A six-time UFC flyweight has been released from the roster.
Over the last few months, we’ve seen a number of once-bright prospects and veterans removed from the UFC roster such as Brad Tavares, the former contender who fought champions Israel Adesanya, Dricus du Plessis and Robert Whittaker.
The latest round of roster cuts took place in the men’s flyweight division (125lbs), the weight class with the second-lowest amount of male fighters (only behind heavyweight).
On Thursday, flyweight Jimmy Flick, the owner of the second flying triangle submission in UFC history, got the call he had lost his job.
Jimmy Flick says UFC release is ‘heartbreaking’
Flick recently fought and lost to Matt Schnell at UFC Kansas City by decision last month.
This wasn’t the final fight of his contract, Flick revealing he had two more fights left before he got his walking papers.
“I got the call yesterday that the UFC cut me,” Flick said on Facebook Live.
“It’s a hard pill to swallow. Being 2-4 in the UFC, I kinda understand it. Kinda sucks. I mean, I was hoping for maybe a ‘Fight of the Night’ performance, get a little more money, be able to open my gym…
“Unfortunately, I don’t get to finish out my contract with the last two fights and it’s heartbreaking,” Flick said.
“At 34 years old, I still feel I’m right there at the peak of where I could be. I felt like I was getting better every fight.”
Reflecting on his last fight against Schnell, Flick thought he won rounds 1 and 2, saying a submission attempt cost him. Flick is now a free agent and looks to fight again, hoping to fulfill his dream of opening his own gym.
“I don’t think I’m done yet,” the once-retired Flick said.
“I made one mistake and it cost me,” Flick said of his guillotine attempt on Schnell.
“I can redeem myself. I still plan on opening my gym. I got to make small steps for that to happen.”
Jimmy Flick fought talented flyweights to the finish
‘The Brick’ brought an exciting fighting style to the flyweight division, a kill-or-be-killed fighter who very rarely went the distance in his 26-fight pro career. Brick had a 100% finish rate from Contender Series, where he was signed in 2020, to his fourth fight in the UFC.
“Flick always had fun fights,” one fan wrote on Instagram.
“Always got exciting seeing his name on the card, always brought the heat, I’ll miss him,” another fan wrote of Flick’s UFC release.
Flick picked up the highlight of his career in his promotional debut when he submitted Cody Durden with one of the rarest submissions in UFC history: a flying triangle. Flick jumped guard from mid-air, sinking in $50,000 in performance bonuses.
The flying triangle was arguably the greatest submission of 2020, up there with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s triangle choke of Justin Gaethje.
Flick briefly retired after this win, coming back years later in 2023.
Flick fought some of the world’s best flyweights like perennial contender Schnell, Charles Johnson, Nate Maness and Alessandro Costa.
Flick’s second UFC win was an arm-triangle choke of Malcolm Gordon at UFC 297 in 2024. His seventh pro submission with the word ‘triangle’ in it (that we know of).