UFC Signs a Fighter then Drops the Axe on Four Veterans

The economy continues to be the equivalent of getting hit in the groin with a golf club

People from every industry getting laid off (even unnamed stormtroopers can't find work) and their will be four more UFC fighters collecting unemployment. Well, until they sign with Strikeforce. 

Cagepotato tells us that Justin McCully (9-5-2), Chris Wilson (14-6), Hermes Franca (19-8) and Marcus Aurelio (18-8) all were asked to pack their knives and go. All four fighters lost their last fight and over posses a combined record of 3-9 in their combined last three fights in the UFC. Plus, Hermes Franca came in four pounds overweight for his last fight. Unfortunately for these four fighters, their dismissal came on the day we found out that UFC base salaries may be on the rise over the past three years but that trend.

Since WKR is not a complete glass half empty kind of site, there is some good news courtesy of MMAforReal. Local North Carolina fighter, Rodney "Sho Nuff the Master" Wallace (9-0), has signed with the UFC. Rodney is rumored to be fighting former WEC light heavyweight champion, Brian Stann.