Joe Stevenson is a longtime UFC veteran and well-known as the winner of Season 2 of The Ultimate Fighter, but his job in the UFC is hanging by a thread after he lost his fourth straight fight on Sunday night.Stevenson lost a unanimous decision to Javier Vazquez, and he gave a lackluster effort in the process. The judges scored it 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for Vazquez, and it wasn't so much that Vazquez fought well as that Stevenson didn't fight well. For whatever reason, Stevenson just doesn't have it right now.
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After fighting for the lightweight title in 2008 and having an impressive two-fight winning streak as recently as 2009, everything has gone badly for Stevenson lately. Starting with a February 2010 loss to George Sotiropoulos, continuing with losses to Mac Danzig and Danny Castillo and now with the loss to Vazquez, he's dropped four in a row. It's very, very rare for the UFC not to release a fighter on a four-fight losing streak, and there's not much reason for an exception to be made for Stevenson.
Stevenson is 29 years old, which isn't ancient for a fighter -- it's still possible for him to turn things around and get back to fighting at a UFC level. But he clearly needs to shake things up in his training, and prove he can win a fight.
He'll get the opportunity to fight somewhere, but it's highly unlikely that it will be in the UFC.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/06/26/joe-stevenson-loses-to-javier-vazquez-may-lose-ufc-job/
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