Todd Duffee knew what might be coming, but when word finally reached him that the world's biggest mixed-martial-arts promotion no longer needs his services, the heavyweight didn't know exactly how to react. After just two fights in the UFC, Duffee's time in the octagon is over.
"I've had every emotion there is to have," Duffee told MMAjunkie.com in an exclusive interview. "Right now, I'm just kind of numb."
"I don't know what happened. I first heard from my manager, Alex Davis, about a week ago that I might get cut. I have some friends that fight for other organizations, and they actually told me they had heard a rumor that I was about to be released, too."
"On Tuesday, I got the confirmation email saying I had been cut because I lost my last fight."
"Emotionally, I'm hurt. I'm hurt more than anything because I don't know why. As a man, you just want to hear why so you can understand."
"They had talked about me fighting Madsen. I asked if I could get some time."
"I had a knee injury going into the Russow fight. I'm not making any excuses because I lost that fight, and all props to Mike, but I definitely feel like it affected my gameplan and my mentality going into the fight. I didn't want that to happen again with Madsen. I wanted to be able to go out there and fight to my full potential instead of just boxing, basically. I asked for more time, and as far as I knew, they had granted it to me."
"Maybe I rattle off three more wins real quick, and the UFC changes their mind and decides to re-sign me.
"I know the UFC is running a business, and they're going to do what's best for them at the end of the day. I'm not going to harbor any hard feelings or anything like that. I'm just going to roll with punches. It's been a year of a lot of tough losses, but I think you grow from that. It's been a good run of bad luck. I'm just trying to stay positive and learn from these life experiences."
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