actually they didn't .. Affliction offered them more money..
Dana was quoted as saying that he really wanted to resign the pitbull..
and that tim Silvia will always be welcomed back when his Affliction deal was over..
so much for rejetcs..
you can youtube as its on a espn radio interview..
if i find it ill posted for you
so much for the word rejects you guys have been using.
If that was the case of the term Rejects... Dana would of gotten Rid of Chuck Lidell a while back
as he has lost his last 5 fights with at least 4 by knockout
Remeber this Dana statement....
http://urdirt.com/2009/06/16/pot-shot-dana-white-on-tim-sylvia-returning-to-the-ufc-are-you-kidding-me/By Michael Pepper
UFC President, Dana White is so disgusted with the recent performances of former heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia, he is only going to allow a return to the roster if he is successful on a future season of “The Ultimate Fighter”.
Speaking this week following Sylvia’s nine second loss to Ray Mercer, White said:
“Are you kidding me, he seriously wants to return to the UFC? He hasn’t won a fight in years and when he did he usually put eveyone to sleep, the only time he’s in an exciting fight is when he’s getting his [expletive] ass handed to him.”
“Look, he just got beat by a near 50 year old in under 10 [expletive] seconds, how do you expect to be taken seriously after that? he just made MMA look like a complete joke. If he has any hopes of ending his career in (the) UFC he will have to go on TUF, there’s no other way he’s getting in.”
Sylvia is having the worst week of his career following the loss to Mercer. He was also cut from the Affliction: Trilogy card on August 1st where he was set to face Paul Buentello.
And Chuck puts asses in seats and win or lose puts on good fights. No comparison. Regardless Sylvia and Arvloski suck. That is fact.