{"id":159844,"date":"2015-08-10T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=159844"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:22:32","slug":"stitch-speaks-out-and-has-a-message-for-his-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/stitch-speaks-out-and-has-a-message-for-his-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stitch&#8221; speaks out and has a message for his fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156448\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch.png\" alt=\"Stitch\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stitch-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As expected, cutman extraordinaire Jacob &#8220;Stitch&#8221; Duran has found life outside of the UFC since being <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/longtime-cutman-stitch-duran-fired-from-the-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released from the promotion<\/a> in July. &#8220;Stitch&#8221; took it upon himself to speak up for the men and women who patch up UFC&#8217;s fighters by pointing out that he has lost all of his sponsors since the Reebok deal started.<\/p>\n<p>UFC did not like that &#8220;Stitch&#8221; had to say and punished him in the form of a release of his duties. It didn&#8217;t take long for &#8220;Stitch&#8221; to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/goodbye-ufc-hello-wsof-stitch-duran-lands-new-gig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appear at a World Series of Fighting event<\/a> and now, he has a message for his fans who supported him along the way:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I want to thank the 1000s of fans, media, trainers and fighters for your strong support after I was released by the UFC. Love my new role!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob Stitch Duran (@StitchDuran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StitchDuran\/status\/630471828301963264\">August 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How do you think both parties handled the situation? Should UFC have fired &#8220;Stitch&#8221;? Could &#8220;Stitch&#8221; have taken a different approach to speaking out? 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