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Matt Riddle: 'I'm the only fighter ever fired for marijuana'

Matt Riddle is now a professional wrestler, and recently offered up a questionable recounting of his UFC departure.

Matt Riddle was a welterweight with a lot of promise. The TUF 7 contestant made his UFC debut at just 22 back in 2008, going a respectable 6-3 before running into some trouble with drug testing. Two of his next three fights ended up being flipped to No Contests due to Riddle's positive tests for marijuana, and after the second one the UFC elected to release him from the company.

It's been a while now, and Riddle has been vocal about his dislike for the way he was treated.