UFC heavyweight Justin “Big Pretty” Willis has been released from his contract.
Aaron Bronsteter of TSN first reported the news on Friday, citing a company official. Willis disappeared from the UFC rankings earlier this month, which raised alarm bells over his future. It now seems he is a free agent and will be able to fight elsewhere.
However, Willis told MMAjunkie that he’s not been released, and that this is apparently all a misunderstanding.
“It was a big miscommunication and a technical difficulty between me and the UFC,” Willis said. “I’ll put it like that.