And Now He’s Fired: Charlie Brenneman Axed by the UFC After Back-to-Back Losses
(Noke had carefully selected his training partners to mimic how Brenneman would look on fight night. / Photo via neurovisual) In…
(Noke had carefully selected his training partners to mimic how Brenneman would look on fight night. / Photo via neurovisual) In…
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
For a brief moment Charlie Brenneman was on top of the world. He had stepped in as a late replacement for Nate Marquardt and stopped the surging Rick Story in front of , what could be considered a home town crowd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The victory moved him up the welterweight rankings, earning him a bout against Anthony Johnson on October 1 of last year. That fight did not go as planned, with Brenneman tasted defeat via a first round head kick knockout.
Brenneman will get a chance at
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This fight was originally supposed to be the co-main event of the evening but was promoted to the main event. Many fans were expecting a K-1 kickboxing match but with MMA gloves and that was exactly what happened. There were moments when you thought the fight was going to end and Pat Barry would have his hand raised in victory, but it turned into one of the greatest comebacks in MMA history. When Cheick Kongo seemed to be down and out after being rocked by Barry, he comes back
UFC Fight Night 35 is underway and the early prelims are in the books. First up was a Lightweight scrap between Charlie Brenneman and Beneil Dariush….
UFC on FX 3, which is headlined by the flyweight tournament rematch between Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall, and the welterweight bout between Charlie Brenneman and Erick Silva, airs live on FX from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. Fans can watch FUEL TV for six televised preliminary bouts at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT, and fans of the UFC on Facebook can see two more bouts at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT.
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