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In the UFC, changes may happen dramatically. Right from changes of opponents for bouts to change of hands in championships, changes in the UFC are an ever-ongoing process. Some of these changes have proven to bear sweet fruits for some, while others had to taste the bitter side of it. The noted UFC Welterweight Fighter, Xi Jingliang also recently decided to opt for a change in his management agency.

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The Chinese made his transit from ‘Paradigm Sports’, which is also the company that looked after Conor McGregor‘s UFC ventures, to join Ali Abdelaziz’s ‘Dominance MMA’. ‘Paradigm Sports’ may be accredited with the management of some of the other noted UFC stars as well, such as Israel Adesanya, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, and many more. Still, in recent times, a few ‘Paradigm’ fighters decided to part ways with the company and join other management agencies. The news of Jingliang‘s shift from ‘Paradigm Sports’ to ‘Dominance MMA’ startled most MMA fans.

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Fans sighted something wrong in Paradigm Sports following the exit of Xi Jinliang

The noted MMA covering Twitter page, ‘MMA mania’ covered the news of Jingliangs exit from ‘Paradigm Sports’. Their tweet was captioned, “Li Jingliang has signed with Dominance MMA”.

A majority of fans pointed out that there was something wrong with ‘Paradigm Sports’, which was unknown to them. In recent times, multiple other fighters had also decided to leave the company managing Conor McGregor and join other management companies.

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One user wrote, “This is another paradigm signed fighter leaving their management team in the past few weeks, what’s going on there”.

One more user also replied, “Holy sh*t! Guys why a lot of people are leaving Paradigm? What some of us are missing?”.

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This fan was quite sure that something was going on behind the scenes in ‘Paradigm Sports’, which was causing this exodus of fighters.

Another fan also expressed his inquisitiveness about ‘Paradigm’, stating, “What is happening in Paradigm? even Mo left Paradigm weeks ago.”

He also pointed out that there must be something going on in ‘Paradigm’ since the UFC Flyweight fighter, Muhammad Mokaev, also decided to part ways with them.

Fans also commented about Dominance MMA, the new management authority of Xi Jingliang

It was apparent from the comments section that the fans who appreciated this move from Jingliang were negligible. Most fans didn’t sit well with this decision and decided to deride Dominance MMA for their tyrannical treatment of fighters.

One fan dug upon the Dominance MMA chief, Ali Abdelaziz’s reported habit of tweeting stuff from his fighters’ accounts. His reply read, “Looks like he will hand over all of his social media to Ali now.”

One more also fan brought up ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor‘s famous words which he uttered for the ‘Dominance MMA’ chief Ali Abdelaziz. The fan wrote, “Finally, Li can find out how Noah is”.

Many have also accused Dominance MMA of linking their fighters up to the Chechnyan Dictator, Ramzan Kadyrov. Even non-Russian fighters like Kamaru Usman, Chris Weidman, Henry Cejudo, and Fabricio Werdum had been hosted by the reported tyrant previously.

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One of the fans fired at this knack of Dominance MMA’s writing, “Now he can join Kadyrov at the dinner table”. One more fan also criticized Xi Jingliang for his entry into ‘Dominance MMA’ for the same reason. He stated, “Guess Ali will have him doing the Ramzan Tour soon”.

It will be interesting to watch if Jingliang can achieve new heights after his collaboration with Abdelaziz’s Dominance MMA. What do you feel? Will Jinliang be able to shine brighter with Dominance MMA?

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