More UFC goodwill, Todd Duffee cut
by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 7, 2010 8:10 PM EDT
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In a division that can always use new prospects, the UFC just cut one. Todd Duffee, owner of the fastest KO in UFC history, has been cut.
From MMAJunkie:
A little more than one year after Duffee burst onto the UFC scene with a seven-second knockout of Tim Hague, the 24-year-old is no longer employed by the sport's largest mixed martial arts promotion.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the UFC's decision from multiple sources with knowledge of the move, and Duffee's manager, Alex Davis, confirmed the report.
Davis declined to comment further on the matter or speculate as to the reason behind the UFC's decision.
This is stupid.
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apparently they didn't like him
skipping out on the madsen fight due to injuries.
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I'm hearing
that it’s a lot more than that. Overall shitty attitude, combined with bitching about how they promoted him and he may have been turning down too many fights as well.
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I believe it was both
They believe he pulled out of the Madsen fight because he was complaining about money and all that. It could’ve been a legit injury, but I don’t think they thought so.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 7, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
His own manager
called him an asshole.
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An ass
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 7, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Which has a hole
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Sep 8, 2010 7:02 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Diaz brothers are assholes...
and readily admit it, yet management doesn’t seem to have a problem with them.
Duffee is still young and evolving as a fighter, so I think DW and company made a big mistake in cutting him. They found a way to deal with Brock’s ridiculous victory tirade, Tito’s pathological lying and even Junie Browning (for a minute) but they can’t deal with a 24-year old complaining that he’s overhyped?
Heavyweight prospects are valuable and just aren’t a dime a dozen with Duffee’s size and potential…now maybe we’ll see him fight Cole Konrad in Bellator or Rogers in SF.
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by Brewtality55 on Sep 8, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Diaz means asshole in street-slang
…in Stockton/NorCal areas anyway.
If you heard Nate spouting off after he beat Marcus Davis in his last fight, he was basically calling Maynard a bitch or “wanna-be tough guy”.
That could be considered an “asshole move” considering they were fighting on the same card in different weight classes…Diaz brothers = advocators of assholery.
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I thought Diaz won that fight against Maynard.
Maynard has been using Diazs’ name to boost his rep, and I think that pissed Nate off.
All is fair in fight promotion.
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But Diaz lost...
And Diaz isn’t even a contender or in the division at this point, so how would that “boost his rep” anyway?
His undefeated record against quality opponents (Miller, Huerta, Clementi, Siver, Diaz, Florian) and the ONLY man to beat dominate current champ Frankie Edgar should be sufficient to both secure him a title shot and help sell that fight.
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Talking shit on Maynard at the presser was cheap
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by Derek Suboticki on Sep 8, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
talking shit on Maynard at the presser was hilarious
That’s what Maynard gets for bragging he beat nate when in reality…
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
Talk is cheap, Wins are golden
Nate got beat by Maynard, just ask the judges…and what Maynard “gets” is a title-shot for dominating KenFlo as a huge underdog. THAT’s the reality!
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Actually,
Tall, muscular gym rats that think they can knock out anyone with one punch and gas after 3 minutes in the ring/cage are a dime a dozen. The term prospect has many different levels: Some are on the edge of being great, some are on the edge of being competitve, and some are on the edge of just being a fighter. Duffy is the latter. Also, acting like douche to your employer is never a good idea, no matter how good or valuable you think you are.
Actually
Didn’t Duffee dominate the first 2 1/2 rounds and get caught with a looping hail-mary punch from a desperate Russow? Maybe I was watching a different fight, but that’s how I recall it happening.
And IF he truly had a leg injury, which is why he pulled out of the Madsen fight as well (according to him), then that could explain why he didn’t utilize many takedowns and deliver some GnP instead of just standing up and slugging it out.
I think he’s got the tools to become a contender with the right training/camp, so hopefully he does just that and catches on with SF or Bellator to get some quality fights and much-needed experience.
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No he didn't.
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by Chris Barton on Sep 8, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
JOSH GROSS IS SO UNPROFESSIONAL
HE HAS DAMAGED TODD DUFFEE’S REP
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't hold this one against Gross
but it doesn’t hurt my, “Don’t ever listen to that guy” theory.
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by Chris Barton on Sep 8, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I was being mocking towards those that had issue with my posting of the Yves story
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 8, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck those neckginas.
Nick fucked up on reading the ass/asset bit, thought it was spin control from Duffman’s manager, and when I pointed out that Gross admitted that he had fucked up, he deleted the entire comment tree and anything referencing it. They wanna talk shit about your lack of journalistic integrity, they can shut the fuck up and own up to their mistakes first.
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by inadvertentgroinstrike on Sep 8, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to continue being me and doin what I do
Koscheck is aware of possible bias (the radio interview) and Carwin has been exposed as a big roid abuser. That’s good enough for me.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 8, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
when you lose to russow there really is not much lower than him. who was he ducking.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 8, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
That's a shame.
Who knows why it happened, but the ‘turning down too many fights’ angle seems to ring the truest. Sonnen went out of his way to talk about guys like that needing to get in line, which more than anything indicates there is an actual issue with that in the current UFC stable.
I liked following Duffee.
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Wow.
Lots of speculation on this…but he never really had the desire to be a champ or beat the best IMO.
Honestly...
I’ll take Don Frye’s opinion on this subject.
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Jesus
Three words of editorializing and you still went too far. We know NOTHING right now.
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by Derek Suboticki on Sep 7, 2010 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
Yep
The guy seems to be adversarial with UFC, I remember I used to follow his twitter and he started bitching out the @ufc account because they mentioned he used to work at a Dairy Queen. Uhhh….like they should apologize for hyping him or something?
Nevermind the fact that he looked completely one dimensional in his debut and some time on the small show to round out his game would probably do him well.
But no, the sheer fact that’ he’s a heavyweight means UFC is stupid for cutting him.
You know how we roll at WKR
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 7, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I know, I just try not to hold it against them.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
somebody go and find
Brian griffins reaction when he first meets upside down face boy. something like…. byar!!! that was my reaction
my mother was right....no one cares what i have to say
jefferson davis' wife was hot....there i said it....and it actually feels good to finally get that out in the open
by glassjawsh on Sep 7, 2010 11:59 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Looks like Todd Duffee fell into the same trap alot of other hyped up guys fell in he believed his own hype in and out of the cage.
Sadly sometimes you need a reality check to get your shit together because he’s not worth all the bs he’s reportedly been spewing.
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