The British MMA fighter never fought in the UFC again, despite later beating Jorge Masvidal.
has shown on several occasions in the past that he has no issue with brutally cutting fighters from the premierAnd it's not the first time that the UFC boss made a brutally cast off a rising British fighter.
In 2009, White signed British welterweight contender Paul Daley, but the kickboxer was removed from the premier MMA organisation after just three fights.He made a huge impression on his UFC debut as he replaced Mike Swick to face fellow contender Martin Kampmann, stopping the Danish fighter in the very first round.
'Semtex' followed that performance with an explosive knockout victory over Dustin Hazelett to set up a title eliminator against Josh Koscheck.Joe Rogan. "I don’t care if fights in every show all over the world and becomes the best, and everybody thinks he is the pound-for-pond best in the world. he will never fight in the UFC again," he explained.White stuck to his word and never re-signed Daley, who fought in a host of MMA promotions following his brief UFC spell.He also fought Nick Diaz for the Strikeforce welterweight title and had a huge all-British showdown against Michael 'Venom' Page in Bellator.
Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.Dana White opens up on how he hired Joe Rogan to work for the UFC for free initially
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