The long, weird legend of Antonio Braga Neto’s UFC profession appears to have actually ended. A several time BJJ world champ, Braga Neto initially struck the Octagon all the method back in 2013, getting a knee bar triumph over future light heavyweight title competitor Anthony Smith.
Injury ditched an anticipated fast return versus Derek Brunson, however the Brazailian was back in the Octagon a year later on, in 2014, to handle Clint Hester for a difficult battled choice loss. After that, fans might be forgiven for believing that Braga Neto had actually ignored MMA entirely.
Following a ditched 2015 battle versus Zak Cummings, Braga Neto went back to the UFC 2 years later on for a battle with Trevin Giles– a 3rd round KO defeat. 2018, 2020, and 2021 all saw bouts for Braga Neto break down, each time with the first-rate grappler being the one to withdraw from the battle.
MMA Fighting now reports that the UFC has actually chosen to part methods with the 33- year-old, following his withdrawal from a UFC Vegas 35 reserving versus Abdul Razak Alhassan. Alhassan would go on to deal with Alessio Di Chirico, winning the bout by means of preliminary KO.
While the Endeavor-owned promo’s relocate to end Braga Neto’s agreement might not be unexpected considered that he’s had simply 3 bouts in 8 years, it appears rather negative thinking about Fighting’s verification that his latest reservation was obviously cancelled due to a favorable COVID-19 medical diagnosis.
Alongside that news, Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz reports that the UFC has actually likewise parted methods with ladies’s flyweight possibility Liliya Shakirova. The Uzbekistani was just recently on the getting end of a two-year USADA suspension for meldonium. The outcome of an out-of-competition drug test gathered quickly after her launching loss to present title competitor Lauren Murphy.
The anti-ischemia medication was leading edge in the news back in 2016 when WADA transferred to prohibit the drug, which was a relatively typical prescription (with rather uncertain possible PED ramifications) in previous USSR states. In the UFC Islam Makhachev, Daniel Omielanczuk, and Abdul-Kerim Edilov all evaluated favorable for the compound. Makhacehv and Omielanczuk were both cleared of misbehavior, as their tests came prior to WADA’s statement. Edilov, nevertheless, was handed a 15- month suspension.
In Shakirova’s case, her harsher suspension appears to have actually come, a minimum of in part, due to her failure to divulge previous usage of the drug when submitting her “onboarding” documents with USADA and the UFC.
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