{"id":41155,"date":"2026-10-19T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Muhammad-Mokaev-blames-TKO-Paramount-not-Dana-White-for-UFC-exits-203273"},"modified":"2026-10-19T03:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:40:00","slug":"muhammad-mokaev-blames-tko-paramount-not-dana-white-for-ufc-exits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/muhammad-mokaev-blames-tko-paramount-not-dana-white-for-ufc-exits\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Mokaev blames TKO & Paramount, not Dana White, for UFC exits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Muhammad
\nMokaev<\/a> blames TKO and Paramount for recent
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> roster decisions rather than CEO
\nDana
\nWhite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UFC has faced criticism for declining to renew contracts for
\nfighters on winning streaks. Mokaev, who left the promotion under
\nsimilar circumstances, believes its parent company and broadcast
\npartner are responsible for the recent departures.<\/p>\n

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Muhammad Mokaev rejects Dana White’s explanation after Farid
\nBasharat’s UFC departure<\/h2>\n

Mokaev left the UFC more than two years ago. More recently,
\nMichael
\nPage<\/a> and Farid
\nBasharat<\/a> were not offered new deals despite promotional records
\nof 5-1 and 7-0, respectively. White\u2019s comments about Basharat\u2019s
\ndeparture prompted Mokaev\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

At the
\nUFC Edmonton<\/a> postfight news conference, White suggested that
\ndifficulties with matchmakers or declined fights could explain why
\nan unbeaten fighter was not re-signed, without identifying a
\nspecific incident involving Basharat. Mokaev rejected that
\nexplanation and instead blamed TKO and Paramount.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can\u2019t give a reason. Only thing they gotta say is \u2018the
\nmatchmakers can\u2019t deal with him.\u2019 Total bullsh*t answer. Still I
\ndon\u2019t blame Dana, I blame Paramount and TKO,\u201d Mokaev wrote on
\nX.<\/p>\n

Mokaev completed his UFC contract with a victory over Manel Kape<\/a>
\nin July 2024, improving to 7-0 in the promotion before it declined
\nto re-sign him. White cited behind-the-scenes issues at the time,
\nwhile Mokaev said matchmakers had warned him about his
\ngrappling-heavy style.<\/p>\n

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\n

They can\u2019t give a reason Only thing they
\ngotta say is \u201cthe matchmakers can\u2019t deal with him\u201d Total bulsh*t
\nanswer Still I don\u2019t blame Dana , I blame paramount and tko<\/p>\n

\u2014 Muhammad
\nMokaev<\/a> (@muhammadmokaev)
\nOctober 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Muhammad Mokaev blames TKO and Paramount for recent Ultimate Fighting Championship roster decisions rather than CEO Dana White. The UFC has faced criticism for declining to renew contracts for fighters on winning streaks. Mokaev, who left the promotion under similar circumstances, believes its parent company and broadcast partner are responsible for the recent departures. Advertisement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}