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The Travis Lutter Saga Continues...

by Ariel Helwani, MMARated.com

Travis Lutter. Say that name on any MMA forum and you're bound to strike a multitude of emotions from fans. Some hate him while others remain supportive. Some root for him to fail while others continue to pull for him. Some we're disappointed in his performance at UFC 83 while others are just ecstatic that the UFC has since released him...wait, what? The UFC released a former TUF winner after two losses in a row? Didn't Kendall Grove lose two in a row and is now headlining the TUF Finale in June? Yes and yes.

Now, granted, Lutter did fail to make weight in his title shot against Anderson Silva last June but I can't help but feel like the punishment didn't fit the crime. Maybe I'm wrong though...

Anyhow, MMARated Radio caught up with the much-maligned Lutter to get his side on how and why he was suddenly released:

* When did he find out?
* How did he find out?
* Has he talked to anyone in the UFC?
* Was he surprised he got released?
* What went wrong in the Franklin fight?
* Has he spoke to any other promotions (hint: they rhyme with DIEFL and Appliction)
* When he expects to fight next
* Which fighter would he like to fight next?

We also gave Lutter the forum to address anything else that was on his mind.

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Anonymous Posted April 29, 2008

I feel bad for the guy but seriously he sort of screwed things up for himself...I bet he goes to Affliction. IFL? No chance.

Anonymous Posted April 30, 2008

i don't feel bad at all... granted, he's a good ground fighter but i don't think he belongs in the UFC. 1) he failed to make weight for a HEAVILY promoted TITLE fight. if you can't do that with weeks/months of notice, you shouldn't be doing this as a career. 2) he did fairly well in the first round against Rich Franklin but looked completely outclassed, outgunned, and outmatched in the 2nd round of that same fight. he wasn't even fighting back less than halfway through the 2nd round which reflects his lack of conditioning. i'm not a fan of the guy, and don't have much respect for him as a fighter. he's done nothing to prove me wrong.

Anonymous Posted May 02, 2008

good guy and got a bad deal, ya know ya know ya know ya know ya know ya know ya know, ya know

Anonymous Posted May 03, 2008

great fighter,wish he could have done high altitude training or got with a pro to train him to condition himself properly. The fight skills are there, hell he was winning both of the fights he lost. He would be the Champ right now if he would just have not gased on Anderson. So much talent, he just needs to find the air.

Anonymous Posted May 03, 2008

Hey man... Forget all the noise - it takes a special breed of individual to lay it all on the line. Don't listen to all the couch-potato back-seat fighters. Travis has the heart of a champion - KEEP FIGHTING DUDE!!!!

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