Yair Rodriguez cut from the UFC.

[Dave_S]

Seems legit

[aholbert32]

Its legit and im legit angry about it.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Yair is still haunted by visions of Frankie Edgar. Catch you in Bellator, sir.

It's crazy how fighters are essentially getting fired on their days off, Craig style. Leslie Smith's made a bit more sense because Dana was probably tired of hearing about the union, but neither of these two had recently lost a fight. Maybe UFC is trying to send a message to other fighters and reign them back in a bit. Once upon a time fighters always did what UFC wanted and were scared of going against management. That ship has probably sailed for the most part, but that could still work on fighters without much UFC tenure.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

Yair is still haunted by visions of Frankie Edgar. Catch you in Bellator, sir. It's crazy how fighters are essentially getting fired on their days off, Craig style. Leslie Smith's made a bit more sense because Dana was probably tired of hearing about the union, but neither of these two had recently lost a fight. Maybe UFC is trying to send a message to other fighters and reign them back in a bit. Once upon a time fighters always did what UFC wanted and were scared of going against management. That ship has probably sailed for the most part, but that could still work on fighters without much UFC tenure.

I may be naive but I dont think the Smith firing had anything to do with the union. Zuffa (the Fertittas in particular) hated unions but WME doesnt. They deal with Unions and represent Union talent all the time.

I think it had to do with leverage. Only the hardest of the hardcore know who Leslie Smith is. When her opponent missed weight, she tried to leverage that into a new contract (with a pay raise) before she would agree to fight. Thats her right. The UFC also has the right to pay her out and terminate her contract. They arguably couldve done it without paying her out.

With that said, Dana is trying to reign the mid level guys back in a bit.

[WarMMA]

Aw man. This sucks

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

Damn we never got to see animations of those his crazy flip spinning kicks ...

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[Dave_S]

Yair vs Zabit at UFC 228 is looking official! Lol

[johnmangala]

^ Great news.


This fight is guaranteed fun.