{"id":471623,"date":"2026-02-13T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471623\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:12:10","slug":"mohammed-usman-suspended-30-months-cut-by-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471623\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Usman suspended 30 months, cut by UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster purge continues.<\/p>\n

Today (Thurs., Feb. 12, 2025), Sherdog reporter Tom Feely revealed <\/a>that two more fighters have been removed from UFC active\u2019s roster<\/a>, meaning they have been released from their respective contracts and\/or the promotion decided not to extend them.<\/p>\n

\"BAKU,<\/a><\/p>\n

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – JUNE 21: Mohammed Usman of Nigeria poses for a portrait backstage during the UFC Fight Night event at Baku Crystal Hall on June 21, 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Mike Roach\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

The most notable departure is Mohammed Usman \u2014 the younger brother of former UFC Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n

Usman (11-4) won Season 30 of The Ultimate Fighter, knocking out Zac Pauga in the finals (watch highlights<\/a>). He started his UFC tenure strong, winning his first two fights inside the Octagon before dropping back-to-back contests to Mick Parkin and Thomas Petersen.<\/p>\n

He rebounded in his most recent appearance with a win over Hamdy Abdelwahab \u2014 in a fight that was pretty awful.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old exits the promotion with a 4-2 UFC record but won\u2019t be eligible to compete again until April 9, 2028.<\/p>\n

\"LAS<\/a><\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 24: Adam Fugitt enters the Octagon in a welterweight bout during the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Fugitt (10-6), meanwhile, is coming off a first-round knockout loss to Ty Miller at UFC 324, which marked the beginning of the UFC\u2019s Paramount+ era (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old debuted on short notice against rising contender Michael Morales at UFC 277, losing via third-round stoppage<\/a> \u2014 in what was one of Morales\u2019 toughest tests.<\/p>\n

Fugitt also suffered defeats to highly regarded prospects Mike Malott and Islam Dulatov (watch highlights<\/a>) but managed to secure two Octagon victories. He scored a knockout win over Yusaku Kinoshita as a sizable underdog and earned a split decision over Josh Quinlan.<\/p>\n

He leaves the UFC with a 2-4 record.<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster purge continues. Today (Thurs., Feb. 12, 2025), Sherdog reporter Tom Feely revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,75564,702],"class_list":["post-471623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-roster-cuts","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471623","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=471623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}