16 + 84 = 100

So 16 are out. 84 more to come.

Who do you think should be out, who should not be out? Use any thought process or methodology you want.





Going strictly off of the UFC website so some of these guys are probably retired or already cut.

HW (28 fighters listed)
Out
Christian Morecraft
Dave Herman
Geronimo dos Santos
Ednaldo Oliveira
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Mike Russow

Light Heavyweight (41 fighters listed)
Out
Krzysztof Soszynski
Igor Pokrajac
Anthony Perosh
Fabio Maldonado
Joey Beltran
Stephan Bonnar
Roger Hollett
Kyle Kingsbury
Borderline
OSP
Gian Villante
Ildemar Alcantara
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Wagner Prado
Vladimir Matyushenko

Middleweight (53 fighters listed)
Out
Ed Herman
Jared Hamman
Loser of Riki Fukida vs Brad Tavares - * 3-2-2013 Brad Tavarez beats Riki Fukida by UD.
Cezar Ferreira
Tom DeBlass
Tim Credeur
Magnus Cedenblad
Luiz Cane
Tom Lawlor
Chris Leben
Jason MacDonald
Caio Magalhaes
Loser of Josh Neer vs Court McGee - *2-23-2013 McGee wins by UD
Buddy Roberts
Loser of Yoel Romero vs Clifford Starks
Alessio Sakara
Sean Spencer
Karlos Vemola
Borderline
CB Dollaway - cut though
Andrew Craig
Daniel Sarafian - he should fight at 170
Actually Cut
3-19-2013
Riki Fukida

Welterweight (77 fighters listed)
Out
Chris Clements
Loser of Nick Catone vs James Head
Loser of Nah-Shon Burrell vs Yuri Villefort - *2-23-2013 Burrell wins UD in a good fight but was 6 pounds overweight.
Lance Benoist
Loser of Papy Abedi vs Basam Yousef
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Loser of Kenny Robertson vs Brock Jardine - *2-23-2013 Robertson knee-bars Jardine in the first round.
Duane Ludwig
Loser of Hyun Gyu Lim vs Marcelo Guimares - * 2-3-2013 Hyun Gyu Lim knocked out Marcelo Guimares in the 2nd round
Loser of Jon Manley vs Neil Magny - *2-23-2013 Neil Magney wins UD.
John Maguire
Manuel Rodriguez
Loser of Amir Sadollah vs Stephen Thompson
Bradley Scott
Keith Wisniewski
Borderline
Justin Edwards
Patrick Cote if he losses to Volker
Matt Riddle at all times
Seth Baczynski
Robbie Lawler if he losses to Koscheck - *2-23-2013 Lawler KO's Koscheck in the 1st
Dan Miller if he loses to Jordan Mein
Davit Mitchell
Mike Swick
Paulo Thiago
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Che Mills
John Fitch
Jay Hieron
Jorge Santiago
Mike Stumpf
Simeon Thoresen

Lightweight (81 fighters listed)
Out
Loser of Mike Ricci vs Colin Fletcher
Fabricio Camoes
Christiano Marcello - * 3-2-2013 Lost by UD to Kazuki Tukudome.
Mitch Clarke
Aaron Riley
Brendan Loughnane
Justin Salas
Kurt Holobaugh
Tiequan Zhang
Jeremy Larsen
Vinc Pichel
Adriano Martins
Lucas Martins
Paul Taylor
Jeremy Stephens
Loser of Al Iaquinta vs Joe Proctor
Anton Kuivanen if he loses to Michael Chiesa - *2-23-2013 Chiesa chokes out Kuivanen in the 2nd
Borderline
Roger Bowling
John Cholish
Reza Madadi
George Sotiropoulos
Anthony Njokuani
Ryan Couture because Noons beat him and Dana dont Couture
Mac Danzig
Rafaello Oliveira
Yves Edwards
Renee Forte
Kazuki Tokudome
James Vick
Melvin Guillard
Mizuto Hirota - * 3-2-2013 Lost a UD to Rani Yahya
Loser of Sam Stout vs Caros Fodor - *2-23-2013 Stout wins a UD
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Jacob Volkman
Terry Etim
Paul Sass
C.J. Kieth


Featherweight (53 listed)
Out
Felipe Arantes
Maximo Blanco
Josh Clopton
Leonard Garcia
Daniel Pineda
Jason Young
Borderline
Stephen Bass
Rodrigo Damm
Manny Gamburyan
Cody McKenzie
Cole Miller
Rani Yahya - * 3-2-2013 Beat Mizuto Hirota by UD
Bart Palaszewski
Yaotzin Meza
George Roop
Eddie Yagin
Marcos Vinicius
Sam Sicilia
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Josh Grispi


Bantamweight (35 fighters listed)
Out
John Albert
Norifumi Yamamoto
Dustin Pague
Brian Bowls retired?
Borderline
Chico Camus
Reuben Duran
Edwin Figueroa
Azamat Gashimov
Kyung Ho Kang - * 3-2-2013 Lost by SD to Alex Caceres. Though I thought he won the fight.
Issei Tamura
Takeya Mizugaki - *3-2-2013 Mizugaki defeats Caraway by SD.
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Motonobu Tezuka


Flyweight (13 listed)
Cut nobody
Actually Cut
2-19-2013
Ulysses Gomez


Women's Bantamweight (6 listed)
Cut nobody
Actually Cut
None

That is 88(72 on my list) total cuts and 49 potential cuts.

I think Dana is full of shit and just making excuses for everyone bashing him for releasing Fitch. 100 is overboard.

I will slap the taste out of your mouth for putting Sexyama in that list !!!!

jewzilla wrote:

I think Dana is full of shit and just making excuses for everyone bashing him for releasing Fitch. 100 is overboard.

Not when you look at the number they have right now and factor in the 15 new women and more flyweights being added soon enough

Didn't hear about the new women til today. But you're right good point. Gotta make room for new talent. I have no problem with trimming fat.

Updated with all divisions and UFC 157.

Looks like a lot of work went into this. There are a lot of fluff fighters that do need to go, and I think you covered just about all of them.

Just scanning over things, the only thing that stuck out to me was how much I liked Duane Ludwig in the old KOTC events.

Lombard ?? I remember hearing that Hector was given a lucrative deal to come to the UFC.

Good bye Guimares, Marcello, and maybe Hirota but I'd like to see him get another fight

Lombard cut is coming. Has to big of contract.

updated my list.

They cut Che Mills even though Riddle hit the bong ?

Quote :

UFC releases Japanese middleweight Riki Fukuda

Quote :

The UFC is downsizing their roster significantly, and 4 losers from UFC 157 were given the pink slip. Josh Neer, Caros Fodor, Jon Manley, and Brock Jardine were all sent packing (per MMA Opinion), and their profiles no longer appear on the UFC's website.

Neer (33-13-1) has now been cut 4 different times by the promotion. His latest release came after a 3 fight losing streak, completed with a decision defeat to Court McGee. it'd be hard to fathom the UFC brass bringing Josh back for a 5th time.

Fodor (7-3) lost a split decision to Sam Stout on the evening's preliminary card. He is the first fighter from the Strikeforce roster absorption to be cut after just one bout.
Jardine (9-3) went 0-2 in his UFC run, losing to Rick Story and then Kenny Robertson.
Lastly, Manley (7-2) was bounced following his loss to fellow TUF 16 member Neil Magny. There are only 3 fighters from this season of TUF still in the UFC (Magny, Colton Smith, and Mike Ricci).

Anton Kuivanen, who also fought at UFC 157 and lost, was released earlier this month.

Salty about Fodor but he should've beaten Stout

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/04/tuf-the-smashes-runner-up-colin-fletcher-confirms-ufc-release

Quote :

"The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes" runner-up Colin Fletcher is two and done with the UFC.

The fighter, perhaps best known for his "Freakshow" nickname and colorful cage entrances, today announced the news via Twitter.

"Is it just me or does cut after 1 official UFC fight seam a little harsh I know I didn't perform my best ! Neva mind," he wrote.

Fletcher (8-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC), who represented Team U.K. on "TUF" this past year, defeated lightweights Ben Wall and Richie Vaculik to advance to the show's tournament final. However, he then suffered a decision loss to Norman Parke in the final, which took place at UFC on FX 6 and counted on his official pro record.

Fletcher got another fight with the UFC, but this past month at UFC 158, he suffered a shutout unanimous-decision loss to Mike Ricci. It ultimately led to his UFC release.

Good cut

155 has plenty of fat to trim, that division roster is huge already.

I wonder if they will give Ryan Couture another shot or not? They could always run back a KJ fight if KJ loses his UFC debut and then just keep the winner of that fight.

I kinda doubt it