Nadia Kassem of Australia is now a free agent. | Photo: Jeff
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. It seems that Dequan
Townsend‘s adventure in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship has come to an end, for now. The UFC has terminated Townsend’s deal after his four-bout skid.
MMA Fighting first reported the news.
Townsend (21-12) joined the UFC after winning the Warrior Xtreme
Cagefighting middleweight and Total Warrior Combat light
heavyweight titles. In his promotional debut, he was crushed by
Dalcha
Lungiambula at the 0:42 mark in the third stanza of their
205-pound encounter at UFC on ESPN 3. “The Tarantula” tried to
improve his situation by dropping to the middleweight division, but
he conceded a decision to Bevon Lewis
at UFC Fight Night 166. He also lost to Devin Clark
via decision in his light heavyweight return at UFC Fight Night
167. More recently, he
was dominated by Dusko
Todorovic at UFC on ESPN 16.
The UFC also released Australian fighter Nadia
Kassem (5-2). “187” started her journey in the UFC strawweight
division by upending Alex
Chambers at UFC Fight Night 121 back in November 2017. She then
lost to Montana
De La Rosa via armbar at UFC 234. Her latest Octagon appearance
dates back to October 2019, when she was rendered unconscious by
Ji Yeon
Kim in the very last second of the second stanza of their UFC
243 encounter.
The news came after the recent release of another Australian
fighter, as heavyweight contender Ben Sosoli
saw his UFC contract cut after
being sentenced to Australian jail for up to 22 months.
