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Charlie Brenneman cut by the UFC
Charlie Brenneman has had a bit of an up-and-down career in the UFC, having gone 4-4 with an impressive win over Rick Story to his credit. However, his last two losses have come at the expense of brutal finishes, and then tends to not bode well with the UFC brass. So not well that Brenneman has been informed of his release from the UFC. He detailed the occurrence in an interview with BloodyElbow.com:
“Basically, I realized after my last fight that I wasn’t in a good situation. A week had passed, and