2016 UFC cuts

Most recent list of fighters cut from the UFC:

Steve Montgomery, Marcio Alexandre Jr, Danny Castillo, Mike Pierce, Konstantin Erokhin, Valmir Lazaro, Akbarh Arreola, Steve Kennedy, Hayder Hassan, and Marcin Wrzosek

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/1/29/10873540/ufc-cuts-releases-mike-pierce-10-fighters-roster-trimming-contract-pay-mma-news

hahaha @gunn.

@yasdas  What @yoss said.  Nobody gives a flying **** about up and down votes, and nobody should. 

Looks like Larissa Pacheco was just recently cut; she's still listed on the UFC website's official roster, but is apparently fighting for Mr. Cage here.

Sucks, Spencer only lost 3 in a row due to a BS decision to Cathal Pendred.Sucks about McCrory too,he's super talented and only lost 2 in a row.I would have liked to see him stay the most.Pretty much agree with the rest for the most part.

* Edited at 10.22.2016, 2:12 AM ET *

I'm in disbelieve about the Barn Cat.

Cory Hendricks seems harsh, possibly would have won TUF, but was forced off it with an injury

Thoughts on these releases:

Bigfoot - Glad he got cut, he needs to retire. Unfortunately I could see him getting fights in Japan for another 10 years.

Kevin Casey - He was really disappointing for someone with his pedigree. Seems like a guy who would end up in WSOF if they stay around.
 
Shane Campbell - Getting finished left and right is a bad look for a lightweight.

Cody East & Caio Magalhaes - Awful people outside & inside the cage respectively. Hope no major org goes near them.

Glaico Franca - Got some tough fights after winning TUF Brazil. Didn't look good though, especially for a guy with the height and reach of a much bigger weight class.

Leleco &  Uda - Middleweights who got wrecked in their fights after looking good in the regionals. Nothing for them really.

Cory Hendricks - Could have used another shot maybe considering how dead LHW is. Pretty inexperienced though. 

Enrique Martin - Random TUF LA dude. Fight with Sage was close but whatever.

Tamdan McCrory - Sucks. He got brutally KOed twice to be sure but it was against tough competition. Hope he goes back to Bellator or something.

Kenny Robertson - Also sucks. He lost 2 but they were to tough guys in very close fights. Had some awesome finishes in the UFC.

Sean Spencer - Meh, he got finished in his last two.  

Just befuddling to me how Artem Lobov can remain off a list like this.... I realize he has a fight scheduled (which probably saved him)  but man... that guy has more 8-10 rounds than he has victorys...

Seems like WME-IMG is starting to trim the roster.

The UFC seemed to bloat their roster with many eastern European and Brazilian fighters to fill those local cards. I think with the resent WME-IMG moves we're going to see plenty of those fighters get cut while WME-IMG scales back the amount of international shows.

My guess is, next year there's going to be approximately two events for the European, Brazilian, Canadian, and Asian (including Australia) markets each.   

Have they said on how many international shows they will have next year?

Surprised that McClellan has managed to stay on, maybe the UFC see him as a key to the African market 

@rappinpapsoda: Nothing official, obviously. However it's been surmised that Zuffa was rapidly expanding internationally to increase their evaluation prior to the sale. There are a lot more inherent costs to stage events internationally therefore it's expected that those shows will be reduced since they're not needed any further.

With WME-IMG closing some international UFC offices and laying off all the head executives from the international markets the writing is clearly on the wall.     

I think moving forward we're going to see the UFC stage events overseas when there's a local tie-in as the headliner; similar to Bisping in Manchester or Gus in Sweden.  

Makes sense.

Tatsuya Kawajiri has signed with RIZIN (source).

Jessica Eye has been guaranteed one last chance -

"That's when Eye got a call from UFC president Dana White saying that she wasn't going to be released, and he was going to give her one more chance. White even offered to help Eye get in contact with a renowned sports psychologist, who could help her get past some of the mental roadblocks that had plagued her in recent fights.

The message was then conveyed again via UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby, who gave Eye a few words of encouragement while also telling her with no uncertainty that her next fight would be do or die." (source)

Leandro Silva has been cut (source).