UFC Releases Nakamura

By: Selina "Dead" Wong Posted On: July 2, 2008 at 4:23am

PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-8) has been released from his UFC contract, according to the current print edition of The Wrestling Observer.

Nakamura lost his last three fights, including both he fought in the UFC: he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Fighters.com’s second-ranked light heavyweight “The Dragon” Lyoto Machida (13-0) in September, and was TKO’d in the first round by seventh-ranked “African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-2) in May.

Between the two losses he was fined and suspended by the California State Athletic Commission for marijuana use.

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