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mmamania.com - 11/20/2008

Jon Fitch, Christian Wellisch and possibly others cut by UFC

— mmamania.com — Former number one UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch was today handed his walking papers for refusing to... sign an agreement that would give the promotion exclusive lifetime video game rights to his name and likeness, MMAmania.com can exclusively ... (more) Jon Fitch, Christian Wellisch and possibly others cut by UFC

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Jon Fitch

Christian Wellisch

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sports.yahoo.com - 11/20/2008

UFC drops Fitch, AKA fighters - MMA - Yahoo! Sports

— sports.yahoo.com — A bitterly angry Dana White said Wednesday the Ultimate Fighting Championship has cut highly regarded welterweight contender... Jon Fitch and is not going to do business with any fighters who are part of the American Kickboxing Academy team in San Jose, ... (more) UFC drops Fitch, AKA fighters - MMA - Yahoo! Sports

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UFC

Jon Fitch

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sportsagentblog.com - 11/20/2008

When It Is All Said And Done

— sportsagentblog.com — Nobody should be surprised that Brock Lesnar is the newly minted UFC Heavyweight Champion.... (more) When It Is All Said And Done

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Brock Lesnar

UFC

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Jon Fish, I’m not impressed by your performance
instantmma.net — Everybody under the sun is reporting that Jon Fitch has been dropped by the UFC, due to not wanting to sign his likeness over to appear in the upcoming game, UFC Undisputed 2009. But, really the real reason that Fitch was dropped was because Georges St. Pierre, A)Can’t say your name, and B)Is not impressed by your performance. No seriously though, this is kind of sudden, especially since it has been rumored that Fitch was going to be fighting Akihiro Gono at UFC 94. I think that Fitch, should jump on the Affliction train as soon as humanly possible, especially due to the fact that Day of Reckoning will be happening a week ...

UFC Releases Jon Fitch
MMA News & Blog — No need to do a double take, Jon Fitch is rumored as being released by the UFC.  Jon Fitch recently fought Georges St Pierre for a title shot at UFC 87 but was unsuccessful in gaining the belt.  Fitch was rumored to be on the UFC 94 fight card taking on opponent Akihiro Gono.  All of that came to a screaching halt when the fighter and the UFC could not come to agreements regarding using his name with lifetime rights on the UFC video game. MMA Weekly reports: According to sources close to the situation, Fitch was in negotiations with the UFC about a lifetime contract for likeness rights ...