http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/9/7/1675378/todd-duffee-cut-by-the-ufc Blue-chip heavyweight prospect Todd Duffee has been released by the UFC. Duffee (1-1 in the UFC) was supposed to fight Jon Madsen at UFC 121 but had to withdraw due to injury. Duffee's agent Alex Davis referred to Duffee as "an ass" so speculation is rampant that it was an attitude issue that caused the UFC to release him. Also, public complaining about being broke/underpaid probably didn't help. Duffee famously knocked out Tim Hague in seconds in his UFC debut at UFC 102. He then suffered an even more famous upset loss to Todd Russow at UFC 114.
Three more theories being floated by MiddleEasy: - Duffee planned on starring in Never Back Down 2 and skipped UFC 121 to work on the film, citing a fake injury later determined by UFC doctors to be false; - Duffee is a double-agent for the UFC who will sign with Strikeforce, clear out their HW division, and come back to the UFC; - Roids.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/9/8/1677005/todd-duffee-comments-on-being-cut "Emotionally, I'm hurt," Duffee said. "I'm hurt more than anything because I don't know why. As a man, you just want to hear why so you can understand." ... "They had talked about me fighting Madsen," Duffee said. "I asked if I could get some time. "I had a knee injury going into the Russow fight. I'm not making any excuses because I lost that fight, and all props to Mike, but I definitely feel like it affected my gameplan and my mentality going into the fight. I didn't want that to happen again with Madsen. I wanted to be able to go out there and fight to my full potential instead of just boxing, basically. I asked for more time, and as far as I knew, they had granted it to me." "I've lost a lot of things this year," Duffee said. "I went from losing the biggest fight of my life to losing my dad two weeks later to losing my best friend a week after that. I lost a coach, and now I've lost my job. At this point, it isn't the worst thing that could ever happen to me. There are people who would kill to be in my situation, and I just have to stay positive and keep moving forward - tuck your chin and keep moving forward.
