Rinat Fakhretdinov has posted up an undefeated record in the Ultimate Fighting Championship but he will no longer be a UFC contracted athlete heading into 2026.<\/p>\n
The UFC has elected to not re-sign the 34-year-old and the beginning of this story kicking off with an initial report from Tom Feely. The Sherdog contributor utilized his X account @omgitsfeely to convey some recent omissions from the UFC roster page, as Feely said,<\/p>\n
\u201cRinat Fakhretdinov, Loik Radzhabov and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos have been removed from the http:\/\/UFC.com roster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the first report of this news, Nolan King of MMA Junkie was able to confirm 33 percent of these potential releases, as King took to his X account @mma_kings to state,<\/p>\n
\u201cRinat Fakhretdinov and the #UFC have indeed parted ways (h\/t @omgitsfeely ). Sources say Rinat (despite being 6-0-1 UFC) was not re-signed after he fought out his deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rinat Fakhretdinov and his UFC run overall<\/p>\n
Fakretdinov never found himself in the red on his professional UFC ledger but received his pink slip all the same after over three and a half years with the organization. Rinat Fakhretdinov made his UFC debut in June 2022 after putting together a 19-2 record in professional mixed martial arts. In his debut outing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Russian native bested Andreas Michailidis<\/a> at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik.<\/p>\n Subsequent octagon trips would see Fakhretdinov secure a pair of wins with a unanimous decision victory notched over Bryan Battle<\/a> and a sub one-minute submission finish over Kevin Lee. After a majority draw to Elizeu Zaleski, Fakhretdinov secured decision wins over Nicolas Dalby and Carlos Leal via split and unanimous verdicts, respectively.<\/p>\n