The latest victim of UFC’s deep roster cuts, former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos never expected his departure from the MMA promotion to go down like this.
One of the most popular faces of the UFC’s heaviest division for over a decade with key wins over the likes of Cain Velasquez, Fabricio Werdum and Frank Mir, “Cigano” was let go by the company after turning down a short-notice fight with Marcin Tybura for March 27 after losing four in a row inside the octagon.
“I reacted with surprise, [and] I was a little bit impressed by the coldness of how they treated the case,” Dos Santos said in an interview with MMA Fighting.