After suffering a knockout loss to Brad Tavares on Saturday at UFC 125, Phil Baroni has been released by the UFC.
News of Baroni’s release was first reported by Versus.com late Monday. After his loss on Saturday, Baroni told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that he expected the UFC would cut him. The loss was his second straight in the UFC since returning to the promotion in late 2009 and his third straight overall.