Irreconcilable Differences: The UFC’s Most Bitter Fighter Breakups

The UFC burns bridges the way frat boys burn couches. They don’t just put the match to the fabric and walk away. No, they dance around them in circles as they burn. And when there’s nothing left to burn, they go out reeling out into the night, on the h…

The UFC burns bridges the way frat boys burn couches. They don’t just put the match to the fabric and walk away. No, they dance around them in circles as they burn. And when there’s nothing left to burn, they go out reeling out into the night, on the hunt for new material.

These 10 fighters suffered through some of the more bitter breakups from the UFC and found themselves in protracted wars of both word and deed. Though the UFC has a long track record of such behavior, so do several of these fighters. As the marriage-related cliche goes, it takes two to tango.

This slideshow covers fighters only. The list of media members, coaches, television networks and other UFC-aggrieved parties would make this a much longer slideshow.

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