Martin Buday wasn’t too surprised that the UFC opted not to re-sign him after his last win.

Buday pulled off an upset win over Marcus Buchecha back at UFC Abu Dhabi in July. Buday was fighting out his contract despite being on a two-fight winning streak and being 6-1 in the UFC.

Although Buday got the upset win, it was another decision, so he wasn’t confident the UFC was going to re-sign him.

“There were a couple of hints; they wanted finishes from me,” Buday said on Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com. “I didn’t get a finish in my fight before, and fighting Buchecha, it went the distance. It was like 50-50 for me (if I wouldn’t get re-signed). The performance wasn’t bad at all, so I was hoping to get re-signed, but it didn’t happen.”

As Buday says, the UFC wanted finishes out of him, and he didn’t do that, which is why the promotion opted to move on.

After he was informed he wouldn’t re-sign, he wasn’t sure what would be next. But, Buday did field offers from OKTAGON and the PFL and decided to re-sign with OKTAGON.

“I was wondering what would be next,” Buday said. “I was nervous. But, once it was announced publicly that I wasn’t re-signing with the UFC, offers started to come in from all over the world. It was nice to have many choices. Mainly, I was deciding between PFL and OKTAGON at the end.”