{"id":41489,"date":"2026-11-06T02:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Shem-Rock-expected-more-from-UFC-after-fighting-injured-203512"},"modified":"2026-11-06T02:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:30:31","slug":"shem-rock-expected-more-from-ufc-after-fighting-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/shem-rock-expected-more-from-ufc-after-fighting-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Shem Rock expected more from UFC after fighting injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Shaqueme “Shem” Rock<\/a> believes the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> didn\u2019t repay the favors he did
\nfor the promotion.<\/p>\n

Rock was released from the UFC after losing to Abdul-Kareem
\nAl-Selwady<\/a> at
\nUFC London<\/a> this past March, taking his promotional record to
\n0-2. The Englishman admits he didn\u2019t expect a UFC release and
\nthought he would be offered at least one more bout, since he fought
\nAl-Selwady injured.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Why Shem Rock thought accepting the UFC London fight would earn
\nhim another opportunity<\/h2>\n

Despite the injury, Rock accepted the Al-Selwady fight, hoping the
\nUFC would repay him with another bout. However, he has now moved on
\nas he understands it\u2019s a cutthroat industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised; I was thinking I was at least gonna get one
\nmore,\u201d Rock told Home of Fight. \u201cEspecially the last one, I didn\u2019t
\nreally want to do UFC London; I was injured. I felt like I went
\nabove and beyond. I felt like I should\u2019ve just stayed on the bench;
\nI thought it was a, \u2018You scratch my back, I scratch yours,\u2019 kind of
\ndeal. I don\u2019t cry over spilled milk. I get it, it\u2019s a cutthroat
\nindustry. It\u2019s more about what you\u2019ve done for me recently; it is
\nwhat it is. I\u2019m making no excuses; I\u2019m moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

A
\nheavyweight title fight headlines PFL Dubai: Tune in on Saturday,
\nNov. 14 at 1 p.m. ET on the ESPN app<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock (11-3-1) has now found a new home in the
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>. The 33-year-old is scheduled to
\nmake his promotional debut against Connor
\nHughes<\/a> at
\nPFL Dubai<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab
\nEmirates.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\ud83d\udc40 Shem Rock opens up about his UFC release
\nand says he was shocked to get his walking papers after his last
\nloss. \u201cI was surprised, I was thinking the UFC would give me one
\nmore. I felt like I went above and beyond, I didn\u2019t wanna do UFC
\nLondon. I did it injured. I felt like I should\u2019ve just stayed on
\nthe bench, I thought it was a \u2018you scratch my back, I scratch
\nyours\u2019 kinda deal. It\u2019s more about what you\u2019ve done for me
\nrecently, it is what it is. No use crying over spilled milk.\u201d via:
\n@Home_of_Fight \/ @JakeNoecker<\/p>\n

\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight)
\nNovember 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shaqueme “Shem” Rock believes the Ultimate Fighting Championship didn\u2019t repay the favors he did for the promotion. Rock was released from the UFC after losing to Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady at UFC London this past March, taking his promotional record to 0-2. The Englishman admits he didn\u2019t expect a UFC release and thought he would be offered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41489","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\/41489","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=41489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}