Getting the boot from UFC is punishment enough. How many people would love to have the talent to fight at that level?

Ultimate Fighting Championship
In Koppenhaver's official UFC debut, he defeated Jared Rollins in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale via KO at 2:01 of the third round. Koppenhaver and Rollins both received $25,000 due to winning fight of the night honors and Koppenhaver winning knockout of the night. His last UFC fight was at UFC 84 against Yoshiyuki Yoshida which he lost via submission in the first round.[11]

He was released from the UFC after comments made about the death of Evan Tanner and for rejecting a fight offered by UFC matchmaker Joe Silva. War Machine posted on his Myspace that he believed that Tanner had gone to the desert to kill himself after he realized his career might have been over and had basically made no money during it. Medical examiners proved that Tanner's death was not a suicide but War Machine stood by his statements.[12]