[bears9]

Oft-injured middleweight Dave Terrell (6-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), once considered the future of the UFC’s middleweight division, has been released by the organization.

The news comes from GracieFighter.com.

The 30-year-old Terrell, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Cesar Gracie, splashed onto the UFC scene with a 24-second knockout of heavily favored Matt Lindland at UFC 49. After a six-month layoff due to reoccurring injuries, he then suffered a TKO in a title fight with then-champ Evan Tanner but rebounded for a first-round submission of Scott Smith in April 2006.

However, that’s the last time Terrell has competed profesionally — but not for a lack of trying.

The UFC scheduled Terrell for a variety of fights, but illness and injury took a toll. Terrell pulled out of a UFC 62 fight with Yushin Okami due to a sinus infection, a UFC 66 fight with Okami due to an elbow injury, and just recently a UFC 78 fight with Ed Herman because of an ankle injury.

Dave Terrell Released from UFC Contract -- MMAjunkie.com

[Lefty Noob]

Sounds like the guy's downright fragile. No surprise that he was released.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Sounds like the guy's downright fragile. No surprise that he was released.

Yep all this does is saves me and Empire the time of posting this:

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