{"id":100533,"date":"2014-06-11T07:27:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T14:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=100533"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:03:55","slug":"ufc-releases-jason-high-for-shoving-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-releases-jason-high-for-shoving-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC releases Jason High for shoving referee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-fn-42-results-dos-anjos-drops-high-in-round-2-picks-up-tko-win\/jason-high\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100224\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100224\" title=\"Jason High\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jason-High.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jason-High.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jason-High-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Jason-High-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday night in New Mexico, UFC lightweight Jason High (18-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) made the mistake of shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his loss to Rafael Dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old was quick to acknowledge his mistake, apologizing for his actions\u00a0on twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIncredibly sorry &amp; embarrassed for the ref incident,\u201d <\/em>High tweeted afterwards.<em> \u201cWill never happen again.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently High&#8217;s apology wasn&#8217;t enough for UFC President Dana White, who told UFC.com that the figther would be cut. His words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;He\u2019s cut. I\u2019m going to cut him. I look at that the way Daley put his hands on his opponent after a fight was over. You don\u2019t ever, ever f&#8212;ing touch a referee, ever. You\u2019re done here. He\u2019s been apologizing on Twitter, but he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jason High went 3-0 while competing under the Strikeforce banner.\u00a0He lost his first fight with the UFC to Erick Silva by way of submission.\u00a0He then won\u00a0his next two bouts,\u00a0defeating opponents\u00a0James Head and Anthony Lapsley respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for all your MMA news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday night in New Mexico, UFC lightweight Jason High (18-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) made the mistake of shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his loss to Rafael Dos Anjos. 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