After his third weight miss with the promotion—and second in a row—Season 29 of The Final Fighter: Staff Volkanovski vs. Staff Ortega winner Bryan Battle has been minimize from the UFC.
Many had speculated that Battle’s UFC profession was in jeopardy after he weighed in at 190 kilos for his scheduled middleweight bout towards Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC 319. Having already missed weight in his earlier bout towards Randy “Rude Boy” Brown, Battle had moved up from the 170-pound welterweight restrict to the 185-pound middleweight restrict, believing the change in weight class would remove any points with weight chopping.
Talking on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Battle addressed the load miss:
“I assumed it was going to be a stroll within the park, however issues simply went south.”
When requested if one thing was mistaken along with his physique, Battle responded:
“I’m simply getting older.”
He went on to elaborate additional:
“There’s going to must be some life-style modifications. There’s some stuff that I didn’t have to try this I’ve to do now.”
Shortly after the interview the UFC would launch Bryan Battle from contract, in a shock Battle is ready to make a fast flip round for the “Dirty Boxing Championship” Promotion on August twenty ninth.
What are they suppose to do? : Skilled speaks on Bryan Battle being minimize
Former MMA referee and the “man who wrote the foundations,” Big John McCarthy, spoke about Bryan Battle’s latest weight miss throughout a phase of his podcast Weighing In with former Strikeforce champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson.
When the subject of TUF winner Bryan Battle being minimize from the promotion after his third weight miss got here up, Large John didn’t maintain again:
“They’re going to provide everybody a one, perhaps even a two. They gave him three. Three strikes, you’re out.”
He then defined the fundamental expectations for fighters:
“Be on time, make weight, struggle your ass off. These are your goddamn fucking guidelines of being a fighter. Once they can not depend on you to come back in and make weight, they can’t depend on you. What are they alleged to do?”
Regardless of the robust criticism, Large John adopted up with some sort phrases about Battle:
“I like Bryan Battle as a fighter. I feel he’s enjoyable to observe. I like him on the mic. I feel he’s robust as hell.”
Many fighters have been minimize from the UFC solely to return and go on profitable runs, together with successful a belt. Bryan Battle was a fan favourite earlier than his premature departure from the UFC. With one thing to show in his subsequent outing, Battle has some work to do earlier than presumably returning to the UFC.
