Lutter Cut from UFC
It has officially gone from bad to worse for The Ultimate Fighter 4 middleweight champion Travis Lutter. A week after being unable to submit Rich Franklin with an arm bar and eventually being stopped in the second round, Lutter has been released from his UFC contract.
He announced the departure on his MySpace page, saying that his manager had been informed of the decision in a phone message left by Joe Silva.
The 34 year old sports a 9-5 career record, with four of his losses coming in the octagon.
He earned a shot at Anderson Silva’s middleweight title after claiming the aforementioned TUF championship with a first round submission victory over Canadian Patrick Cote.
In a moment that may ultimately define his career, he was unable to make weight the 185 pound limit and wound up suffering a second round submission loss to Silva in a non-title match.
Lutter will join a gluttony of other fighters (most recently Kalib Starnes) that will be seeking new employment as the UFC continues to purge its roster.
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