{"id":378632,"date":"2021-03-12T05:49:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=378632"},"modified":"2021-03-12T05:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:49:59","slug":"ufc-continues-roster-cuts-two-more-fighters-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-continues-roster-cuts-two-more-fighters-released\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC continues roster cuts, two more fighters released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has continued to make cuts to their roster with Jordan Espinosa and Shana Dobson both being released from the promotion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/3\/11\/22326079\/jordan-espinosa-and-shana-dobson-released-from-ufc-roster-following-recent-losses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Ultimate Fighting Championship has never been shy when it comes to releasing fighters from the roster and as we continue on through what has been a successful 2021 for the company thus far, it seems as if they aren&#8217;t slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa and Dobson, the two fights in question, both lost fights recently with Espinosa being beaten by Tim Elliott and Dobson dropping to 4-5 overall against Casey O&#8217;Neill.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 259: Tim Elliott Explains Mid-Fight Chatter With Jordan Espinosa: &#039;I Wanted To Hurt The Guy&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q_SqTuYUE6Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Espinosa release is particularly interesting given the mid-fight accusations by Elliott in which he suggested Jordan was a &#8220;woman-beater&#8221;. After the fight, Espinosa&#8217;s team <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tim-elliott-and-jordan-espinosas-team-address-woman-beater-accusations-from-ufc-259\/\">spoke about the accusations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not be commenting on Tim Elliott\u2019s accusations,\u201d Hamper said. \u201cIt is extremely unfortunate that an athlete who has no information of the situation is given a platform to recklessly slander another athlete with no credible information other than a (Facebook) message. It sets a dangerous precedent allowing this type of behavior to make headlines. Words matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are going to be many questions raised about the nature of both releases but as we saw with Alistair Overeem and Junior Dos Santos, it doesn&#8217;t matter who you are &#8211; if the UFC wants to cut you, they&#8217;re going to do it.<\/p>\n<p>This will obviously make room for a new crop of stars to emerge up through the ranks as we continue to see something of a youth movement in mixed martial arts. Whether or not that can extend beyond the next twelve months, though, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of Espinosa and Dobson being released? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has continued to make cuts to their roster with Jordan Espinosa and Shana Dobson both being released from the promotion, MMA Fighting reports. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has never been shy when it comes to releasing fighters from the roster and as we continue on through what has been a successful 2021 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":378637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39610],"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>UFC continues roster cuts, two more fighters released | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC has continued to make cuts to their roster with Jordan Espinosa and Shana Dobson both being released from the promotion.\" \/>\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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