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Lightweight Josh Neer has been released by the UFC after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau last Saturday at UFC 104, his second-straight loss and third in his last four fights.- Mark Bocek will take on newcomer Joe Brammer in a lightweight matchup at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5 after his original opponent, Matt Veach, was tapped to replace an injured Kurt Pellegrino and fight Frankie Edgar on the event’s main card.
- Middleweights Tim Credeur and Mike Massenzio are likely to fight in January at UFC Fight Night 20.
- UFC middleweights Yoshihiro Akiyama and Yushin Okami recently began training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.
- Heavyweight Pat Barry, who earned “Fight of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” honors for his second-round knockout of Antoni Hardonk at UFC 104, will be sidelined at least two months to recover from surgery needed to repair a broken thumb suffered in the win. Barry has his sights set on fighting Stefan Struve when he returns to action.
- Veterans Nick Thompson, Bobby Southworth, and Jason Lambert have advanced in tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter 11, while Wayne Cole and Logan Clark fell short in their bids to make it onto the reality series.
- The UFC will likely hold an event in Boston in 2010 after Massachusetts lawmakers recently passed a bill to regulate mixed martial arts events in the state, with only a signature from Governor Deval Patrick needed for the law to go into effect.
- The Ultimate Fighter 10 cast member Zak Jensen faces a wrongful death lawsuit for his alleged involvement in a March altercation in Mexico with Josh Gunderson, who died as a result of the fight.
Pictured: Josh Neer
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thats bs imo. how the heck is Mac Danzig still in the UFC, cause he’s exciting?? Neer comes to fight and thats what the UFC needs more of, it doesn’t matter that he’s not a contender. I can only name few LW that I would rather see fight other than Neer. I would rather see Neer fight rather than Pellegrino, Tibau fight any freaking day. Oh and I would rather see Neer fight rather than guys like Sherk and Maynard too.
Ixnay on the aynardmay on this site man are u crazy?!?! Gunslinger and Carls will hunt you down!
maynard > NEER!
Maynard/Sherk/Tibau/Pellegrino > Neer
Personally I don’t care for Neer, he seems cocky in the cage, and against Pellegrino he got mad at the Ref for not standing them up, when he wasn’t doing anything to try to get out from under Pellegrino himself.
i agree neer is an animal not many people will stand wiv him, stupid move by the ufc neer is a fighter he wont back down no way dana should get rid ov him stupid
That sucks, I think Neer did more damage than Tibau did in that fight, Neer had no problem getting back to his feet every time he was put on his back. Neer is exactly the kind of fighter Dana should want in the UFC. He is well-rounded, except maybe for his TD defense but he brings alot of heart and always comes to fight. It’s ridiculous he’s getting cut after getting Lay ‘n Prayed in two straight fights, specially when he took this figh on short notice when sherk got injured. Im tired of good fighters getting cut when we still have guys like roli delgodo in the ufc!
i hope and predict that if this is true, fan power will make dana overrule this outrageous decision. josh neer is the archetypal gatekeeper at lightweight. they should keep him on the books to face any newcomer who thinks he has title potential! REINSTATE JOSH NEER NOW!
neer is a fuckin good fighter, your right how you gonna keep mac around and cut neer, bullshit
Neer is boring and lost 3 of his last 4, so long and good riddance!!
Glad to see UFC finally coming to BOSTON! Hopefully Deval “Tax-it-all” Patrick will sign this thing sooner than later!
Bobby Southworth advancing for TUF 11? This show has been going and going… I thought this season was weird enough to have former fighters work their way back in, now for TUF stars?
Is Neer too big to fight at 145?
Id say ya, but you never know. Brock makes 265, Rumble makes 170(sometimes) Tibau makes 155.
Guys don’t forget Neer was already on thin ice for his legal trouble and going 1-3 has all but sealed his fate until he straightens up. Stop bashing on Danzig, he’s here because his contract is guaranteed through next year. So deal with it.
Akiyama and Okami are in the perfect place now.
More info/better article on the Jensen thing here http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_13681415
I can see the Boston line up now… it’ll look like one of the UK cards…
Only with Boston people instead of UK people.
Kenflo, Davis, J-Lau, D-Lau, etc.
I was thinking more of davis and company but you know they’d all be there too!
- Neer could have insured job security by avoiding certain legal pitfalls and posting better than a 1-3 record in his last 4 outings.
Its the UFC, not some sort of outreach program for fighters getting their own names tramp-stamped onto their backs, which is where Neer spent the better part of his last couple of fights.
- Can’t wait to see Tim Creduer fight again, he always delivers a solid in-cage performance.
- Akiyama, Okami, before that Belfort and Wanderlei Silva, and before that Forrest and Tyson Griffin, Kampmann, Jacare, Bonnar, Trigg, Herring, Alessio, Todd “feed me Dana!” Duffee, Johny Hendricks, Chris Horodecki, Sam Stout, Hominick…and some guy named Maynard something…I’m thinking without the Natural’s name on the door, Xtreme Couture wouldn’t have the high-profile membership roster that it does, which speaks volumes about the degree of respect Randy Couture has in this sport.
Even Couture’s next baby momma Gina Carano sweats it out over at Xtreme C.
;)
- Lets hope that Pat Barry recovers fully and quickly, and delivers a solid performance against Stefan Struve.
- So, TUF 11 is another comeback-type season?
- Dana must be delighted to be bringing his baby to his old hometown.
- Finally, Jesus, could life kick Zak Jensen around any more?
First he gets tormented in the TUF house, then he gets his a$$ kicked in his TUF fight, and now he’s involved in some wrongful death sh!t?
Vaya con Dios, amigo…
On the XC list, several of those guys have moved over to the TapouT training center with Shawn Thompkins, including Stout, Hominick, Horodecki, and Belfort, as well as Vinny Magalhaes.
Actually, Jensen was in involved in the wrongful death thing before he went on TUF, the incident occurred in March.
i thought Danzig got cut after losing to Neer?
danzig has a contract till the end of this year i believe
Glad this guy was let go. Learn how to stop a take down for god sake. The only thing he learned from the Pelligreno fight was how to get taken do even faster. Good riddance ya cocky fuker.