The UFC light heavyweight division is down another man after Nikita Krylov was released from his contract with the organization this month.

Krylov (21-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC), a nine-fight veteran of the promotion, was let go in the wake of his most recent fight, a first-round submission loss to Misha Cirkunov at UFC 206 in December.

A UFC official confirmed Krylov’s release to MMAjunkie. He was removed from the latest version of the UFC official rankings on the promotion’s website.

“The Miner,” who joined the UFC roster in August 2014 at age 21, started his octagon tenure at heavyweight. After two fights he moved down to 205 pounds but lost his first fight in the weight class to former title contender Ovince Saint Preux.

Following the loss to “OSP,” Krylov, 24, rattled off five consecutive wins, all by stoppage, before dropping the UFC 206 contest to Cirkunov, who also recently parted ways with the UFC.

Krylov, No. 12 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings, has earned all 21 of his career victories by stoppage, with 19 of those wins coming inside the first round.

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