Demente was fired from the UFC (Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC)
The UFC's feared dismissal boat has once again claimed new victims. The organization released 19 athletes from its squad, including two Brazilians: Ricardo 'Demente' and Felipe Olivieri.
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The two athletes had a short stint with the franchise. Participant of TUF Brasil 3, Demente debuted by submitting Wagnão Gomes, in May 2014. Afterwards, he was defeated by split decision to Jake collier, in June 2015. However, what hurt the middleweight the most were the problems with USADA. He was caught in two anti-doping tests carried out, complicating their situation in the company. Recently, hellofighter declared his retirement from MMA.
Olivieri, in turn, only played once in the franchise. He was submitted by Tony Martin, in January 2016. A Nova União athlete, the lightweight also failed an anti-doping test, and received a one-year suspension.
In addition to the Brazilians, the other 17 athletes released by the organization were: Yusuke Kasuya, Chris Avila, Jason Novelli, Kyoji Horiguchi, li jingliang, Albert Tumenov, Brandon thatch, Nikita Krylov, James Moontasri, Philippe Nover, Nicholas Dalby, Dongi Yang, Erick Montano, Jocelyn Jones-Lybager, Kelly Faszholz, Valerie Letourneau, JC Cottrell.
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