{"id":314661,"date":"2019-05-26T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314661"},"modified":"2019-05-26T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T13:28:32","slug":"justin-willis-denies-being-released-from-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-willis-denies-being-released-from-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Willis denies being released from the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-cuts-heavyweight-justin-willis\/\">reports surfaced<\/a> suggesting that UFC heavyweight contender Justin Willis had been released from the promotion. The reason, it was reported, is that Willis turned down a UFC San Antonio fight with Walt Harris because he would not be able to make the division&#8217;s 265-pound limit by that point. This apparently rubbed the UFC the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justin Willis himself, however, he has not parted ways with the UFC. He&#8217;s calling this a big miscommunication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a big miscommunication and a technical difficulty between me and the UFC,\u201d Willis told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/05\/ufc-releases-justin-willis-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ll put it like that. But everything has been worked out, and you will have a fight in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willis added that he might have accepted a fight at UFC San Antonio had the UFC offered him a bigger name than Walt Harris. Whatever the case, he says that, despite this miscommunication, he&#8217;ll be back in the cage soon. Perhaps as soon as August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was August, or he had a bigger name \u2026 just because you want something doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re going to get it,\u201d Willis said. \u201cI\u2019m after people with bigger names.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin Willis has made his fair share of enemies in the UFC heavyweight division, most notably Curtis Blaydes, Tai Tuivasa and Andrei Arlovski. All of these men would seem to be happy to learn he&#8217;d received his walking papers, but Willis isn&#8217;t concerned with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal is to be quicker, faster and prettier,\u201d Willis said. \u201cWhen I come back, I\u2019m coming back with a vengeance. Picasso didn\u2019t rush his art, and I\u2019m not going to let these (expletive) boys rush \u2018Big Pretty\u2019s\u2019 art. 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