Germaine de Randamie's run as UFC featherweight champion has come to an unceremonious end.
The UFC officially announced Monday morning that they had stripped the Dutch fighter of the belt, just four months after she won it at UFC 208.
The news was reported by some outlets, including MMAFighting.com first, for weeks, though de Randamie said she was caught off guard.
"I had absolutely no idea that I was being stripped of the belt," de Randamie told MMAFighting.com moments after the news broke. "I found out through social media. Cyborg (Justino) is going to fight Megan (Anderson) for the belt.