Fired by UFC 119’s Matt Mitrione, agent Malki Kawa believes miscommunication to blame

MMA agent Malki Kawa believes a lack of communication led to an unfortunate public scene involving his former client, UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione.

Mitrione defeated Joey Beltran by unanimous decision at this past Saturday’s UFC 119 event and then …

MMA agent Malki Kawa believes a lack of communication led to an unfortunate public scene involving his former client, UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione.

Mitrione defeated Joey Beltran by unanimous decision at this past Saturday’s UFC 119 event and then made the highly unusual move of firing Kawa during his post-fight interview, which aired live on Spike TV.

And while Kawa is unhappy with his own performance leading up to the event, he today told MMAjunkie.com that the deck was stacked against him and that he’d like to clear the air with Mitrione.