UFC Trims Roster Again, Dennis Kang, Roli Delgado, and Jason Dent Cut From Promotion
Following their recent losses at UFC 105 and 106 respectively, middleweight Dennis Kang and lightweights Roli Delgado and Jason Dent have apparently had their profiles removed from the UFC website, which is often an indicator that a fighter has been cut by the promotion.
Kang was a highly touted acquisition when he joined the ranks of UFC fighters, but only managed managed 1-2 record in his three fights with the promotion. He was submitted by Alan Belcher in his January debut, then bounced back with a decision win over Xavier Foupa-Pokam in April, but was defeated via TKO by Michael Bisping at UFC 105.
After losing twice as a cast member on season eight of The Ultimate Fighter Delgado earned a spot in the UFC with a submission victory over fellow cast mate John Polakowski at the season finale. However, he followed that win up with back to back losses to Paul Kelly (unanimous decision) and Andre Winner (KO) resulting, respectively.
Dent appeared on season nine of The Ultimate Fighter and was defeated by eventual winner Ross Pearson in the semi-finals. He then submitted fellow cast mate Cameron Dollar on the finale fight card, but was submitted by George Sotiropoulos in his most recent contest.
Tags: Dennis Kang, Jason Dent, Roli Delgado
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I’m very shocked they’d cut Kang.
Did you watch his fights? He looked like a first round loser on MW TUF. Two decisive losses and a decision victory. He may have been a beast in Pride, but he’s been nothing special since – even in Dream he looked decisively mediocre.
Did YOU watch his last fight? You know, the one where he owned Bisping for the first round. Hendo got owned in his first two (return) UFC fights, should they have cut him too? Obviously not.
And by the way, first round losers of TUF MWs include Josh Koscheck and Chris Leben, staples of the UFC since their stints.
He may have “owned Bisping for the first round” but he got owned for the second, and if we’re being honest with ourselves Bisping isn’t that good, and if Kang can’t beat him, he’s not got much of a chance with the top dogs of the division.
I wouldnt call that five round war Henderson had with Rampage where Dan had Jackson rocked and on his back just as much as he was, “getting owned”
you should watch that fight again bro.
justin, I don’t like Bisping, but he’s a pretty good fighter.
carls, yeah “owned” may have been harsh, but the UD suggests that Rampage won the fight convincingly.
Bisping is above average, but I don’t ever see him beating A. Silva, Marquardt, or Belfort, and I think Wanderlei is the favorite in their upcoming match up. I also think that Okami, Sonnen and a few others at MW would give him lots of problems, if not also beat him. My point was, he is not in the elite of the division, and as far at UFC middleweights goes he’s in the middle to bottom end of the division.
Strikeforce will pick em up. Then let HENDO k.o. him 2! LOL
Yes Kang would be a great pick up for strikeforce
Wow, Kang got cut. Seriously hoping for another comeback season of TUF, cause there are way too many good fighters that have been recently let go.
He just wasn’t the same fighter he was in pride. Does anyone know who he got his BJJ black belt from? If he’s a BB i’m the King of Canada.
His JJ was just horrid against Belcher and Bisping -> both strikers.
His instructor was, 7th degree Black Belt Marcus Soares and he got his BB On April 4, 2005
When he was letting Bisping posture up on him, he didn’t try and control him at all. He let Belcher take his back like nothing too. Thats why I wondered if it was a frank mir BB or someone like that, he just looks like he had god awfull JJ. No doubt he has some high level striking but to me it just doesn’t look like he’s a BJJ BB, with the rookie mistakes he was making.
Perhaps he is in fact a legit black belt, but doesn’t really work on that part of his game on a daily basis. If you don’t roll regularly you will lose that edge. There is also the possibility that he is so confident in his ground game that he is overly confident and makes stupid mistakes under the auspices of “I’m good enough to get out of it if they catch me.”
It’s really difficult to say what happen to him and why , probably he has some demons to outcome. His BB is not fiction specially when you get it from Soares , he did participate in a multiple word class BJJ competition Gi and No Gi.
I think he has some mental problems this why we don’t see the best of Kang.
glad dent is gone little weirdo i was laughing my head off wen he got mad in his fight an tryed turning it into a street fight hes just gone small man sindrome
usuing his muay thai? to destroy george on the feet is a street fight?….i thought this was mma…..and dent was destroying him on the feet
Come on Gun. I know you like those Ohio boys but, “destroyed him on the feet”?
he rocked him…jason easily was winning the fight standing……sortoropolis wanted to stand in the fight with dent so he could show his improved striking but dent shut him down standing
Il give the fact that Dent was easily controlling the standup gun. But to say he was destroying him is a bit much. I see that more as the way to describe the Daley/Kampman fight.
I gotta agree with Gunslinger. Maybe he wasn’t “owning him” on the fight, but he was for sure getting the better of it.
There are a lot of theories why he didn’t do well in the UFC, but my personal opinion is that he is another data point in the “PRIDE Legends do not translate well to the UFC” trend line. How many fighters who were successful in PRIDE have been successful in the UFC? Outside of Anderson Silva and to a lesser extent, Big Nog, I can’t think of any. It might be that simple.
Uh oh. You didn’t mention Wanderlei’s legendary success. Someone’s gonna get mad at you.
Are you arguing Wandy’s legenday success in PRIDE? ‘Cause your sarcasm suggests you aren’t very familar with the fighters’ past successes. I know it’s real easy with google and wikipedia these days to write like you know your history, but there’s no substitute for actually watching old fights. Go check some out, there’s lots of sites out there with old fights and you might actually gain an appreciation for legends of the sport.
Read what I say, not what you think I said. Pay attention, big boy.
And try to keep up with the adults in our conversations.
I will repeat dbiz: “Your sarcasm suggests”. So defend your sarcasm or keep your trolling to yourself.
And for the record, bsbiz, I was refering to dbiz’s comment, so pay attention little troll man. Appologies once again for mixing up dbiz and bsbiz in my above post.
Are you actually calling biz a troll? There is no need for that man.
Dear Mr. All-Knowing Eldiablo,
I never said anything about anyone’s sarcasm, in the one line I wrote there, Sparky. “Uh oh. You didn’t mention Wanderlei’s legendary success. Someone’s gonna get mad at you.”
Nope. No mention of sarcasm. Reading. Can you do it?
Furthermore, if you had some reading comprehension, you would know that he was talking about success IN THE UFC (and I was referring to the elitists who would jump on him for not swooning over his Pride days – jackpot), something Wandy has had precious little of lately. In fact, he is 2-5 lifetime in the UFC. That is out of his 32-10-1 lifetime MMA record.
That’s where you and many other fall short. No one here is questioning his MMA success, merely his UFC success. If he was anyone else, he would have been cut already. 1-3 in his most recent run with the UFC doesn’t do his MMA record justice. In fact, it is leaving a nice layer of tarnish on his legacy.
If you would like to call me a troll, I don’t mind. But at least have the simple fu<king courtesy to make sure I said the quote you are attributing to me. You rank fu<king amateur.
Love,
dbiz
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carls, yes I consider bsbiz a troll, at least right now I do. When your posts refer to people as “rank fu<king amateur", yeah that's kinda trolling for a negative response. And I don't even know which biz is which 'cause I'll be talking about one biz then the other will coem out and act as if I was talking to him (see above posts regarding sarcasm). bs posts, dbiz responds, i respond to dbiz, then bsbiz comes in.
biz's: you need to read full posts. The Wandy thing, I NEVER ONCE said he's been successful in the UFC. Read it, go ahead, NOT ONCE. Stop making sh!t up in your posts. I know Wandy hasn't done well in the UFC, I know he's at the end of his career, but he's a LEGEND. I'll defend that forever. And yes, Lil Nog did have UFC success, if you want things to be a little less ambiguous, say things like "continued success", "many successes" in the future.
and finally, bigworthy: who are you?
carls, I gave it a little thought and nah, bs isn’t necessarily a troll, just can have troll-like tendencies. I mean, sometimes he seems to post just to get a reaction. I got no time for dbiz.
Ok, I didn’t want to get involved, I figured you guys could sort this out on your own, but now I’ve had to get involved. Can we just put an end to this please? Thanks.
Rampage and Henderson both have done relatively well in the UFC and are Pride Legends, though Rampage arguably “hit his stride” in the UFC.
And let’s not forget Lil Nog, unbeaten in 6 since PRIDE.
I’ll hammer the point again that you clearly overlooked, even though it was the whole premise of the question:
“How many fighters who were successful in PRIDE have been successful in the UFC?
READ THE ENTIRE SENTENCE!!!!!
“How many fighters who were succHow many fighters who were successful in PRIDE have been successful in the UFC?essful in PRIDE have been successful in the UFC?”
Wanderlei Silva: 1-3 in the UFC. If he weren’t a PRIDE Legend, his butt would have gone the way of Dennis Kang.
Rampage: Has done well. He’s one.
Lil’ Nog: Just entered the UFC. Hard to say he’s had a lot of success yet. Emphasis on YET just to shut you up.
Pay attention to what I said.
I like the double post bs, right on top of one another. Nice. The question was indeed success in PRIDE translating into success in the UFC, and Lil Nog beat the only guy he’s faced in the UFC very convincingly. That would make him successful in the UFC. Yeah, it’s only one fight, but if you want to take literal meanings of words, he’s been successful. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, semantics are tricky for some uneducated people.
Well clearly, my “uneducated” mind is having a hard time figuring out exactly how one data point in a career in the UFC can be determined success. My uneducated mind seems to remember that two points determine a line but three points are needed to set up a trend line.
*Anderson Silva came from CageRage actually
Big NOG has done great, the first person to be once a PRIDE champion and a UFC champion
Dan Henderson did well
Quinton Jackson (who also didn’t come directly from PRIDE) did well and held a belt…
Kang didn’t come directly from PRIDE
and well I didn’t truly read the mess above just wanted to post some info….
Eldiablo your comment is like saying if i have one fight and ko the guy i’m a knockout artist! DOH
bs man, only like a month ago I felt all tingly inside when you actually posted a postive post on my Strikeforce trip thread. And now you and your bro are down my throat ’cause I defend the legendary status of Wanderlei. That’s what this all boils down to, I didn’t like when Wandy was called the lesser Silva (I think it was you at least). I understand your humour with the “sparky, big boy, child please” and all that, but when you both attack, it seems like you’re taking it way too personal. Let’s just chill.
bigworthy: Success is defined as achieving a favorable outcome, and when you win the UFC you achieve a favorable outcome, making you successful. D’OH.
really guys are we gonna fight over nothing
Actually.. most of the good fighters from Pride did well in the UFC.. so your whole chart thing is not accuate
The bad fighters.. did badly. Um…
Vinz you have no clue.
Mirko “Cro Cop” is a good fighter from Pride who did well in the UFC. Rofl.
I agree with bsbiz and I wish UFC was a little more funkin patient with the Pride fighters instead of just wanted to toss them aside like Vinz’s comments.