Jake Hadley says being ‘a company man’ didn’t pay off

It didn’t take lengthy for the UFC’s matchmaking crew and brass to decide on Jake Hadley after his third loss in 4 fights.

Hadley should work his manner again to the UFC after an upset loss on the principle card at UFC Combat Night time 245 this previous Saturday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Hadley introduced the information on social media Wednesday, however made a degree to say his contract was up, and he “wasn’t minimize.”

Hadley (11-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) was the most important favourite on the cardboard at greater than 6-1 towards Smotherman (12-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who took the combat on just some days’ discover after Brady Hiestand pulled out. However Smotherman outworked him over quarter-hour for a unanimous determination.

“I wasn’t minimize my contract got here to an finish,” Hadley posted on social media. “took 2 massive dangers my final 2 fights being an organization man and it bit me on the arse. Took block head on a weeks discover however missed the burden which was clearly held towards me then took cam on 3 days discover after initially coaching for a wrestling primarily based opponent I perceive cam didn’t do a camp however everybody’s prepared all the time for 3x5s cmon I confirmed that vs block head took the combat on child’s due date as a result of combat was supplied and didn’t wanna say no to the ufc and be an organization man however ohh effectively if I select to work my manner again to the UFC I do know I can do this once more no downside.”

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Hadley received the Cage Warriors flyweight title in late 2020. Ten months later, he took a combat on Dana White’s Contender Sequence and earned his manner into the UFC – despite the fact that he missed weight.

After a loss in his promotional debut, he received back-to-back fights towards Carlos Candelario and Malcolm Gordon, the latter of which was a 61-second knockout value an additional $50,000.

However then got here consecutive losses to Cody Durden and Charles Johnson at flyweight, and he missed weight when he moved as much as bantamweight for a combat with Caolan Loughran earlier this yr, which he referenced in his publish.

The Smotherman loss was the nail within the coffin of the 28-year-old Brit’s UFC tenure for now.

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