Charlie Brenneman cut by the UFC
Posted on October 2, 2012, 03:52 PM by Mike Drahota
Charlie Brenneman has had a bit of an up-and-down career in the UFC, having gone 4-4 with an impressive win over Rick Story to his credit. However, his last two losses have come at the expense of brutal finishes, and then tends to not bode well with the UFC brass. So not well that Brenneman has been informed of his release from the UFC. He detailed the occurrence in an interview with BloodyElbow.com:
“Basically, I realized after my last fight that I wasn't in a good situation. A week had passed, and yesterday I got a call from my manager/trainer, Mike Constantino. He just said it as succinctly as possible, which is how I prefer it, 'It's not good, you're cut.' There's nothing really to say. I kind of made my own bed, and I hope to get another chance. I lost to Kyle Noke , and when someone says, 'You got caught early', I have to counter that by saying that I shouldn't have left him the opening to hit me. That's just the way it goes.”
Brenneman has always been a gritty fighter and outspoken as well, using Twitter to express his strongly-held beliefs. This grit shows true in his release as he seems rather cut-and-dry about the matter. He holds no one responsible for his release other than himself, and will look to claw his way back towards another tenure with the UFC:
“I'm not closing the book on anything. The UFC is where I want to be, and it's where I will be again. I give up a lot to fight. I don't live with my wife. I live in New Jersey so I can devote myself to training, when all my family lives in Pennsylvania. It's not a question of drive and passion. I have plenty of that. When that drive naturally expires, then I'll think about stopping.”
Sometimes, apparently, devoting yourself to the sport is just not enough. It appears that Brenneman has the drive to succeed and make more of a name for himself within the world of MMA. Will he ever find himself in the Octagon again?
Photo: CombatLifestyle.com
Comments
What???? I'm pissed, my favorite fighter is done. I'm done with the Ufc, shame on you Dana.
Remember when he beat Rick Story and half the MMA population thought he was a threat in the welterweight division?
Not a fan, never liked the guy, plus the lay and pray artist, with no stand up is not the type of fighter I like.
Yeah agree i glad hes not in the UFC anymore , we don't need any LnP guys , im not even going to say fighter because he's not.
while i like that the ground game is part of MMA
wrestling is not a Martial Art and is not fighting either when you just use that wrestling you got to mix it up to make it effective instead of just waiting the round to end while you are on top
@purinho - So you prob are not a fan of GSP either... I hear ya.
Best of luck in all you do Charlie.
Saw that one coming. He definitely needs some time in the minor leagues to work on his stand up game. Best of luck Charlie
Seems like a nice guy but he has only one win over someone who hasn't been cut from the UFC and in all of his losses he has been destroyed.
Also one of the biggest lay and prayers in the UFC, I have seen him attempt to finish once or twice but that's it in UFC career.
Ahwell hope the guy gets better and comes back strong, with his good scrambles and great wrestling he has some potential.
who?
Wow - Dictator Dana is at it again. There is nothing I hate more than seeing fighters get cut after a few losses in the UFC. Yeah, yeah, yea, it's the nature of the business, I understand that, but It can sometimes be an overreaction on Dana's part.
He's 4-4 in the UFC, and 1-3 in his last 4. This one isn't an overreaction.
Anderson Silva was cut from pride with something like a 2-2 record, this isnt a Dana White specific thing.
What are you talking about??? This is what I call nonsense.
I got your point, HB, but I've seen fighters get cut for no reason in the UFC. Although I'm not a fan of lay-n-pray artists/wrestlers, Dana could have given him another shot.
I think he probably deserved one more fight, especially considering Dan Hardy lost 4 in a row in the same division and is still hanging in there... It's not very consistent on the part of the UFC... but we all know how Dana feels about exciting fights...
He did, against Noke. We saw what just happened
Strange, so UFC want fighters to "leave it in the octagon" and got in there a bang it out yet they cut someone for putting it all on the line and getting the short end of the stick?
This kind of policy is exactly what will make fighters fight safe.
How is lying on someone for 15 minutes and barely doing any damage "putting it all on the line"? The UFC likes guys who even ATTEMPT to finish fights.
damn hey may not be FOTN caliber but still worthy of ufc competition lossses to anthony johnson, currrent 205er, johny hendrcks- arguably #2 in the world after 12 sec KO of jon fitch and a win over my favorite fighter koscheck, erick silva-a ****ing beast (not ready for jon fitch IMO) and in his last fight the stoppage was a bit controversial. thats a lot of stumbles but i think he can still beat most WWs
His boring wrestling fighting style put me to sleep. Wish they cut more guys like this.
**** you guys. I liked him very much. And the stopadge was bad.... **** you guys.
couldn't care less.
just one less boring wrestler with no other skills out of the big leagues. need more martial artists or even wrestlers that GnP/go for submissions
Why don't they just ship him to SF?