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Top-ranked UFC Bantamweight contender Farid Basharat<\/strong> has been released from the UFC roster after fighting out his UFC contract.<\/p>\n Among the scalps collected were established talents like Chris Gutierrez<\/strong>, Jean Matsumoto<\/strong>, and Taylor Lapilus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Basharat\u2019s release comes immediately after the conclusion of the fall season of Contender Series<\/em>. Clearly, the UFC is embracing an \u201cout with the old, in with the new\u201d mentality \u2026 except Basharat is only 29 years old! He\u2019s clearly a talented young fighter, but the promotion is uninterested in seeing how he develops from this point forward.<\/p>\n The great knock against Basharat is that just one of his promotional victories came via stoppage. Despite the lack of finishes, I would not declare Basharat a boring or uninteresting fighter. He\u2019s known for his high work rate and smooth transitions between striking and wrestling, which has made for several back-and-forth battles filled with continuous and technical action. Regardless, the UFC cannot claim to be home of all the best fighters if they\u2019re willfully cutting athletes who \u2014 by their own system! \u2014 are among the ten best in the world for the weight class.<\/p>\n