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Dana White: UFC released Josh Thomson

Bellator officially announced Tuesday evening that it had inked Josh Thomson to a new multi-fight contract.

In a press release to announce the move, Thomson appeared to take exception with MMAFighting.com's original report, which stated the UFC decided against offering him a new contract following his loss to Tony Ferguson last month.

MMAFighting.com obtained an e-mail, entitled "Josh Thomson offer," sent from Thomson's manager Bob Cook to UFC matchmaker Joe Silva on Aug. 10, which backs up this report.

"I know you said it wasn't necessary," Cook wrote in the e-mail, "but here's the offer for Thomson[.