Ben Rothwell launched from the UFC, no longer facing Alexander Gustafsson in Would possibly
Ben Rothwell has been launched from the UFC in a gross circulation after the frail heavyweight was as soon as in the foundation scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson in Would possibly.
UFC officers confirmed the discharge to MMA Combating on Thursday. MMA Combating reached out to every Rothwell and his administration crew for comment nonetheless neither obtain replied at the present.
With a UFC occupation relationship back in the case of 13 years, Rothwell has been a mainstay in the heavyweight division since first arriving in 2009. The IFL and Affliction frail was as soon as forever regarded as an extremely tricky out whereas earning high profile wins over Gilbert Yvel and Brendan Schaub at some stage in the early phase of his UFC occupation.
Rothwell’s most impressive lunge came between 2013 and 2016 when he received four fights in a row together with victories over Alistair Overeem and Matt Mitrione whereas changing into the first and most intelligent particular person to ever submit ex-UFC champion Josh Barnett.
In most up-to-date years, Rothwell has bounced backward and forward between wins and losses whereas collecting a 3-2 myth in his previous 5 fights. In his closing look in the octagon, Rothwell suffered a TKO loss to Marcos Rogerio de Lima that brought his total UFC myth to 9-8, which is ready to it sounds as if manufacture his tenure with the promotion.
As of now, there’s no phrase on what exactly led to Rothwell’s release or who will be replacing him in the fight in opposition to Gustafsson on Would possibly 21.
Gustafsson was as soon as dwelling to make his second look in the heavyweight division after falling to one-time champion Fabricio Werdum back in July 2020.
MMA Combating’s Guilherme Cruz contributed to this myth.
