Yvel got cut

Veteran Dutch heavyweight, Gilbert Yvel has this week been removed from the UFC’s roster after suffering a trio of defeats inside the octagon, the last of which being a first round TKO defeat at the hands of Jon Madsen at UFC 121 just last month.

Not exactly a surprise. The man never progressed or came to work in outstanding shape.

There will be dozens of others in the next few months.

imo he,baroni,kang and others wer brought in just based on their name and in some way as a stepping for some. Do keep in mind that it took barnett almost 3 rounds to put the same fighter away and to date is probably his best win in recent years

ok maybe not his best win but goes to show the level of comp josh has been fighting for some time

throwdownfight1 wrote:

ok maybe not his best win but goes to show the level of comp josh has been fighting for some time

and that relates to this topic in what way exactly?

killerofchicken wrote:

throwdownfight1 wrote:

ok maybe not his best win but goes to show the level of comp josh has been fighting for some time

and that relates to this topic in what way exactly?

Barnett beat Yvel. I guess that is the relevance here.

I suppose...

my bad, sorry. Stayin with the topic then, whos next to be cut

throwdownfight1 wrote:

my bad, sorry. Stayin with the topic then, whos next to be cut

lol, i was just messin around...

donty worry man any time we can bash josh barnett im all for it. fuck the topic

What a pointless signing, provide Dos Santos with a nice knockout win and then thrown in with two fat wrestlers.

Two good wrestlers

Yvel is a decent fighter, just lost to better guys, he was signed through the buyout of Affliction and coming off a win against Rizzo, UFC is just another level, a lot of guys find that out.

SQUIRRELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yvel already found that out by winning two fights in ten appearances in Pride and Affliction. No body expected him to last. I can't believe they gave him three chances.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/17/2642299/ufc-veteran-gilbert-yvel-won-his-light-heavyweight-debut-and-his
UFC veteran Gilbert Yvel won his light heavyweight debut, and his first fight since being released from the UFC against Damian Dantibo. This was on the same RFA card as Jens Pulver's brutal loss.

For comparison, Yvel weighed in at 249 lbs. during his last bout against Jon Madsen last year.



I watched the fight, it was nothing special but he looked shredded.

Holy shit. He looks in great shape, though he doesn't look 205lbs at all. I never would have thought he could make Light Heavyweight, but he looks like a middleweight right there.

At 205, Strikeforce here he comes. He'll be the kind of fighters fed to Mo or Larkin or whoever their next LHW champ will be while they build him up before moving them over to the UFC[url][/url]

Yvel fed to Larkin? I don't think so

Yvel doesn't win against the top guys man and Larkin is a top guy. Yvel doesn't have a good chin and couldn't deal with the speed. He is a good slugger and has size on his size so anything can happen, but if the better fighter prevailed, it would be Larkin via TKO.

Larkin is talented but let's be real: he looked pretty shitty in his last fight against some dude he was supposed to beat the brakes off of that I've never heard of before

Who was his last fight? I may have missed it. Under a rock kinda.

Nick Rossborough. It was all kinds of ugly

Well Yvel didn't look like a world beater in this fight either. He was mounted early on and the fight wasn't pretty. He did seem much larger then his opponent, but his performance was nothing anyone would be impressed by.