10 Fighters Who Were Banished From UFC

When watching arguably the most deliciously violent sport in modern existence, it may come as a surprise to know that there are certain acts and decisions that are seen as unsavoury in the Octagon.

Driving your elbow into someone's head?

Not a problem.

Trying to poke someone's eye out if its socket?

Prepare for some backlash.

Yet, some incidents are so heinous that the perpetrator in question finds themselves on the infamous MMA blacklist, sometimes without even stepping into the cage.

Being the global platform that it is today, UFC abides by these same principles - if not more so than other lesser promotions. They can't have criminals or any other unsavoury characters fronting such a recognisable brand and will not hesitate to banish a toxic fighter from the company.

That's not to say that UFC don't give their fighters second chances - see Jon Jones as an example - but there's a big difference between a cocky drug cheat and a despicable domestic abuser.

Some of these former UFC employees' crimes were worse than others, but they all ended up being outcasted from Dana White's empire - for life.

Sucker punches are just plain out of order, aren't they?

When you've been given an outlet to beat the holy hell out of each other for three to fives rounds, it takes an absolute douche to take a shot at an opponent after a bout has concluded.

Yet, that's exactly what English kickboxer Paul Daley chose to do after he'd gone three rounds with UFC's resident loudmouth, Josh Koscheck, in a Welterweight number 1 contendership fight at UFC 113.

Koscheck dominated every round and this obviously got to Daley, who landed a shocking left hook on his rival after the final bell had sounded. The ref had to pin Daley to the side of the cage to pacify the frenzy, but the damage had already been done to his UFC career.

Daley blamed his actions on Koscheck's trash talking rubbing him up the wrong way, but the boss didn't care.

A p*ssed off Dana White sentenced the end of Daley's career in the company, by decreeing that 'he would never fight in the UFC ever again'.

True to White's word, Daley hasn't been seen inside the UFC since and it's hard to argue with such a cowardly act being reacted to in this way.

However, his career wouldn't be completely blighted by this spineless incident, as Daley would go on to appear in Strikeforce and BAMMA - before finally settling down in Bellator over the last four years.