2012 UFC cut list

Here's a handy place to keep track of and discuss the fates of those poor souls Uncle Dana puts in the unemployment line in 2012.

Post any you can find, and their names will be added to the list. 



*I'm not sure if I can edit the original post after 24 hours to keep a list going, but we'll see how this works. 

Would be more than happy to see Johnson cut.

I think we all saw this coming:
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/378041/UFC-releases-Anthony-Johnson-following-third-weight-cutting-failure/


Anyone else from last nights card who will get the axe?  Omigawa perhaps? (I hope not)

Funch.

steve cantwell.
he is also on a 4 fight loosing streak and has another fight in the UFC 144 against Riki ***uda

* Edited at 01.15.2012, 12:23 PM ET *

Dan Hardy
And any other fighters who can't make weight, time to be professional and act like one

The ridiculous practice of cutting so much weight. Same day weigh-ins with an allowance of 5 lbs. If they need to redefine the weight classes that's fine but I'd rather have equal combatants and healthier retired fighters.

Due to the dehydration: 

• his kidneys will be in a state of compromised function
• his blood volume will be decreased, and therefore, his heart will be forced to work extra to supply his body's demands
• most of his brain will have decreased protection since water makes up approximately 97 percent of the vital CSF (spinal fluid) that protects and cushions the brain from trauma

He will not only be fighting his physiologically impaired body, lack of cardio-reserve (gas) and fatigue from improper training likely due to recent illness or injury, but he also must withstand the formidable skill set of Vitor Belfort, who – while home in his native Brazil – will offer him absolutely no mercy. 

Will it take a pay-per-view, publicly witnessed tragedy before more oversight is implemented with regards to weight-cutting – since clearly the decades of private and little-publicized deaths and dialysis sessions due to kidney failure have done little to disrupt this tradition? 

I love MMA with a passion, but unrestricted/poorly regulated weight-cutting is an unnecessary evil that must end before your favorite fighter pays the penalty – and I'm not talking about 20 percent of their fight purse. 


That's the relevant part about the health risks from the Fight Doctor Johnny Benjamin

* Edited at 01.15.2012, 1:53 PM ET *

Update:
http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2012/0123/547135/

Junior Assuscao cut from UFC. 

rothwell is bye bye very soon.

yes soon

I dont get why Assuncao was cut

@saveus, did he say something on there that he shouldnt have said?

That thread was hilarious though.

unamineus decision <-------------  That's pretty damn funny! 

From Junior's twitter -

I JUST GOT CUT FROM THE UFC!! WOW... APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT LIKE MY LAST FIGHT. THANKS @ufc FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TO MY FANS, I'LL BE BACK!

THX FOR THE SUPPORT! IM NOT IN CONTROL OF ALL THIS. MY MANAGER SAID IT WILL BE OK. WAS IN A GOOD WIN STREK BEFORE THE LAST FIGHT.SORRY GUYS

The Boss himself told me the fight was good, got a performance $, was in a good win STREAK before that last fight. I DONT UNDERSTAND!

"If I knew I was getting cut I would got the easier fight" I told my Maneger. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME UNDERSTAND? gotta suck it Up and improve

I dont think Sandoval has any place in the UFC.

seems a little premature, but no one is going to miss him

A little surprised with them cutting Assuncao after 1 loss. I guess UFC didn't like his evasive tactics. The guy I expected to get cut is Sandoval. I could see Pat Schilling being 1 and done as well. 

Edit: Anybody keeping a list for easy reference? Who has been cut so far, Anthony Johnson and Junior Assuncao.  

* Edited at 01.24.2012, 3:35 PM ET *

http://mmaweekly.com/joey-beltran-released-from-ufc-plans-move-to-light-heavyweight

This is too bad.  Joey was an entertaining fighter with a hell of a chin.  The release from the UFC isn't much of a surprise, as he was 1-4 out of his last 5 fights. 

Mackens Semerzier has been officially released by the UFC

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/393375/Semerzier-officially-released-by-the-UFC/