Muhammad Mokaev says he is still hopeful he can be resigned by the UFC after Dana White announced the MMA promotion would not renew his deal.
Briton Muhammad Mokaev says is he is still hopeful he will be re-signed by the UFC after his contract expired following his win at UFC 304 on Saturday.The flyweight is considered one of the brightest prospect in mixed martial arts, but UFC president Dana White announced the organisation would not be giving Mokaev a new deal."I turn all down because UFC gave me the platform to put my name out there and earn money to feed my family.
Dagestan-born Mokaev also denied he had held talks with rival MMA promotion PFL prior to his last UFC bout.There was a tumultuous build-up to his last bout, with Mokaev admitting to confronting Kape at the fight-week hotel.Mokaev said afterwards his behaviour in fight week was in reaction to a previous incident between him and Perez.
"I understand, this is wrong what happened at the hotel and I apologise to the UFC, but there's some nights I didn't sleep because someone treated me like that," he said. "I will never let anyone bully me and I never bullied anyone, but whatever happened it happened, I don't want keep going about it but I will take big lesson from it."Who will be crowned Britain’s most sensational seamster?'I have never seen anything like that' - Yee's sprint wins GB gold.
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