Alexei Oleinik, Randy Costa, and Yamato Nishikawa have all been released from their contracts and dropped out of the team.
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The UFC has officially said goodbye to three other fighters. Alexei Oleinik, Randy Costa, and Yamato Nishikawa have all been released from their contracts and dropped out of the team. It should also be noted that it has not been confirmed whether all of these moves were outright layoffs or simply contracts were not renewed. This shocking news was first revealed on Twitter.
Costa received walking papers after three consecutive stops under the UFC banner. The last time “Zohan” competed was at UFC Vegas 61, where Guido lost to Canetti by submission. Previously, Costa had suffered back-to-back TKO losses to opponents Tony Kelly and Adrian Yanez.
“Zohan” Randy Costa is an American-born athlete who has lost three straight years in the UFC bantamweight division. His back-to-back losses include Adrian Yanez, Tony Kelly, and Guido Canetti. During his career, Costa has scored two TKO victories in the UFC. After finding success in Cage Titans, Costa made his UFC debut in 2019.
Oleinik became eliminated from the UFC’s energetic roster after preventing his maximum latest settlement with the promotion. ‘The Boa Constrictor’ maximum lately competed at UFC Vegas sixty-one on October 1st, struggling to a unanimous selection loss to Ilir Latifi. The 45-year-vintage had long gone simply 1-four over his beyond 5 Octagon appearances overall.
The 45-year-vintage Ukrainian heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik is 2-four in his remaining six bouts. Since his breakup selection win over Fabricio Werdum, ‘The Boa Constrictor’ has lost to Derrick Lewis, Chris Daukaus, Sergey Spivak, and lately, Ilir Latifi. Prior to coming into the UFC, Aleksei Oleinik had fought in Bellator, KSW, and M-1. He was a staple of the UFC’s heavyweight department on account of that 2014.
Yamato was scheduled to make his Octagon debut against Magomed Mustafaev at the UFC 280 event in Abu Dhabi this weekend. However, the Japanese standout is reportedly still under contract with another promotion (Shooto), so Ultimate has removed him from his championship active roster until this situation is resolved. will be
The 19-year-old Japanese fighter Yamato Nishikawa has officially failed to make his UFC welterweight debut. The young fighter, who has a 21-3-6 record, has signed a deal to face Magomed Mustafaev at UFC 280 this weekend. That match was canceled due to a contract dispute, and Nishikawa is now released.
