Gerald Harris cut following UFC 123 fight

absolutely. But with Overeem only defending his title once every 3 years that kind of sums it up.

 

I won't even pretend to debate this one. Allowing Overeem to remain champion for 3 years with no fights is ridiculous. That being said, the rest of their HW's have fought other top guys in the organization.

 

Efrain Escudero was released in the middle of his TUF-earned contract. It's an at-will deal that allows for 6 fights totaling 100k base and double the purse with a win. been that way since season 1

 

Yeah, still not what I meant. Keep trying.

 

Well, then I'm lost. If you're talking about guys from different promotions not fighting each other then your statement is just misguided. MMA fans have never claimed that happens.

As I said, most MMA fans harp on the fact that loses don't kill your career and there are very few 'Champ vs Can' matchups like the Vitali Klitschko examples I listed.

I guess we agree, which sucks because I was up for a debate. Damn you.

 

I know you are trying to get at the fact there are guys outside the UFC that some would like to see the guys at the top of the UFC face. But seriously, there really aren't that many. When you look at most top 10 rankings, most of the rankings are UFC guys. With that said, would I love to see Eddie Alvarez fight BJ Penn? Absolutely. Would I love to see Fedor fight Cain? Sure. I personally would like to see Mousasi fight Anderson Silva too.

 

I agree, but why do you think they have had it in for Harris though?

I haven't seen enough of Harris to know how good he is, but his record speaks for itself, and nobody else with a similar record would get cut after ONE loss.

He must have done something a while ago then to rub Dana the wrong way.

Dana really is a cock, and seems to be surprisingly emotional/unprofessional for a guy running a business the scale of the UFC.

 

It's funny, because when Gerald was trying to get back in the UFC, he prank called MMAJunkie during the part where the interviewer gets asked questions(it was Dana) and then hyped up himself while posing as an Englishman, saying he should really sign this guy. They found out it was Gerald and he laughed and Dana said that he liked him and he wanted him to call the office and he'd get him back in the UFC.

Now all of that just seems like a load of shit, I honestly think he was bringing Gerald in to feed to his new prospects and Gerald stunned him by walking away with a ton of money and exposure.

I really don't get it. I've seen the interviews, I've seen how fighters regard Gerald, and I cannot see how he could've been some douche to upset Dana and put him in the doghouse. He is probably one the funniest and genuinely good-hearted people in MMA. Hell, the Junkie guys used to clown around with Harris saying he was on the Bum Fighting Curcuit and Gerald was just laugh and joke with them, they knew that they could joke with him like that because he's got a good sense of humor.

The only thing more annoying than the recent Dana tyranny, is also that we will never get an official reason why he was cut, much like Duffee.

 

Tito Ortiz is still in the UFC and he hasn't won a legit fight since Vitor Belfort.

 

I honestly forgot about that waste of space.

 

Duffee was a bum. If the UFC really was the NFL he shouldn't have been there in the first place.

 

He is far from a bum.

 

Please explain how you get to this conclusion? What has he done that is so great?

 

Your right hes not even that good. He go KTFO by a fat bum.

 

Exactly. That fat bum gave him every chance in the world to finish him, but he couldn't do it. Finally, fat bum says " fuck this, I'm getting tired, let's see what happens if I hit him now."

 

No, from the various fights Ive seen of him. I don't need to explain.

 

Serra is not a fat bum.

 

Sure he is, this is Fightbeat, if you aren't an elite fighter, you are a bum.

Hell, if this was the boxing section, even if you are an elite fighter, you are still a bum(Andre Ward).

 

Serra is at least average, straight up and down no special effects. That fat guy that KO'd Duffee looked like he came straight from the buffet.

 

Yeah, but you can probably argue that the UFC as we know it today doesn't exist if not for Tito Ortiz.

 

Very true. Tito carried the UFC during the "dark" years when it was banned in a lot of places. That doesn't excuse Tito shamelessly ducking Chuck Liddell for so long, but Tito made the sport about fierce rivalries and gamesmanship. Back in those lean years for the company, he sold lots of tickets.