Rafael Cavalcante, Daniel Sarafian cut by UFC

[Wild]

Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante and Daniel Sarafian will no longer compete in the UFC.MMAFighting.com confirmed an initial Saturday report by the Brazilian website Olimpo MMA.

Cavalcante (12-7, 1 NC), a 35-year-old Team Nogueira fighter, held the Strikeforce light heavyweight title in 2010, winning it from "King Mo" Lawal and losing it to Dan Henderson. He's lost three straight bouts and four of his past five, the most recent a listless performance in a decision loss to Ovince St. Preux on Feb. 6 in Las Vegas.

LINK: Former Strikeforce champion Rafael Cavalcante, Daniel Sarafian cut by UFC

 

[jason73]

Who is left from team nogeuira/ blackhouse these days?

 

[PeteyParker]

you could tell he wasn't even training hard he's body was soft, if you ain't trying your hardest, then you probably don't belong in the UFC.

 

[ECC170]

I remember being at,Elite xc events thinking he was potential all time great...cardio never matched his potential

 

[Jonny Quest]

Henderson took his soul back in Strikeforce. He never recovered.

 

[Haulport]

I remember being at,Elite xc events thinking he was potential all time great...cardio never matched his potential

I had very high hopes when I first heard of Rafael. Unfortunately, his cardio was terrible, his boxing D was terrible, his chin was so-so (nore often it was taking clean shots right on the chin because of a lack of head movement and hand defense) and he seemed to fold sometimes (might just be the bad cardio) and THEN he popped for PEDs too......................

 

[sparkuri]

Maybe he'll have a resurgence under Coker's Spikeforce.
He's still a name, I just hope he turns it up and lives up to his potential. He won't be 35 forever.
I may have had a lapse, but remember he was doing pretty good in there with OSP.
He's not losing to scrubs.

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Maybe he'll have a resurgence under Coker's Spikeforce.
He's still a name, I just hope he turns it up and lives up to his potential. He won't be 35 forever.
I may have had a lapse, but remember he was doing pretty good in there with OSP.
He's not losing to scrubs.

He looked really good against Cummins .... until he didn't.

 

[jason73]

He would do great In Japan where the special vitamins flow freely

 

[member 3289]

I am going to miss seeing these guys get knocked out