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Following a 10-fight stint in the UFC and a .500 winning percentage, veteran middleweight Jason MacDonald (21-12 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has been cut from the UFC.
His termination comes after a first-round TKO loss to Nate Quarry at UFC 97 last month.
It also comes just a couple weeks after the post-event press conference in which UFC President Dana White called MacDonald "awesome" and said "we want guys like Jason" in the UFC.
However, the UFC recently has trimmed its roster and cut dozens of fighters.
In today's edition of his sportsnet.ca column, MacDonald confirmed he received his walking papers
"I'm obviously very disappointed," MacDonald wrote. "But I'm not at all angry with the UFC. I'm well aware of the fact that I'm paid to perform. And the reality is three of the past four fights, I've lost."
MacDonald, a popular fighter with a strong fan following, stated that he's already spoken with UFC Vice President of Fighter Relations Joe Silva, who said a few more wins outside the organization could earn the Canadian fighter an invitation back into the world's top fight promotion. (Strikeforce is one organization in which MacDonald said he'd like to fight next.)
"The UFC has been great to me, and they've been great to deal with, so there are no hard feelings at all," MacDonald wrote. "I understand it's just the nature of the sport. Especially nowadays, with so many fighters, it's more important than ever to win fights."
MacDonald is just 1-3 in his past four fights (and 2-4 in his past six), which included a brutal first-round TKO loss to Quarry in his UFC 97 preliminary bout. MacDonald burst onto the UFC scene with wins over "The Ultimate Fighter" cast members Chris Leben and Ed Herman to earn the nickname "TUF Killer." He also defeated Rory Singer, Joe Doerksen and Jason Lambert during his two-and-a-half-year UFC stint.
Losses came to Rich Franklin, Yushin Okami, Demian Maia, Wilson Gouveia and Quarry, the majority of whom are or were considered top-10 fighters in the 185-pound division.
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