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Jason Knight explains why UFC run went south: ‘I got caught up in the lifestyle’

Even during the worst stretch of his career, Jason Knight was ready for his next opportunity to prove himself inside the Octagon.

Sure, he’d just lost his fourth straight fight, a unanimous decision loss to Jordan Rinaldi at UFC 230, but Knight was a fan favorite, a classic action fighter who had drawn stylistic comparisons to the popular Diaz brothers (hence the Mississippian’s unofficial moniker of “Hick Diaz”). The Rinaldi fight was just the second of a recently inked contract, so Knight had reason to think that his good relationship with the company would keep him employed.