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Sheymon Moraes requests his release from WSOF, ‘disrespectful’ Ray Sefo

Sheymon Moraes hasn’t fought since June 2016, but that’s not his fault.

Coming off wins over Luis Palomino and Robbie Peralta, the Brazilian featherweight completed his four-fight deal with World Series of Fighting, and wants to sign with another promotion and move on with his career, but says that WSOF won’t let him go.

"My contract ended in November, but there’s this negotiation period until July,” Moraes told MMA Fighting. "They wanted me to re-sign and fight at the event in New York and I said OK. I needed to fight.