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UFC released former #1 contender at ...
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Figured a general discussion thread for the little developments might be a good idea.
UFC released former #1 contender at 170 lbs Jon Fitch and others today.
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Stuff like this is what makes me question the business practices of the UFC. I've read quite a bit of negative stuff about their contracts and the questionable legality of them. Also read a bit about their demands with the image rights to the game, but this is the first consequence I've seen of it.
I love Jon Fitch, this just further proves that Dana White is a idiot when it comes to handling his fighters and there contracts. Unless your a champion, your never going to get paid even then its questionable if you ever even get respect unless you rim Danas ass like Chuck does.
EDIT: Its confirmed that there releasing #4 ranked Welterweight Josh Koscheck and another AKA fighter as well. I'm sure Blitz will be in here praising Dana White later but releasing two of your best Welterweight fighters is a joke. and fyi a story like this deserves its own thread. Its not a little development, it effects the entire weightclass.
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The latest is the Josh Koschek and Cain Velasquez have also declined to sign the agreement and are expected to be released at some point. Koschek is headlining the Fight for the Troops show in early December so it wouldn't be until after that. And Velasquez won't have his current contract renewed, apparently.
Zuffa also recently released Paulo Filho. He was the WEC middleweight champion and was expected to move from WEC to the UFC now that the weight class has been eliminated. That hit a slight snag when he looked absolutely awful against Chael Sonen. Its tough to believe that it was just a year ago that Filho was being called the #2 middleweight in the world and was making some pound-for-pound lists. The guy has fallen pretty far since then.
1. Fedor Emelianenko (28-1-0, 1 NC)
If there has been one criticism of MMA's premier heavyweight, it's that Emelianenko hasn't met the best of his contemporaries over the last three years. He responded with a 36-second thrashing of Tim Sylvia in July, and he will look to further prove his supremacy over the division on Jan. 24 when he takes on another former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski, in the headliner of the second Affliction bill.
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1, 1 NC)
The consensus favorite in his December UFC interim heavyweight title scrap with Frank Mir, the TUF 8 coach will have a tall task ahead of him should he emerge victorious. Nogueira's prize for defeating Mir will be the chance to unify the UFC heavyweight crown with upstart Brock Lesnar in 2009, in what would make for an enormous heavyweight clash.
3. Andrei Arlovski (14-5-0)
2008 offered Arlovski a great opportunity to rebuild himself, and he did so brilliantly. With his knockouts of Ben Rothwell and Roy Nelson, he has earned himself the biggest fight of his career -- a meeting with the sport's finest heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko, in the main event of Affliction's sophomore effort on Jan. 24.
4. Josh Barnett (23-5-0)
Barnett's management nixed hopes of him facing Fedor Emelianenko in January as the headliner for Affliction's second event. Unfortunately, Barnett's proposed participation on the Nov. 1 Sengoku card didn't come to fruition either.
5. Brock Lesnar (3-1-0)
Now perhaps MMA's most polarizing athlete, it took Lesnar but 17 months and four bouts to wear UFC gold. His high-profile smashing of Randy Couture has validated the enormous hype surrounding the former D1 wrestling champ. Now, Lesnar will have the chance to become the UFC's undisputed heavyweight king in the new year, as he awaits the winner of December's Nogueira-Mir clash.
6. Randy Couture (16-9-0)
Couture's post-retirement run came to a screeching halt in his first post-resignation bout. He returned to the Octagon for the first time in 15 months and was knocked out by Brock Lesnar in the second round, leaving questions as to what "The Natural" has left in the tank.
7. Tim Sylvia (24-5-0)
In the biggest fight of his career, Sylvia was summarily smashed by Fedor Emelianenko in a humbling 36 seconds. Although his missteps have come against the top heavyweights in the world, Sylvia has lost three of his last four and he is a year removed from his last win in a suddenly active heavyweight division.
8. Ben Rothwell (29-6-0)
Unfortunately for the Miletich heavyweight, a bout with Pedro Rizzo for Affliction's January card didn't develop. However, the former IFL standout will still get some action, as he'll take a tune-up bout against the relatively anonymous Chris Guillen at the Dec. 11 Adrenaline MMA card.
9. Alistair Overeem (29-11-0, 1 NC)
While the flying Dutchman has his fingers crossed for a chance to settle unfinished business with Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic on New Year's Eve, he won an easy tune-up bout in his native Netherlands on Nov. 9 by routinely submitting worn veteran Gary Goodridge in the first round.
10. Junior dos Santos (7-1-0)
After causing a stir in the blogosphere with some nasty mittwork leading up to UFC 90, Junior dos Santos used Fabricio Werdum's face as a focus mitt in one of the year's bigger upsets. Whether or not the young protégé of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is legitimately one of the best heavyweights in the world remains to be seen, but for now, no one can take his nasty knockout of Werdum away from him.
Source: Sherdog
I love Lesnar and all, I'm a bit of a fanboy for him, but I don't think he should be number 5...not yet at least.
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UFC 99 will be held in Germany in June, according to Sherdog. The early favorites to headline are Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture in a heavyweight fight.
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I cant believe they released one of the best welterweights today over some stupid video game. The reality is, Dana has a monopoly on this sport and its either his way or the highway.
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The K-1/DREAM New Year's Eve show is shaping up nicely. looks like they've added Aoki-Alvarez. That's one of the best possible fights in that weight class. It'll be interesting to see how they match up stylistically.
Plenty of rumors about more fights being added, too.
Yeah that Japan NYE show is shaping up to be something special, im especially looking foward to the Hunt/LeBanner and Aoki/Alvarez matches, shit is gonna be amazing!!
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