{"id":278993,"date":"2018-06-20T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T00:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278993"},"modified":"2018-06-20T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T00:10:44","slug":"report-former-heavyweight-champion-josh-barnett-released-by-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/josh-barnett\/report-former-heavyweight-champion-josh-barnett-released-by-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Former heavyweight champion, Josh Barnett released by the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/josh-barnett\/josh-barnetts-recent-usada-case-has-been-reprimanded-i-proved-my-innocence\/\">After recently having his USADA suspension reprimanded<\/a>, former UFC heavyweight champ, Josh Barnett is now moving on from the organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/06\/ufc-releases-josh-barnett-after-five-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie&#8217;s Steven Marrocco<\/a>\u00a0is reporting that Barnett has been released from the UFC making him free to explore other options.<\/p>\n<p>Now at age 40 and having not fought since September 2016, who knows what could be next for the once youngest champion in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett made his UFC debut in 2000 and went 4-1 with the company and earning a world title with a win over Randy Couture before he left for Pride FC. Barnett had a successful run in the Japan-based organization as he only lost to the likes of the legends, Mirko Cro Cop and Antonio Rodrigo &#8216;Minotauro&#8217; Nogueira.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Warmaster&#8217; would fight in various promotions after that including Strikeforce where he only suffered defeat to current UFC light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>It was after this that Barnett would find his way back into the UFC as Strikeforce would be bought out by the formerly Zuffa owned powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Going 3-2 in his second and likely final stint in the UFC, Barnett capped things off with a submission win over a fellow former champion in Andrei Arlovski. The win makes him the only man to have ever submitted the Belarussian.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett still has his interest in competing in the cage and the obvious choice for his likely landing spot is Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>Bellator&#8217;s president, Scott Coker, and Josh Barnett are familiar with each other from the Strikeforce days where Coker was also the man in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Currently in the middle of their heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, it would be a bit silly to think that Bellator wouldn&#8217;t like to have someone of Barnett&#8217;s caliber contesting for an alternate spot. We&#8217;ll just have to wait and see how things shake out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 6\/20\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After recently having his USADA suspension reprimanded, former UFC heavyweight champ, Josh Barnett is now moving on from the organization. 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Now at age 40 and having not fought since September 2016, who knows what could be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":278997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10101],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report | Former heavyweight champion, Josh Barnett released by the UFC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After recently having his USADA suspension reprimanded, former UFC heavyweight champ, Josh Barnett is now moving on from the organization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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