The latest 4 UFC fighters to be released?
Hermes Franca, Chris Wilson, Marcus Aurelio and Justin McCully fighter profiles have been removed from ufc.com.
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Hopefully Scott Coker jumps right on these guys. All 4 have good resumes.
Franca beat Nate Diaz and fought for a UFC title 2 years ago.
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by aaronb on Oct 4, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hermes Franca
Franca really embarrassed himself during UFC 103. He showed up overweight, didn’t offer any decent offense . . . I can understand this cut.
Marcus Aurelio can not compete against the solid wrestlers in the UFC LW division. Clay Guida, Tyson Griffin, Gray Maynard, etc.
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by VeeisAnimated on Oct 5, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was Justin cut or is his contract up? I thought the unofficial UFC policy was they wouldn’t drop you if you hadn’t loss two in a row.
by nottheface on Oct 4, 2009 5:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
they can drop people coming off 1 loss.
by Anton Tabuena on Oct 4, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harsh to cut Franca, though he looked like shit against Griffin so maybe that swung it for them. I thought perhaps he was injured but looks like he was just out of shape, that sort of thing doesn’t look good to the UFC brass
by StevenGiles on Oct 4, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Looking like shit in your last fight + 2-3 in your last 5 = Pink Slip
Unless you’re Stephan Bonnar
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by Deo Wade on Oct 4, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonnar is too big a name to be let go. He would be on Strikeforce’s next main event.
by ryanwk628 on Oct 4, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL at what?
Strikeforce has regularly used Scott Smith as a main event fighter and he makes Bonnar look like Fedor. Bonnar would immediately be a LHW title contender if he went to Strikeforce. Granted, Mousasi would beat him like a rented mule, but that doesn’t change the fact that he would be a HUGE get for Coker.
by Steve4192 on Oct 4, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hate to say it, but you could be right. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Oct 4, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, showing up something like 9 pounds overweight doesn’t help.
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by AJB on Oct 4, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fight was set at 159.
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by Ubernoober on Oct 4, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was supposed to be at 155 it was only changed because Griffin wasn’t going to make weight.
by Sliup on Oct 4, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean because Franca wasn’t going to make weight, but yes, that’s true. The catchweight was decided on a couple of hours before the weigh-ins.
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by Beer Monster on Oct 4, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah sorry I meant Franca wasn’t going to make weight, Griffin made weight.
by Sliup on Oct 4, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Franca wasn’t part of the “#1 fight in UFC history.”
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by Richard Wade on Oct 5, 2009 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Wilson has had a tough year.
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by SMC on Oct 4, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah
he really blew it when he didn’t beat John Howard that was the fight they gave him to pick up a win and he disappointed there.
too bad, he’s a good fighter and seemingly a nice guy.
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by Kid Nate on Oct 4, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved his debut, where he knocked Fitch’s ass to the mat several times. Wish he could have put together a nice string of wins.
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by themachiavellian on Oct 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is this not a surprise?
Franca, Wilson, and Aurelio are all 2-3 in their last 5. McCully maybe a little surprise but he was 2-2 in his UFC fight career.
The UFC does this so that they can continue to say you are watching the best fighters in the world and I know someone will say Wand or Randy or Franklin have just as bad records lately but those fighters are big draws that get audiences interested even if they have sucked lately.
by bigdmmafan on Oct 4, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The UFC does this so that they can continue to say you are watching the best fighters in the world
They’re also quite selective about this.
by JRN on Oct 4, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Franca, Wilson and Aurelio will be solid assets wherever they wind up.
McCully isn’t as bad as some like to make him out, but I still think he’s a bit of a turkey. Strikeforce needs heavyweights though.
by Chris Nelson on Oct 4, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOO not Justin McCully!! Hahaha just kidding.
by JoLy on Oct 4, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who's the fellow on the left?
He reminds me of that fat kid with the pink hair from the last UFC.
…OK, I feel bad, I like Hermes Franca. I’ve never seen somebody so happy and carefree after a positive roids test.
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by Dodectagon on Oct 4, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They cut McCully just because of his name.
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by Ubernoober on Oct 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He was ahead of his time. The Nsane 1 was too forward thinking for the UFC, revolutionary actually. However they won’t be able to do anything when they realise what he has begun, and the floodgates open. When Anderson Silva changes his nickname to the §p1D3ŗ, he won’t be getting cut
by StevenGiles on Oct 4, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At last, we can witness Fedor vs the American Fedor.
by rabrown on Oct 4, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The American Fedor?
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by ElliotMatheny on Oct 4, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of these fighters would be solid additions to Strikeforce. I liked Chris Wilson a lot, but for some reason, he underperformed in the UFC. In Strikeforce, Jay hieron is one of their top Welterweights, and Wilson has beaten him. Franca’s a good test for anyone at Lightweight, and possibly seeing him against Melendez or Thompson would be interesting.
by chrisbboy82 on Oct 4, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Franaca alaready fought Thomson
at UFC 46 and beat him by majority decision.
by bigdmmafan on Oct 4, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the possibility of a rematch just makes a fight between the two even more interesting.
by chrisbboy82 on Oct 4, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I meant Thomson beat Franca my bad
Josh Thomson beat Hermes Franca at UFC 46 by majority decision my bad
by bigdmmafan on Oct 4, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
although franca has been less than impressive lately, it’s still quite harsh to cut him just like that
i know not making weight is bad but it’s not like it was travis lutter kinda situation
by CC11 on Oct 4, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Strikeforce jumps all over these guys, wouldn’t it make them look like UFC Lite even more?
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by Screwface on Oct 4, 2009 11:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Quality depth is better than ignorant perceptions.
Although Franca and Aurelio should retire. Aurelio is too old
by gunranger on Oct 4, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Justin McCully
Dana probably said, “We gotta fuckin get rid of this guy. Anyone in our roster with a fuckin nickname of Nsane1 has to go. I mean, Ken-Flo and J-Lau are bad enough, but Nsane1? No fucking way.”
by Kobajack on Oct 5, 2009 3:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d take McCully against just about anyone in this season’s TUF cast.
by George Lucas on Oct 5, 2009 5:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by aaronb on Oct 5, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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