{"id":202691,"date":"2016-08-31T09:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202691"},"modified":"2016-08-31T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:21:03","slug":"shakeup-alert-apparently-joe-silva-leaving-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-silva\/shakeup-alert-apparently-joe-silva-leaving-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakeup Alert: Apparently Joe Silva is leaving the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though UFC matchmaker Joe Silva spends most of his time working behind the scenes, he&#8217;s one of the most important people in the entire organization. He is, after all, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/ufc-officially-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-tony-ferguson\/\">the man who handles matchmaking<\/a> for the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, and he&#8217;s been an incredible asset to the UFC for many, many years.<\/p>\n<p>Yet rumors are now beginning to suggest that Mr. Silva may be parting ways with the UFC. The first whispers of this surprising\u00a0departure came from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\">@TalkMMA on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\/status\/771001944475308032<\/p>\n<p>The same account later claimed to have confirmed this unfortunate news.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\/status\/771010560339091456<\/p>\n<p>And finally, the ever-reliable Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie.com also confirmed that he&#8217;s heard Silva will be leaving the UFC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Departure to come by the end of the year, I&#39;m told. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oMZ1VUP4je\">https:\/\/t.co\/oMZ1VUP4je<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeBohnMMA\/status\/771013071997243392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it seems as though the UFC&#8217;s oft-unheralded but undeniably talented matchmaker is ready to ride off into the MMA sunset. The question is: what will his departure mean for the UFC, and who could possibly replace him? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though UFC matchmaker Joe Silva spends most of his time working behind the scenes, he&#8217;s one of the most important people in the entire organization. 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