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UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on FOX, FX, and FUEL TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.
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10-08-2012, 03:54 PM
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http://mmajunkie.com/news/31020/shan...b-volkmann.mma
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"Looks like I'm hanging up the gloves for good," Roller stated. "It was fun, but time to move on. Sux that it ended like that. Now startn (sic) the next chapter!!"
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Lost 4 of his last 5.
Looks like Christmas wasn't good for Roller...
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10-08-2012, 05:55 PM
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Speed Kills
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He did well in the WEC but he really went downhill once he got into the UFC. The fights getting a lot tougher probably didn't help either.
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10-08-2012, 07:07 PM
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best of luck to roller
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10-08-2012, 07:15 PM
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He did well in the WEC but he really went downhill once he got into the UFC. The fights getting a lot tougher probably didn't help either.
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I don't know about that, you look at 11 of his last 12 fights and it's pretty crazy.
Alessio, Castillo, Grant, Guillard, Henderson, Johnson, Njokuani, Pettis, Tavares, Varner, Volkmann
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10-08-2012, 07:19 PM
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I don't know about that, you look at 11 of his last 12 fights and it's pretty crazy.
Alessio, Castillo, Grant, Guillard, Henderson, Johnson, Njokuani, Pettis, Tavares, Varner, Volkmann
going 5-6 against that field isn't to bad.
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Yeah but no one really wants to be a fighter as a means to an end. Once he got that UFC contract he must have been thinking "Nice, once I get to the top I'll be taking Edgar's crown". Now it's pretty much confirmed that he'd never get to that stage and if he has other oppertunities ahead of him he might be best to end it on his own terms.
Would have been good to see the dude end on a win though.
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10-08-2012, 07:23 PM
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If the Strikeforce rumor is true it likely wasn't his call. He's likely retiring to save face as the UFC didn't want to pick up his contract (23+23).
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10-08-2012, 07:29 PM
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Not surprising, Volkmann absolutely ran through him.
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10-08-2012, 07:31 PM
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I Agree that it probably wasn't his call.
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10-08-2012, 07:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John8204
I don't know about that, you look at 11 of his last 12 fights and it's pretty crazy.
Alessio, Castillo, Grant, Guillard, Henderson, Johnson, Njokuani, Pettis, Tavares, Varner, Volkmann
going 5-6 against that field isn't to bad.
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Eh the problem is that he was winning and then he got into the UFC and started dropping fights left and right.
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10-08-2012, 09:34 PM
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Eh the problem is that he was winning and then he got into the UFC and started dropping fights left and right.
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He was put in three contract eliminators in 2 years (Varner and Allesio were cut) this was the first one he lost. Regardless it's a shame we're losing someone that competitive and active when we need him to appraise Strikeforce talent. |
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Shane Roller retires after loss
