this is a lot of bull comming from dana who’s mian argument promoting mma i mean the UFC was that your job was not over with one or two loses, like in boxing. Dana has continued to make the analogy that in boxing, unlike the UFc, NOt mma, that one had to have a record of like 33 wins and no losses to be “somebody”

But in the ufc its that way too Gary shaw is right on this point that the ufc does not want to cultivate fighters they want to make money and promote their brand of mma the ufc not MMA which will be bad in the end….
more double frekking talk from dana double talk white head!!!!!!1

no he ment they can go to another promotion put a few wins together and come back. not drop off the face of ther earth

as in boxing

tommy spear got KTFO, i dont see him going far…

“in a move to trim its roster and offer the the better fighters more opportunities”

I agree with all but the Din Thomas release. Unless the UFC knew something more about Din’s blown knee, Din Thomas is an excellent fighter and could have been a gatekeeper at 155lbs. A healthy Din Thomas could easily compete and quite possibly beat guys like Danzig, Lauzon, and even Huerta. I guess the UFC decided to cut the older guys to let the young guns take over the division.

Looks like the honor of 155 gatekeeper will solely go to Clay Guida.

Releasing Din Thomas IMO was a HUGE mistake!

So, basically, TUF 6 was a huge waste of time. The winner is fighting as a lightweight now, and the runner-up lost 2 fights and got cut.

I’m really surprised that they let go of hironaka since he was just part of a fight of the night on the last ufc. But he did have trouble actually winning fights.
The ufc 155 division is crazy stacked so i could see getting din thomas out of there….i guess.
Tommy Speer? Don’t they still have alot of the other fighters from that season still on their roster? i know he just got KO’d but he beat guys that they’re keeping? i could see war machine cause that was an awesome fight, but Sotiropoulis?

i am sure actualy din asked to be realsed because he said he wanted to drop down to 145

I think it’s a smart move by the ufc. The top fighter could fight more often and we only get to see the best fighters in the ufc.
They are releasing many fighter but don’t forget the also signed many new fighters in the last few month

ok this is way of topic, but…

has anyone watched wwe wrestling lately. i mean really! have u guys seen undertakers “new” submission hold. its the “triangle choke”, but its not even a triangle choke! its a lame fake one. for shame taker. its sooo funny to watch him apply this deadly finishing move! lol!!!

Tommy Speers is gay anywayz so i’m glad he got cut from tha UFC, he doesn’t belong in tha UFC cause he got knocked out like a girl.

let matt hughes work with tommy for a lil while and watch what he becomes if he can learn to get rid of his bullshit farm boy small town ego bullshit as for din thomas lil suprised on that one

I feel bad for Speer, because Anthony Johnson just seems like a pretty legit striker. I would’ve liked to see them give him one more fight at least.

Its like any other sport people get cut just like in football

Very surprised Din Thomas is gone. He will be picked up very soon if not immediately by someone.

I thought I heard a while back that UFC was trying to land a network deal. Put the smaller shows on Spike, the average shows on the cable network, and the huge shows on PPV. I guess since a deal never fell through, they are cutting the roster.

wow, very surprised dinyero is cut. not surprised that speer got chopped. he’s too one dimensional. he needs to skulk around some smaller promo’s, get some more experience, train his ass off, gain some skills then make another crack at the big leagues.

Whats really funny is that people are only let out of their contract when it is Dana’s idea. The whole contract issue is BS! Why sign a contract when you can be fired at any time but Dana makes you honor your end when it suits him. Seems like a double edged sword for fighters. What happened to developing these younger fighters? Din and Tommy are both going to be a force in a couple of years and hopefully they tell Dana to go &^#* himself when he wants them back.

speer is surprising. i mean ed herman lost 2 in a row and he didnt get booted

And who is that bitch from Serra’s team that quit?(Rob Emerson) Last I heard he is under contract with UFC. These guys that got cut could destroy that pansy.

But who is that bi%#* from Serra’s team?(Rob Emerson)Last I seen he is under contract and was scheduled to fight at the next PPV till he got hurt.(BIG F&^@#$% surprise)Any of the guys he cut would mop the floor with him.

Bottom line if a contract is signed for X amount of fights the UFC should honor that just as they expect the fighters to.

I agree with that. But what if kalib Starnes had like 3 more fights left on his contract . . . Would you wanna watch him for 3 more fights, taking up the airtime of good fighers? And Lutter as well, comes in out of shape aganst Rich, Doesnt make weight for a title shot . . . If i had to watch his fat *ss take up 3 more main card fights i would shoot myself! You know what i mean?

True so give them an undercard match against an up and comer. I am only saying that a contract should be honored by both sides 1 way or another.

Sad To See My Boy Din Let Go. I Hope He Keeps Fighting cause hes great to watch.

I thought Speer got tapped via RNC in the final of TUF not TKO.

So why didn’t they Axe Kendall Grove? Or is he already penciled in to fight someone? I’m guessing that will be his last chance.

I do not agree with a lot of things going on with the UFC right now. Dana has made it clear tho you come out and put on a sub par performance and you will not be around long. Some of the guys deserved to get dropped but I am surprised at Din Thomas gettind dropped. I hope that guy does some damage wherever he goes next.

if kendall loses to tanner he is getting the chop.has anyone else thought why arent they matching off thiago silva and wilson gouveia at 84? they both fighting relativily unknown fighters…. seems like a no-brainer to me

they cut these guys and bring back melvin guillard….i don’t get it

pretty unusual move of cutting 7 fighters in such short time, I’ve never heard anything like this happended before. maybe Dana’s cheap, he doesn’t wanna hire extra fighters just rather replace them so he can save some money or maybe he’s planning to replace them for those TUF 7 fighters.

I bet Tommy got cut because Dana does not like his style of fighting. And that last loss was an embarrassment. I liked Din and hope it was a mutual break up.

I think that TUF 7 Finale, watch out for the Dustin Hazelett vs. Josh Burkman fight. I think the loser of that fight is gone, and most def if Burkman loses he is gone.

Tommy Speer has joined the same boat as Brad Imes. Former runner-up for his season not to find success inside the octagon.

I imagine we will hear an announcement rather quickly that Din has been added to the 145 division in the WEC. He had stated he was considering dropping down. I have to figure this was a mutual release and a new deal was probably worked out for Zuffa’s WEC prior to the actual release from the UFC. Just a few more weeks ’til Faber/Pulver. I anticipate seeing his face in the crowd that night for a cage-side announcement of his arrival, if not sooner.

As far as Speer goes, he was just way too green. Like many before him, they probably said to go get some more experience and some wins under your belt and we’ll have you back. UFC doesn’t want these guys to get experience on their watch then by the time they have a decent product, they are already labeled losers.

What happened to the heart of Mr. Tommy speer?

Just doin a little spring cleaning.

Maybe Tommy Speer can fight against Kimbo Slice because they both fight the same way.

The bad move is that Dana cut Speer when the UFC is planning to have an event in Minnesota later this year. Tommy had about 100 people go all the way to Vegas to watch the finale, I can’t imagine how many people would go to watch him and other MN fighters.

I will take back what I said about Tommy Speer. I congratulate him for being the finalist in The Ultimate Fighter and having 1 win and 2 losses under his belt in the octagon.(I watched him win one fight in the WEC)
     I would pay to see Tommy fight and I hope he gets back in the UFC again!