pereira told Podpah. “I swear, I was thinking, ‘My hand must be broken.’ It still hurts. Not all the time, but if I squeeze here, it hurts.”

“I saw that the jabs were working,” Pereira continued. “I thought, ‘I have to hurt him.’ But then I hit him right there in the [forehead], one of the hardest parts [of the body], and it kept hurting.”

Fortunately, “Poatan” will have plenty of time to recover.

The reigning light heavyweight champion is expected to remain out of action until early 2025. When he does make his Octagon return, the Brazilian is expected to face off against top 205-pound title contender Magomed Ankalaev, who is clearly tired of waiting.

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