{"id":173649,"date":"2015-10-28T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T18:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=173649"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:36:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:36:22","slug":"ufc-fighters-react-to-latest-roster-cuts-with-more-rumored-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-fighters-react-to-latest-roster-cuts-with-more-rumored-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC fighters react to latest roster cuts with more rumored to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest roster of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/22-fighters-removed-from-ufc-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighters to be cut from the UFC<\/a> has had many in the elite MMA promotion on edge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/ufc-fighters-react-to-latest-round-of-cuts-everybody-starts-to-realize-theyre-not-safe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a> caught up with several UFC fighters at UFC Fight Night in Dublin and got their thoughts on the latest shakeup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a stressful thing for us as fighters because we don\u2019t get paid a lot, especially the guys that are just coming up and don\u2019t have a name built up,\u201d welterweight Rory MacDonald said. \u201cThey\u2019re fighting for ($5,000 to show and $5,000 as a win bonus) sometimes, and they\u2019re getting cut, and they\u2019ve already quit their jobs because they pursued this UFC career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While MacDonald and other fighters who seem to be\u00a0at the top of their game have little to worry about, it looks like\u00a0the only way to let new fighters enter the promotion and show their skillset to make their way to the top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to win a gold belt and not lose my job,\u201d says Hawaiian fighter Max Holloway. \u201cIt\u2019s really a crazy feeling,\u201d Holloway said in regards to being on the fence of being cut. However, he uses that fear of being dropped from the UFC to his advantage in every fight he is in. \u201cI go with that feeling in every fight now, like I\u2019m a lion backed in a corner, you know? That\u2019s the only way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest roster of fighters to be cut from the UFC has had many in the elite MMA promotion on edge. 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