{"id":366529,"date":"2025-12-24T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366529\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T19:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:19:07","slug":"departed-ufc-star-rinat-fakhretdinov-speaks-out-after-contract-wasnt-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366529\/","title":{"rendered":"Departed UFC star Rinat Fakhretdinov speaks out after contract wasn&#8217;t renewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rinat Fakhretdinov\u2019s UFC exit has left many MMA fans puzzled, and he has addressed his current situation.<\/p>\n<p>Fakhretdinov was 6-0-1 under the UFC banner and he scored a 54-second TKO finish over Andreas Gustafsson in his last outing. While some thought Fakhretdinov put himself in prime position for a bigger name, his UFC deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/rinat-fakhretdinov\/rinat-fakhretdinov-and-ufc-part-ways-not-re-signed-after-sub-1-minute-ko\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately wasn\u2019t renewed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a new video posted on his Instagram account, Fakhretdinov discussed his UFC departure and revealed that his services are already being sought after by other promotions (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/12\/24\/rinat-fakhretdinov-says-many-offers-after-leaving-ufc-not-fired-allegations-dana-white\/87906085007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the information is reliable, but there is one catch: No one fired us,\u201d Fakhretdinov said on Instagram (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParamPam1990\/status\/2003460284162412830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ParamPam1990<\/a>). \u201cOur contract just expired and for certain reasons, it was not renewed. There are small nuances that I will not tell you here. \u2026 Nothing terrible happened and the offers are pouring and with a very different pay. As they say, I am basically not in this sport for money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fakhretdinov has no concern about his fighting future after his UFC run came to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn no case are we worried. We fought with dignity there,\u201d Fakhretdinov said. \u201cBelieve me, we have not said everything there, of course. We would have caused problems to some people there, but apparently this also got in someone\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fakhretdinov has not lost a prize fight since his second pro MMA bout back in June 2013. Since then, he has gone 23-0-1. It has been an impressive run for the 34-year-old, although some are already speculating why he\u2019s no longer on the UFC roster. During his time with UFC, Fakhretdinov scored two finishes and went the distance five times. One of his victories was a split decision, while the draw was majority.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, Fakhretdinov hasn\u2019t revealed which promotions have reached out to him. BJPenn.com will keep you posted on Fakhretdinov\u2019s fighting future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rinat Fakhretdinov\u2019s UFC exit has left many MMA fans puzzled, and he has addressed his current situation. Fakhretdinov&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-366529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}