A lot of veterans have been faraway from the UFC roster together with one-time interim title challenger Ovince Saint Preux.
The complete checklist of names faraway from the roster additionally consists of Brian Kelleher, Ricky Glenn, Victor Altamirano, Da Woon Jung, Kaynan Kruschewsky, Brianna Fortino, Victoria Leonardo, Karl Williams, Danyelle Wolf and Jarno Errens.
The fighters faraway from the roster had been both launched or their contracts got here to an finish and the UFC opted to not re-sign them to a brand new promotional contract presently. The adjustments had been first famous by the UFC Roster Tracker on Twitter.
For Saint Preux, his UFC run involves an finish after he spent the previous 11 plus years with the UFC after he first made a reputation for himself in Strikeforce. The previous College of Tennessee soccer participant confronted a laundry checklist of prime fighters over time and scored victories over a lot of them together with a head kick knockout over present Bellator champion Corey Anderson and a pair of wins towards UFC Corridor of Famer Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
In 2016, Saint Preux welcomed Jon Jones again to the octagon following greater than a 12 months lengthy layoff in an interim gentle heavyweight title battle however he finally misplaced a unanimous choice after 5 rounds.
In his most up-to-date battle, Saint Pruex suffered a submission loss to Ryan Spann within the ultimate bout on his contract, which precipitated his exit from the UFC.
In the meantime, Kelleher is one other notable identify on the checklist after he spent the previous seven years within the UFC whereas competing within the bantamweight and featherweight divisions. All the time prepared to tackle no matter problem thrown his means, Kelleher took on many prime fighters throughout his run with the UFC however his time with the group got here to a detailed after 4 straight losses together with fights towards Umar Nurmagomedov and former champion Cody Garbrandt.
The fighters faraway from the roster at the moment are free to signal with any group.
