Hugely popular Georgian UFC star Liana Jojua has revealed her anguish at being dropped and described the difficult build-up to her second successive defeat, adding that she could turn to a secondary career in music or film.
Despite missing weight by almost three pounds, ‘She Wolf’ was still allowed to take on 9-9 Cortney Casey, who outclassed and beat her by unanimous decision on a UFC Las Vegas card headlined by Max Holloway’s thrilling Fight of the Night points victory over Yair Rodriguez in mid-November.
After her third defeat in four fights following TKO losses to Sarah Moras and Miranda Maverick in 2019 and 2020 respectively, UFC president Dana White decided to cut the 26-year-old to the dismay of her legion of supporters.
A month on from being fired, Jojua has shed light on the parting of ways and said it was “immediately clear” to her that she would be dropped by the promotion following her loss to Casey, calling the departure “difficult” for her morale.
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“For a week or two, I practically did not use the phone – I closed myself in and did not go out anywhere,” she explained to BetCity.
“Only a week ago I began to get out of this state and was able to think about the future and make plans again. Of course, now my condition is much better.”