Nikita Krylov meddelade medier att han inte längre hade kontrakt hos UFC. Något som kom som en överraskning för många då Krylov hade fem raka vinster för organisationen innan förlusten mot Misha Cirkunov . Krylov tog till Instagram för att förklara hur förhandlingarna tedde sig och varför han valde att inte skriva på ännu ett kontrakt för UFC. Texten är översatt av Reddit/MMA – ”dmig23”
Hello everybody. I need to explain something. I alredy told that in a interview, if briefly: After the fight with Misha I had a new contract that I could sign and continue fighting. It was alredy second time when I recieve a contract after a loss, but, for example, when I lost to Ovince Saint Preux, UFC gave me much better circumstances than before, but after UFC 206, they remained almost unchanged. I decided to give them my numbers, a little bit more than I was offered before. I thought, that I’m one of the youngest fighters from top 10, all my fights end anticipatorily, and I see how UFC pays some people from the debut. I assumed, that they won’t accept the offer, and it turned out that I was right. It was the most convenient time for UFC to fire me: I lost my last fight, plus they didn’t liked, that I was offering them my circumstances. I have been considering fighting outside of UFC like a new chapter to my fighting career all the time. For example, presently I live and train in Moscow, and I see, that Russian public don’t know who I am. I want to fight in Russia, increase my audience, gain more experience. Especially when UFC left Russian TV, they’re not allowing locating advertisiment. Also, there are very expensive taxes, for example, when you won 50k (according to published fees), you only receive half of sum, some amount you give to manager, and after all, there’s not that much how it seemed to be. Now, I think that this is a pause in UFC career, but I want to return here in two-three years, with completely different ambitions and different capabilities. Today, I fully understand, how to evolve in the upcoming years, because, as a matter of principle, I came to MMA not a long while ago, and when I signed with UFC, I didn’t excatly knew what it is. If I compare it to a Videogame, I came here like a bot and now I made my hero much stronger.
Sist vi såg Krylov inne i oktogonen besegrades han av Misha Cirkunov via submission i första ronden under UFC 206, men innan dess avlutade han Ed Herman via knockout under UFC 201.