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Robert Whiteford Devastated By His UFC Release

May 25, 2016 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Robert Whiteford spoke about his reaction to being released b the UFC over the weekend. Here are highlights:

On if he was surprised by the release: “Very surprised, but are you ever surprised with anything UFC does these days? Not really. But really, they do strange things, day in, day out, whether it’s for good or for bad. You take everything with a pinch of salt with the UFC. That’s the way I look at it.”

On how he feels about being cut: “Obviously I’m f–king devastated. My dream was to always fight in the UFC and I managed to do that. God knows how I done it, but I done it. It was one of the best feelings of my life. It’s never been a money thing for me, fighting in the UFC or fighting, in general. I’m just glad that I got fulfill the dreams I had and I can take those memories with me. No one can ever take them away.”

On if he’ll keep fighting: “There’s not one doubt in my mind I could put together another couple of wins and get back in that UFC Scotland card, but you know what? As I said, I’ll be 34 years old next year. To go another year without making money and fighting for nothing just to get back to where I’ve just been from, the UFC was f–king great to me. I had a great time, great spirits, great memories, but it’s not giving me money to retire on based on the work I had. I just busted my ass off to get all the way there, then to get there next year again for it to just happen again. It doesn’t last forever. Everybody gets caught or retires at some point. As I say, I’m going to be 34 next year. That’s the options I’m looking at. When do you choose to call it a day? When do you choose to switch it off? If I don’t switch it off, I’m going to fighting all my days. I’m a born fighter. Would you ever be happy walking away from everything, saying ‘I’m done fighting’? Never. It’s never been my mindset to think, ‘Enough of this fighting’. At some point, you’ve got to call it a day.”

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