MMA Fighting first reported<\/a> Wednesday. A day later, Basharat released a statement on social media confirming the news and criticizing UFC\u2019s latest approach when it comes to releases.<\/p>\n\u201cI always turned up and fought regardless of injuries and weight deficits,\u201d Basharat wrote. \u201cAnd I always asked for the toughest opponent to get me closer to the title. But my departure clearly has nothing to do with my fighting capabilities. Unfortunately the organization just isn\u2019t what it used to be. They\u2019re heading in a different direction from what we all grew up loving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farid and his brother Javid Basharat were let go by the UFC despite the fact they were coming off victories in 2026. The bantamweight talent was ranked in the top 10 of the division and is proud of his \u201cstainless record\u201d in the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had an incredibly successful time in the organization,\u201d Basharat wrote. \u201cI\u2019m proud and happy with what I\u2019ve accomplished inside the octagon. I leave with a stainless record. Holding the longest active win streak in my weight division and the fourth longest in the entire UFC. I feel I\u2019m the best bantamweight in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Basharat has yet to confirm his next step in the sport, but promised \u201cthe best is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Farid Basharat vented his disappointment with the UFC after not being offered a new contract with the promotion.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-929341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929341","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=929341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}