UFC Cuts Ties With Veteran Heavyweight Following Miserable Loss

UFC Heavyweight Chase Sherman Released After Lopsided Loss; UFC 315 Preview

Chase Sherman's UFC career ended with a decisive unanimous decision loss to Thomas Petersen on May 3rd at UFC Des Moines. This marked Sherman's third consecutive defeat and fourth in his last five bouts, raising questions about his previous Top 15 ranking. The loss leaves him with an 11-9 professional record, a less-than-impressive 4-7 mark within the UFC (including one no contest).

Petersen's dominant victory, with scores of 30-25, 30-26, and 30-26, further solidified the decision to release Sherman. This win is particularly significant considering Petersen's previous first-round KO loss to Shamil Gaziev.

Sherman, a former training partner of heavyweight champion Jon Jones, experienced his most successful UFC moments in 2019, securing a spot via a first-round KO on Dana White's Contender Series. He also achieved back-to-back wins over Roque Martinez and Josh Parisian (2020-21), and a victory against Andrei Arlovski in June 2023.

Despite his relatively young age for a heavyweight, Sherman's UFC tenure has concluded. Petersen, however, aims to leverage this victory as a stepping stone, calling out rising heavyweights Tallison Teixeira and Mick Parkin. While a matchup with either ranked contender is unlikely given Petersen's unranked status, a fight against a similarly positioned fighter like Martin Buday, or another aspiring heavyweight, seems more probable.

UFC 315: Montreal Showdown

The UFC heads to Montreal, Quebec, Canada for UFC 315 on Saturday, May 10th, featuring two world championship bouts:

• Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad defends his title against Jack Della Maddalena.
• Women's Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko faces Manon Fiorot, with a potential future matchup against Weili Zhang (strawweight champion) on the horizon for the winner.

UFC 315 Full Fight Card:

• Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena – Welterweight
• Valentina Shevchenko vs. Manon Fiorot – Flyweight
• José Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi – Bantamweight
• Alexa Grasso vs. Natália Silva – Flyweight
• Benoît Saint-Denis vs. Kyle Prepolec – Lightweight
• Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke – Welterweight
• Jessica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius – Flyweight
• Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cutelaba – Light Heavyweight
• Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Erslan – Light Heavyweight
• Marc-André Barriault vs. Bruno Silva – Middleweight
• Daniel Santos vs. Jeong Yeong Lee – Featherweight
• Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan – Bantamweight

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