UFC cuts Jon Fitch, and 15 others!

Dana White confirmed today with Ariel Helwani at http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/2/20/4009518/jon-fitch-among-16-fighters-released-from-ufc-on-tuesday the release of 16 fighters, including Jacob Volkmann, who released the information himself yesterday.

There were a number of notable names on the list, none bigger than Jon Fitch, coming off his loss to Demian Maia.  Others were Wagner Prado, Mike Russow, Vladimir Matyushenko, Che Mills, Jay Hieron, Terry Etim, Paul Sass, Jorge Santiago, Mike Stumpf, Simeon Thoresen, C.J. Keith, Motonobu Tezuka, Ulysses Gomez and Josh Grispi.