UFC cleans house, releases Jon Fitch, Vlad Matyushenko, 14 others

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    The following fighters got their walking papers from the UFC:

    Jon Fitch
    Vladimir Matyushenko
    Terry Etim
    Ulysses Gomez
    Josh Grispi
    Che Mills
    Jorge Santiago
    Paul Sass
    Motonobu Tezuka
    Jay Hieron
    C.J. Keith
    Wagner Prado
    Mike Russow
    Mike Stumpf
    Simeon Thoresen
    Jacob Volkmann

    Fitch was 14-3-1 in the UFC but has one win in his last four fights. Fitch's style went against him.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Some of these younger fighters, like Paul Sass, could eventually work their way back into the fold.
     
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    I'm not the biggest Fitch fan, but that is absolute horse shit.
     
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    If the fans won't pay to see you fight you're going to have to win all the time. I guess that's the difference between Jon Fitch and Dan Hardy.


    Biggest disappointment in the group has to be Josh Grispi. Dude was on fire in the 00's. Some injuries kept him from getting his title shot. Completely fell off this decade.
     
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    White said today they would release 100 more fighters.

    Nine weight classes, 30 fighters per class, 270 fighters. The UFC has about 500. That's bloat.
     
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    Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney says they won't pursue Jon Fitch.
     
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    How much did Fitch make? He was the top contender for a few years there so I would imagine he was making a LOT for a guy who everyone hates to watch fight and is no longer top tier. I assume he was making more than Hardy and Hardy at least has extra value in that people want to see him fight and, perhaps more specifically, hes a guy who you can throw on all the UK cards to make sure those do well.
     
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    Fitch was "fucking expensive" according to DFW. Too expensive for someone who is working his way down to becoming a prelim fighter.
     
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