{"id":41240,"date":"2026-10-25T05:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dana-White-explains-why-Shakur-Stevenson-got-release-UFC-fighters-seek-203336"},"modified":"2026-10-25T05:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:21:04","slug":"dana-white-explains-why-shakur-stevenson-got-release-ufc-fighters-seek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dana-white-explains-why-shakur-stevenson-got-release-ufc-fighters-seek\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains why Shakur Stevenson got release UFC fighters seek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dana-white-explains-why-shakur-stevenson-got-release-ufc-fighters-seek.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> CEO Dana White said he offered<br \/>\nShakur Stevenson his release from Zuffa Boxing, ending their<br \/>\npartnership before the boxer competed for the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC 333 postfight news conference, White<br \/>\ndistinguished Stevenson\u2019s situation from those of UFC fighters<br \/>\nseeking to leave their contracts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dana White cites Shakur Stevenson&#8217;s brief Zuffa Boxing tenure<br \/>\nwhen asked about UFC fighter contracts<\/h2>\n<p>Asked whether Stevenson had been difficult to work with, White<br \/>\ndeclined to criticize the boxer or his representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, man. I think that everybody&#8217;s involved. They&#8217;re happy, you<br \/>\nknow, with where we&#8217;re at with it. I have nothing bad to say about<br \/>\nhim or his team, but I offered him the release, and they<br \/>\naccepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson\u2019s departure also prompted a question about why he could<br \/>\nleave while UFC fighters seeking releases remained under contract.<br \/>\nWhite pointed to the brief nature of their business<br \/>\nrelationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we never even did one fight with the guy. We were in<br \/>\nbusiness with him for a couple months,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p>White did not identify a specific reason for ending the partnership<br \/>\nor disclose further details of the discussions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White said he offered Shakur Stevenson his release from Zuffa Boxing, ending their partnership before the boxer competed for the promotion. Speaking at the UFC 333 postfight news conference, White distinguished Stevenson\u2019s situation from those of UFC fighters seeking to leave their contracts. Advertisement Dana White cites Shakur Stevenson&#8217;s brief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41240","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\/41240","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=41240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}