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MMA fighter banned for life from UFC for unforgivable act that made Dana White furious

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Published 15:40 10 Jan 2025 GMT

MMA fighter banned for life from UFC for unforgivable act that made Dana White furious

The British fighter never fought in the UFC again, despite later beating Jorge Masvidal.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

An MMA fighter was once banned from the UFC for life after an unforgivable act left Dana White furious.

UFC President and CEO White has shown on several occasions in the past that he has no issue with brutally cutting fighters from the premier MMA promotion if they aren't performing or are causing issues.

Just last year, the American announced that he was cutting promising British fighter Mohamed Mokaev, despite the 24-year-old boasting an unbeaten record of 13-0.

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And it's not the first time that the UFC boss made a brutally cast off a rising British fighter.

In 2009, White signed British welterweight contender Paul Daley, but the kickboxer was removed from the premier MMA organisation after just three fights.

Daley joined the promotion having previously fought in organisations like Pancrase, Cage Warriors, Cage Rage, Elite XC and Strikeforce.

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He made a huge impression on his UFC debut as he replaced Mike Swick to face fellow contender Martin Kampmann, stopping the Danish fighter in the very first round.

'Semtex' followed that performance with an explosive knockout victory over Dustin Hazelett to set up a title eliminator against Josh Koscheck.

Daley and Koscheck were embroiled in a heated war of words ahead of their UFC 113 clash.

Unfortunately for Daley, he succumbed to the American's superior wrestling and lost a unanimous decision.

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After the final bell, Daley inexplicably sucker punched Koscheck in a moment described as "terrible" by commentator Joe Rogan.

White swiftly released Daley from the UFC and banned him for life.

"I don’t care if (Daley) fights in every show all over the world and becomes the best, and everybody thinks he is the pound-for-pond best in the world. he will never fight in the UFC again," he explained.

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White stuck to his word and never re-signed Daley, who fought in a host of MMA promotions following his brief UFC spell.

He beat the likes of Jorge Masvidal, Scott Smith, Brennan Ward and Lorenz Larkin as he plied his trade away from the UFC.

He also fought Nick Diaz for the Strikeforce welterweight title and had a huge all-British showdown against Michael 'Venom' Page in Bellator.

Featured Image Credit: UFC/Getty

Topics: Dana White, UFC, MMA, Joe Rogan

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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