Jorge Gurgel Finally Leaves the UFC, Strikeforce Takes Him In
Saturday, November 29th, 2008For a while now, I’ve been wondering why the UFC keeps Jorge Gurgel around. He has seven fights with the UFC, 3 of them being wins, 4 losses. He’s never been able to finish a fight, all of his wins were via decision, and all of his fights with the exception of his loss to Cole Miller have gone to decision. Despite winning Fight of the Night, he’s simply not an exciting fighter and well, not impressive either. He’s suppose to be amazing with BJJ, yet he often doesn’t use it… It all doesn’t make sense.
So, after six years of boring UFC fans, Jorge Gurgel has received his release from the UFC and has been picked up by Strikeforce. In response to leaving the UFC, Gurgel states, “It’s very humiliating, and it’s a crushing of my childhood dream.”
