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Old 11-20-2008, 01:21 AM   #1
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Fitch cut from UFC *Update* Koscheck and Velasquez could be cut soon
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Jon Fitch, who went five rounds with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in August, received notice Wednesday that he had been released from the UFC.

MMAMania.com was the first to report Fitch’s dismissal. A source close to the situation told Sherdog.com that Fitch had refused to sign an agreement that would have relinquished his likeness rights for video games.

Christian Wellisch, an American Kickboxing Academy teammate of Fitch, was also released. The source suggested that other AKA fighters could be cut if they lose their next bouts.

Fitch had won eight straight fights before dropping a gutsy decision to St. Pierre. His undefeated run tied Royce Gracie’s for the most consecutive wins in the UFC.

Jeff Sherwood contributed to this report.
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Jon Fitch, who went five rounds with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in August, received notice Wednesday that the UFC has released him.

Fitch told Hardcore Sports Radio’s “Sports Rage” on Wednesday that he was cut from the promotion after he’d refused to sign an agreement that would have relinquished his likeness rights for a UFC video game.

Fitch said he submitted a signed bout agreement Tuesday to fight Akihiro Gono at UFC 94 on Jan. 31, but the UFC terminated it, along with his promotional contract.

“I had two fights left on my contract, but they always put a clause in the contract that if you lose a fight, they’re able to release you at any time after a loss,” Fitch told “Sports Rage” host Garbriel Morency. “That’s pretty standard with any organization, but it’s pretty incredible that they’d go to those lengths for something like this, over a video game.”

Fitch, a Purdue University wrestling standout, said his refusal to sign the agreement for a UFC video game -- set for release by THQ in 2010 -- wasn’t based on compensation.

“The video game agreement that they have that they wanted us to sign was basically we don‘t get anything for it,” he told Morency. “We get free publicity and promotion from the game, which is great, no problem. The problem is it’s a lifetime exclusive contract. That means we would never ever be able to work with any video game companies other than the one the UFC provides.”

Fitch told Hardcore Sports Radio he was not adverse to the contract necessarily, but in the way it was presented to his management.

“They basically kicked the door open, guns blazing, pointed it in our face and said, ‘Sign this or you’re going to pay,’” Fitch said.

Fitch said that, to his knowledge, UFC President Dana White had given his representatives the ultimatum to sign or be scrapped even though the fighter’s reps tried to negotiate a five or 10-year deal for the video game rights.

In an interview with Yahoo Sports on Wednesday, White said the UFC would no longer do business with the American Kickboxing Academy, Fitch’s San Jose-based fight team.

“We’re looking for guys who want to work with us and not against us, and frankly I’m just so [expletive] sick of this [expletive] it’s not even funny,” White told Yahoo Sports. “Affliction is still out there trying to build its company. Let [Fitch] go work with them. Let him see what he thinks of those [expletives]. [Expletive] him. These guys aren’t partners with us. [Expletive] them. All of them, every last [expletive] one of them.”

Christian Wellisch, an AKA teammate of Fitch, was also released on Wednesday, said Fitch. Wellisch had also received an agreement for a pending bout that was later retracted.

“They cut him from the organization first, I think as kind of a scare for me and [Josh] Koscheck and Cain [Velasquez],” said Fitch. “I guess Cain Velasquez wouldn’t sign under his contract and they we’re saying that after his fight he was done and they weren’t going to re-up his contract. I think the same thing goes for Koscheck. I think they would drop him right now too, if he wasn’t fighting on the 10th, if he wasn’t headlining that show –- so they can’t drop him.”

Koscheck faces Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC “Fight for the Troops” on Dec. 10 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.

Fitch had won eight straight fights before dropping a gutsy decision to St. Pierre. His undefeated run tied Royce Gracie’s for the most consecutive wins in the UFC.

With his dismissal, Fitch said he will likely lose 75-80 percent of his sponsorship monies. Earlier this year, Fitch and other AKA fighters were asked by the UFC to sign a separate merchandising agreement in perpetuity. Many of the squad declined the offer.

“I never wanted anything more than to fight in the UFC and be a UFC champ,” said Fitch. “I put in a lot of blood and guts and sweat and tears into this and this is my reward I guess.”
Damn if that's true...

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When I see my opponent, I begin shaking uncontrollably, and once he hits me, I think to myself, You just hit Wanderlei Silva, how dare you hit Wanderlei Silva, and then I try to kill him. Wanderlei

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Old 11-20-2008, 01:29 AM   #2
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Crazy.. He is gonna throw away his entire career for a f'n video game??

Really??

He was ranked number 2 behind GSP in the latest WAMMA rankings also..
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Old 11-20-2008, 01:33 AM   #3
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Old 11-20-2008, 01:34 AM   #4
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There's no future in those..
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Old 11-20-2008, 01:41 AM   #5
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Yeah, but he can probably get a pretty good pay check there for at least a couple of shows...
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Old 11-20-2008, 07:03 AM   #6
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Hope they don't cut Cain...
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I don't get why it has to be a lifetime agreement for the video games. Why not just tie it in to fight deals? If a guy has gone to another company, then they won't want to use his likeness anyway.

That is harsh against a fucking sound fighter.
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Old 11-20-2008, 09:12 AM   #8
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Old 12-03-2008, 10:25 PM   #9
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Old 12-04-2008, 02:33 AM   #10
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Crazy.. He is gonna throw away his entire career for a f'n video game??

Really??

He was ranked number 2 behind GSP in the latest WAMMA rankings also..
Are you seriously siding with the UFC on this???
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Fitch sold out and is back in the UFC anyway so whatever
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Old 12-04-2008, 05:20 AM   #13
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Why didn't WWE think of this? The TNA game would barely have a roster

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I don't get why it has to be a lifetime agreement for the video games. Why not just tie it in to fight deals? If a guy has gone to another company, then they won't want to use his likeness anyway.

That is harsh against a fucking sound fighter.
No, but it would stop, another MMA game having him, making the other game worthless if a lot of their fighters are unable to be used in a game, because they signed a UFC deal.
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Are you seriously siding with the UFC on this???
You really surprised?
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Old 12-04-2008, 11:38 AM   #15
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Why didn't WWE think of this? The TNA game would barely have a roster
beacause this is shady as hell
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You really surprised?
I dunno.... That statement he made was the most rediculous thing I ever heard.
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beacause this is shady as hell
The fighters could have easily banded together and not signed it if they cared that much and then UFC would have had to back down, because they would have no fighters otherwise.

Obviously most of them are not bothered.
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Dana White comes of as such a douche in every interview I see of his.

Love the product but I just get the feeling that sooner or later his attitude is really going to hurt his product.
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The fighters could have easily banded together and not signed it if they cared that much and then UFC would have had to back down, because they would have no fighters otherwise.

Obviously most of them are not bothered.
Most of them weren't bothered because they know the contract doesn't mean shit. There isn't a court in the land that would hold it up. Might as well sign it now and argue later.
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