Rolles Gracie released by the UFC: "I understand the fans are disappointed. I appreciate all the...

Rolles Gracie released by the UFC:

"I understand the fans are disappointed. I appreciate all the support I received and I wanted to put on a good show. What can I say? It wasn't my day. I mean, this is MMA, not golf. The fans are a different breed and when they are angry, they definitely let you know."

Others cuts coming off UFC 109 were Frank Trigg, Mark Coleman, Phillipe Nover and Tim Hague.

HT: f4wonline.com, graciemag.com
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Wow

One shitty ass fight, and he’s gone. SF going to pick him up?

by MMA42 on Feb 12, 2010 9:03 AM EST reply actions

dis-gracie

this guy needs to stick to GI’s
gracie got beat by a man who they called on, what like a week before the fight..
i’m gladall these guys got cut
trigg & coleman? why’d they even bring him back!

by mikeybear32 on Feb 12, 2010 9:30 AM EST up reply actions

I thought he should've been given one more chance before they cut him..

that’s what they usually do for people on their debuts, since a lot of them get jitters.

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by Anton Tabuena on Feb 12, 2010 9:09 AM EST reply actions

5 guys cut from 1 event….thats gotta be a record

by bigc4277 on Feb 12, 2010 9:10 AM EST reply actions

Could be six, there’s no word on Buchholz yet.

by rabrown on Feb 12, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

I said this before in another thread, but he must have made an impression on Zuffa, cause his fight was the only one ANNOUNCED as a loser goes home.

by verloc on Feb 12, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

They're both Filipinos, but if I were to choose,

I’d keep Nover over Buchholz.

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by Anton Tabuena on Feb 12, 2010 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

Bucholz was removed from the ufc roster page along with the others.

by undrafted on Feb 12, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Man...

Relentless indeed.

by Nyfeh on Feb 12, 2010 9:13 AM EST reply actions

How many others in recent times have been one and done with the UFC?

Neil Grove was dumped after one fight. Anyone else?

by rabrown on Feb 12, 2010 9:13 AM EST reply actions

Derek Downey, Alexandre Barros + a few others

by Scott Haber on Feb 12, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions

Oh, and he deserved it. He looked baaaaad.

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by AJB on Feb 12, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

WTF?!

Cut after one fight? Harsh.

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by kenpoboy67 on Feb 12, 2010 9:22 AM EST reply actions

Most fighters making their ufc debut don’t have the combination of getting paid 15k to show and looking as bad as rolles did.

by Phildo on Feb 12, 2010 9:25 AM EST reply actions

yeah, when you look that bad, and you’re already the earliest fight on the card, fighting an easier opponent than you were supposed (depending on who you ask), it’s not helping your job security any.

by woooburn on Feb 12, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions

That’s a bingo!

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by Matthew Roth on Feb 12, 2010 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs

Nice, how a confirmation gets a rec when the original comment doesn’t.

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by pud333 on Feb 12, 2010 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

after rolles got smashed like he did Al tuck was some where face palming

by Riley_96 on Feb 12, 2010 9:51 AM EST reply actions

Its understanable that he was cut after one fight

Not only did he look terrible, he let down the Gracie name and as a business move it only made sense that the UFC would cut him. They have another, lesser known (by the casual audience), Gracie debuting for them in a few months and the UFC doesnt want people thinking that all Gracies are that bad.

Also, Rolles was terrible on PPV. Had he been terrible on TUF, who cares really? But he was terrible on a PPV and they were practically forced to show the fight because it was the only undercard fight to finish before a decision.

by Discman2 on Feb 12, 2010 10:13 AM EST reply actions

I’m surprised they aired his fight on the PPV to be honest. Would have been totally fine with them airing Guillard/Torres on the PPV. That was a FOTN candidate

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by Matthew Roth on Feb 12, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

I was wondering about that too; they showed the Davis fight (which went the full 3 rounds) and the only other fight from the undercard was the Rolles fight, which didn’t make it the full time. Maybe it was a time issue; they couldn’t show another full fight so they had to fill it up with something, the only undercard fight that didnt’ go the distance.

by verloc on Feb 12, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions