{"id":696096,"date":"2026-05-27T01:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696096\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:27:11","slug":"ufc-cuts-macau-fighter-days-after-event-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696096\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC cuts Macau fighter days after event withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to trim<\/a> its expansive roster of mixed martial arts (MMA) talent.<\/p>\n

Today (Tues., May 26, 2026), it was revealed that two fighters have been removed from UFC\u2019s active roster<\/a>, meaning they were either released from their contracts or the promotion opted not to renew them.<\/p>\n

Roster Watch first reported the removals.<\/p>\n

The two fighters who lost their jobs are Jesus Aguilar and Austen Lane.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 06: Jesus Aguilar of Mexico poses on the scale during the UFC 326 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 06, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Just five days later, he no longer has a spot on the roster.<\/p>\n

Aguilar earned his UFC contract during Season 6 of Dana White\u2019s Contender Series and immediately got thrown into the deep end against current Flyweight title contender Tatsuro Taira, losing via submission in his promotional debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the Mexican fighter bounced back nicely afterward by rattling off three straight victories, including a brutal 17-second knockout over Shannon Ross that quickly turned heads (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the momentum did not last because Aguilar went just 1-2 over his last three appearances and most recently dropped a decision to Sumudaerji.<\/p>\n

He exits the promotion with a respectable 4-3 UFC record.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 19: Austen Lane prepares to face Robelis Despaigne of Cuba in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

As for Lane (13-8), the former NFL defensive end never truly found consistency inside the Octagon despite his ridiculous athleticism and size.<\/p>\n

Lane\u2019s lone UFC victory came against Robelis Despaigne, but outside of that upset win, nearly every one of his UFC appearances ended violently.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Lane attempted a move down to Light Heavyweight in hopes of revitalizing his career, but the experiment lasted all of 28 seconds before Iwo Baraniewski knocked him out cold (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lane officially leaves the UFC with a 1-5-1 record.<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to trim its expansive roster of mixed martial arts (MMA) talent. Today (Tues.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,75564,702],"class_list":["post-696096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-roster-cuts","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}