Vitor Miranda?s time in the UFC has come to an end, as the fighter announced that the UFC has decided to release him.
The fighter made the announcement through Instagram:
Here is a translation of what Miranda wrote, provided by Google Translate:
I'M DEMONSED OF THE UFC, AND NOW?
At 4 o'clock in the morning I got up to empty my bladder and by virtue of a very ugly habit (I know), I took the phone together for a peek.
I entered the email and there was a message from the UFC: "We inform you that ZUFFA is exercising its right to accelerate the term of its promotional obligations previously signed between you (the fighter) and the UFC, effective as of the date of the notice. . From the moment I lost three UFC fights in a row, this news was a possibility, but we always expect the best.
I hoped to get another opportunity, redo my training strategy, change category ... Anyway.
But the queue goes, wheel turns and capitalism does not do charity. If I want to laugh, I have to make you laugh and that's a fact!
What reserves the future for me?
Many things still -- I am already negotiating with a new situation, I have the possibility to return to fight muay thai, which is my true passion, my journey has not yet ended, quite the contrary, it is starting a new stage.
And man we're fighters, you and me!
We never give up, man!
If we lose a battle, we'll get up, hit the dust, and go in search of the next obstacle, right?
I want to leave my gratitude for the UFC, an event I've always dreamed of fighting.
When things are meant to happen it does not matter what you struggle with, the city you live in, the family you have .. Things will come to a head anyway. Sooner or later.
But it was being in the UFC that a lot of wonderful things happened in the last 4 years ..
So much gratitude for this great event that is the UFC!
I was able to participate in TUF Brazil 3 and with that many people knew my story, with my contracting by the UFC I could really become a legal benchmark of overcoming inside and outside the octagon.
I was able to get a lifestyle for my family that we always looked for ..
My wife and I fought and sacrificed 12 years for these last 4 to come true.
And now a new cycle of opportunities begins.
So there's nothing I should do other than start over and keep fighting !!
Miranda won three of seven under the UFC banner, with those wins coming over Jake Collier, Clint Hester and Marcelo Guimaraes. Miranda?s last bout under the UFC banner came at UFC Fight Night Hamburg, as Miranda suffered a decision loss to Abu Azaitar.