{"id":363751,"date":"2025-12-22T03:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363751\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T03:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:39:12","slug":"ufc-parts-ways-with-cage-warriors-champion-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363751\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC parts ways with Cage Warriors champion for second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rhys McKee is back in the free agent pool.<\/p>\n<p>A Cage Warriors champion and staple of U.K. MMA, McKee (14-7-1 MMA, 1-5 UFC) revealed his parting of ways with the UFC in a recent Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Disappointed to part ways with the UFC before some roster watch lets everyone know,&#8221; McKee wrote. &#8220;Silver lining coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He added on X, &#8220;Been a fast few days, feel a weight lift since alls been said &amp; done, excited for the next step in my career plenty left in the tank not shown yet, all I want now is activity, decent communication &amp; my worth in full, live &amp; die by the sword 100% finish rate always on the line!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The departure marks the second time McKee has split from the promotion. In this stint, which began in September 2023, he went 1-3. His previous stint took place in 2020, during which he went 0-2. McKee then returned to the regional scene, went 3-0 including two Cage Warriors title fight wins, and earned another look.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear what McKee&#8217;s next move is. Seldom are fighters able to earn a second stint, never mind a third. But at 30 and historically with repeated success against top-tier talent in Europe, McKee may have a better chance than some.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/12\/21\/ufc-parts-ways-with-cage-warriors-champ-rhys-mckee-for-second-time\/87873043007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC parts ways with Cage Warriors champ Rhys McKee for second time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC parts ways with Cage Warriors champ Rhys McKee for second time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rhys McKee is back in the free agent pool. A Cage Warriors champion and staple of U.K. MMA,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,54134,786,785,197879,85,787],"class_list":["post-363751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cage-warriors","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-rhys-mckee","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}