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On Tuesday afternoon in an exclusive interview with MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani, Nate Marquardt and his manager, Lex McMahon, cleared the air regarding Marquardt's dismissal from the UFC and his last-minute exit from a main event showdown with Rick Story this past Sunday at UFC on Versus 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

There has been a lot of speculation among fans that the UFC's decision to cut Nate Marquardt from the promotion may be due to a severe weight cut issue. Fortunately for us, E. Casey Leydon shot video of the entire weight cutting process that Nate Marquardt went through to make the new 170 lb. threshold. I think this safely puts to rest any doubts.