Andre Winner Released by the UFC Following Loss to Anthony Njokuani
by Anton Tabuena on Jul 11, 2011 4:52 AM EDT
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The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finalist, Andre Winner has been cut from the UFC, is following his decision loss to Anthony Njokuani. The Team Rough House product was on the Facebook and Spike TV prelims on UFC 132, where he was thoroughly dominated in the stand up department and lost a lopsided decision with the scores, 30-27, and 30-26 twice.
The performance marked his third straight loss, and dropped his overall record to 11-6-1. Winner has gone 2-4 with the UFC since he moved out of the TUF house, with two of those wins coming from Rafaello Oliveira and Roli Delgado.
HT: MMAWeekly
Andre Winner (11-6-1):
Loss - Anthony Njokuani Decision (Unanimous) UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber
Loss - Dennis Siver Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami
Loss - Nik Lentz Decision (Unanimous) UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2
Win - Rafaello Oliveira Decision (Unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi
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Saw it coming
Showed a lot of promise in the TUF finale against Pearson and the couple of wins following, but started dwindling away afterwards.
Still no word on Joe Daddy getting the axe? I’m a fan of the guy but nobody should keep their job after 4 consecutive losses.
nope
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by MattParker117 on Jul 11, 2011 5:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Jens Pulver had 5 straight losses in the WEC before getting cut.
Ortiz, had 3 straight losses, a draw, and another loss. Didn’t get cut.
Baroni had 4 straight before getting cut the first time.
by Anton Tabuena on Jul 11, 2011 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it is getting ridicolous
Him and Hardy are both getting treated a lot better than every other fighter it seems.
They are two guys with relatively high name recognition who can help sell PPVs
Dana isn’t treating them well out of the goodness of his heart (well, maybe a little with Joe Daddy) but because the UFC thinks they still have value on cards. I guarantee you that the UFC is praying for Dan Hardy to at least be competitive against Lytle so they can make a case for hanging onto one of their two British attractions.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Jul 11, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Not many easy fights at LW. Losses to Lentz, Siver and Njokuani are nothing to be ashamed of.
Hit straight, hit hard, lift heavy.
by Doomrider on Jul 11, 2011 5:45 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
Agreed
but if you can’t beat those guys, it doesn’t get any easier in that division.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Jul 11, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally I don’t think any fights are easy. If they were we would see fighters getting defeated easily (read: stopped within Round 1) by many different fighters.
Unfortunately Winner has been defeated by many different fighters but not stopped.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Jul 11, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
All the talk Dana did about moving fighters over to strikeforce,
Why don’t they just do that with Winner? Just see how he does over there before fully releasing him.
by SkeezinSteevin on Jul 11, 2011 8:07 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
That could ruin the Showtime relationship.
No idea if they will build on it though. But I think using Strikeforce as a feeder-organisation for lesser talent could be a bad strategical move. I think the Showtime execs are not that dumb and would make problems.
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
my guess
is that if he can win a couple in the actual small feeder leagues (MFC bout vs McKee?) SF might sign him then.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 11, 2011 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
that's why I said if
Nik Lentz snored his way to victory against Winner. Wouldn’t be surprised if McKee could do the same.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 11, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Andre Winner isn't even Strikeforce level, people
He has little KO power despite what the UFC says (and Rolando Delgado is not a good fighter in the slightest) and is obviously defensively challenged.
Please continue the TUF exodus, Dana.
So close and yet so far. The story of my sports fandom.
Winner is talented; lightweight is just so stacked.
And Roli is a decent fighter: not ready for the UFC when he got knocked out by Winner, but he’s doing pretty decent at 145 all things considered.
He has some skills but he's one-dimensional
and the fact that he got handled by a WEC guy who has never threatened contention is telling that he’s so far back of the pack he doesn’t belong in the UFC.
So close and yet so far. The story of my sports fandom.
This sounds right. Winner lost three in a row, and while he is British, he honestly doesn’t contribute that much to the UFC seeing that he is a lower-tier Lightweight at this point. He needs to polish up his skills in the smaller MMA organizations before fighting in the biggest MMA organization.
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