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Inside the corner of Max Rohskopf before the
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Max
Rohskopf’s initial stint in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
was a brief one, as he was released from the Las Vegas-based
promotion following his loss to Austin
Hubbard at UFC on ESPN 11.
MMAFighting.com was first to report the news. Rohskopf accepted
the lightweight bout against Hubbard on one week’s notice and
visibly gassed out in the second round. After enduring a lopsided
beating in the frame Rohskopf asked his corner to call the fight,
but cornerman Robert
Drysdale endured some criticism for pushing his fighter to pull
through.
Ultimately, the contest was called off before the beginning of
Round 3, giving Rohskopf his first professional defeat. In the
aftermath, UFC president Dana White
defended Rohskopf’s decision to ask out of the bout.
“He’s got to get up tomorrow morning and look at himself in the
mirror and figure out who he is and what he wants to do,” White
said. “There is no shame in getting here and finding out you’re not
it. There’s no shame in that at all.
“You gave it a shot, it didn’t work out. Anybody who would try to
ridicule a kid like that, f—k you. Come try it. Come try and do
what he did tonight. Very few people can do it.”
Prior to his Octagon debut, the former North Carolina State
University wrestler accumulated a 5-0 record on the regional scene,
winning all of his bouts via submission inside of two rounds.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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