UFC Fans, Starnes is out..
 

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Monday, Apr 21, 2008 2:20 pm EDT
UFC cuts Starnes after disgraceful performance

By Kevin Iole

It was a great night for mixed martial arts on Saturday in Montreal, as an enthusiastic sellout crowd of 21,390 packed the Bell Centre to watch hometown hero Georges St. Pierre reclaim the UFC welterweight title from Matt Serra at UFC 83.

It wasn't such a good night, though, for Kalib Starnes, who spent most of the evening running from Nate Quarry in their middleweight bout. A native of Surrey, B.C., Starnes was booed heavily by the Canadian crowd that had been boisterous in its support of all the other Canadians on the card.

After losing a unanimous decision on scores of 30-26, 30-27, and an unheard-of 30-24, Starnes received even worse news: He was cut from his contract by UFC president Dana White.

"He just doesn?t belong in the UFC and after his performance the other night, he should consider a new line of work," White said Monday.

Quarry pressed the action the entire fight as Starnes simply circled and refused to engage. Late in the third round, Quarry pretended to run like he was a track star in trying to find a way to get Starnes to fight.

After the bout, members of Quarry's corner were complaining to Starnes about his lack of activity. Starnes shouted an expletive at one member of Quarry's team, called him a derogatory term for homosexuals and challenged him to a fight.

Starnes couldn't be reached for comment about his performance, but Quarry expressed disappointment with Starnes' lack of effort.

A one-time contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, Starnes was 8-2 going into the bout and had had quality victories over Chris Leben and Jason MacDonald.

"I think if you're fighting in the UFC, you've got to come to fight," Quarry told UFC.com in a post-fight interview. "I would much rather get knocked out than lose a decision running backwards. No disrespect to Kalib. I know the stress really gets to you. A lot of guys, they focus on not wanting to lose instead of wanting to win. I didn't mean to disrespect him in any way. I just got frustrated because you can't fight when somebody's moving backward that fast."

I JUST posted this in the other thread, so i'll throw my :2 cents: on the situation here too...

I can't say that ANYONE is amazed that Dana decided to cut Starnes' contract. that shit was just embarassing.

Quarry is top notch for not verbally destroying him

:upsidedow

what else is there to say after this?

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Starnes looked horrible, but even more perplexing is figuring out how he beat Leban.

Leban is also a useless fuck in my opinion. Definiteily overly hyped as far I'm concerned. At least he stands up and fights though.

http://kalibstarnessucks.ytmnd.com/

good to see ytmnd still shits our something funny every now and then....

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I've seen guys with broken hands fight way harder than he did :/

i've seen drunks who couldn't get up off the floor put up more fight than him...

:thumbsup

:1orglaugh

Yeah i'll agree with you on that, he's not skilled but is tough as nails.

Dana did him a favor, he has no place fighting pros

Rumour has it Starnes did it deliberatly to piss off Dana White, since it was his last fight under contract.

Who knows, he's supposed to make a statement later in the week...

Ya, I've read this on a few mma forums now. There are rumours floating around that he walked the whole fight off intentionally to piss Dana off, over some dispute he was having with the UFC not paying his medical bills.

Fuck him either way, I hope it destroys his career, which it likely will. There's alot of talk about EliteXC or somebody picking him up, but really, why the fuck would you want to pick a guy who pulls stunts like this up under contract?

I really do hope this is the end of his professional fighting career...

I was in the bell center, what a good end to that fight thought. Querry put the crowd on fire for the rest of the night with that performance.

your still in MTL?

I sat that there and couldn't believe what I was seeing with that match... What a disappointment and he deserved to be cut

Never too far from it