After missing the weight of different occasions, the UFC finally broke ties with one of their impressive contenders.
Last weekend the Premier promotion returned to Chicago for UFC 319 for the first time in six years, at the head through a central weight fight between Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev.
For a while it seemed as if the card was going untouched, but only a week from fighting started to fall off the card due to last minute injuries.
And when on Friday before the event, another fight was lost when Bryan Battle weighed no less than 4 pounds above the middleweight limit for his planned fight against Nursulton Ruziboev.
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Bryan Battle Shockingly cut from the UFC
Since he came to the UFC after winning a contract at the Ultimate Fighter, 'The Butcher' has scored various extremely impressive victories in the Octagon.
He started his UFC official period at 185 pounds before he went to 170 pounds. But when in 2023 he missed the weight for his fight against Gabe Green.
Nevertheless, he continued to try to make £ 170 in his next few fights before he missed weight again in 2024 for his fight against Randy Brown.
Then he chose to go back to middleweight in an attempt to put together a run on that weight class.
However, the battle fell at the first obstacle, with a weight of 190 pounds prior to its UFC 319 fight against Ruziboev, which canceled their fight.
And with that his third weightsmiss of his short UFC official period, it was announced this Wednesday that it was officially cut from the UFC schedule.
Bryan Battle has been released from the UFC selection, according to UFC officials.#UFC
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Could Bryan Battle become a title candidate in the UFC?
During his term of office, Battle showed some solid striking Fundamentals and had only suffered one loss in his four years with the promotion.
After fighting on both welterweight and central weight, there is potential that he could have been in the top 10 of the ranking in both weight class, but his lack of professionalism has cost him in the long term.