POST-UFC 214: ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was back in Anaheim, CA for the seventh time in promotional history last Saturday (July 29, 2017) with UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones II. It was an entertaining night of action that saw half the bouts end within the distance, and with the scraps now in our rear view, let us take a look at which of the day’s competitors we might no longer see going to work within the Octagon…
ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
Kailin Curran
Curran dropped a decision to Aleksandra Albu at a very entertaining scrap. She’s currently on a three-fight losing streak inside the Octagon, falling to 1-5 in the UFC. After the defeat, despite setting up a good effort and winning the next and final round of the fight, I think there’s a good chance that the promotion releases her from her contract, believing I thought she would certainly get released after her previous defeat. At this time, she’s at what we call”Jessica Eye territory,” so it would not totally be a shock to see her get a last chance to get a third time.
Josh Burkman
Burkman was knocked out in the first round of the bout against Colorado’s Drew Dober. The loss puts him on a four-fight losing streak in the UFC, the last two of which have come from first-round finish. He retired following his previous reduction, which had been a first-round, north-south choke submission against Michel Prazeres, leaving his gloves at the Octagon. But he changed his mind and returned to the Dober bout. Whether he retires for good or not, I think it’s reasonable to say that we have seen the last of Burkman inside the Octagon, and that I do not expect to see the Ultimate Fighter 2 veteran returning for a third stint with the advertising.
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