According to a Feb. 21 report from MMA Fighting, UFC President Dana White admitted at the UFC 157 pre-fight presser that the UFC will be releasing at least 100 more fighters from its 500-man roster.
"There's 100 more guys that are gonna go. It's not over," White said following the UFC 157 press conference. "We have 475 guys under contract. We have over 100 guys too many. We have over 100 guys too many on the roster right now. What's going to happen is, if you lose, the blood has not all been spilled yet. There's more coming."
That's a lot of pressure for the ladies and gentlemen fighting at UFC 157, but that's the way the promotion works these days.
"What you should do is try to go out and be the best in the world," White said. "And you should try to go out and whup everybody's ass and impress them. It depends on how much money you want to make. If you want to go around and lay on people, how many people are beating down the door to see any of those guys fight again?"
Some have questioned why perennial contenders like Jon Fitch can get cut after one loss, yet Dan Hardy wasn't released after suffering four-straight defeats.
"Guys lose some fights and, you know what, Dan Hardy puts it out there all the time, we're going to keep Dan Hardy," White said. "I'm going to keep Leonard Garcia because the guy's got heart. He comes in to fight. And then you get into a situation where, you've got a lot of guys here. I tell the guys on The Ultimate Fighter, every one of you are going to fight on the card. You get in these situations sometime. You go on a f--- skid in this business, you gotta go, and you gotta go win some fights and come back. No different than it's ever been since day one in this company."
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