After speaking out on the UFC's new Reebok sponsorship deal that prohibits those employed by the organization to adorn sponsors apart from Reebok, legendary cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran has been released by the UFC.

"@daej81 [David A. Estrada] You will be the first to know that the UFC just let me go because I spoke out about the Reebok deal. Got to look for a new job!" Duran tweeted.

In a series of tweets, Duran addressed last week how he's lost income with the new Reebok deal.

"@InMyMMAOpinion Brother, I lost everything regarding sponsors from pay to a nice vest! Now, I have no fees and a generic vest," was among the tweets he responded to.

 He also spoke with John S. Nash of Bloody Elbow to expound on the subject.

"It's a solid shot. I got paid on a monthly basis so it definitely added up. I made really good money on that sponsorship so it's kind of a shocker to transition," Duran said when asked about cutpeople sponsorship money.

"This is what I do full time. I also do boxing and the pay scale is a little different there. The fighters pay you directly in boxing, where in MMA, it's the promoters that pay you to work the event instead of with the individual boxers. With boxers, especially when you're working for the top dogs, you make more so the sponsorship money was nice to have [in MMA]. So I might have to start looking more at boxers again," he added.

Nash points to the action-packed UFC 189, where the superb action led to a lot of damage to the fighters, as an example of how important seasoned cutpeople are to he sport, with none of the fights prematurely stopped due to cuts despite the bloody action.

It was also something Duran also alluded to in his interview with Nash when asked if the lack of sponsorship money could affect the quality of cutpeople in the UFC.

"That was a question that was asked me by someone from the UFC Saturday night [UFC189] and my answer was yes. And that means you have elite level fighters and you'll have young, inexperienced guys working as their cutmen. Fans and fighters are starting to realize what we do is pretty important. Look at the fights at UFC 189. Less experienced people aren't going to be able to do what we did that night."

When contacted by MMAJunkie, UFC officials declined to comment on Duran's employment status.