Over the course of the past month, UFC leaders have cut ties with a raft of fighters. And there’s no indication that won’t continue unabated.
Although there were no big shockers among the casualties, middleweight Nick Ring, bantamweight Johnny Bedford and featherweight Tom Niinimaki are some of those now left to fight for their keep in another promotion (or line of work).
All in, the UFC released more than a dozen fighters, but that doesn’t mean the bloodletting is over. It never is. With so many events and competitors involved, there’s a constant churn of winning and losing, meaning the roster is always in flux.
You know what that means: time to speculate. Here are seven fighters currently under UFC contract who might not be so for much longer. Rankings are first based on recent performance in the cage (three consecutive losses is a common threshold for release). Performance and pay also are factors, as is the depth of a given division.
Let’s get it on.