UFC 73 Fight Changed; Big UFC Fighter To Leave The Company?

By Matt Boone on May 18, 2007 at 3:45 PM EST

CREDIT: MMANEWS.COM

There is a change to the July 7th UFC 73 "Stacked" card. Jeff Joslin is out with an injury and will be replaced by Drew Fickett to take on Ultimate Fighter season four runner up Chris Lytle.

The following is an excerpt from a recent interview with Chris Leben from an MMA website: "I hate to say it, but I'm counting the days on my contract … because then I'm going to be able to cash in with this contract because I signed a contract on the show [The Ultimate Fighter]. I just got a raise. I'm up to like $10,000 and $10,000 now after like 8 fights in the UFC. There's going to be people that want to pay me a lot more money and hopefully the UFC will realize how great I've been for them and step up to the plate. And if they do, I'll stay with the UFC, obviously. But if they don't, I'll go fight in ICON Sport and make some money and bring some attention to that show."

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