Dana White said the UFC released Elias Theodorou and Justin Willis — two top 15 fighters in their respective weight divisions — due to a lack of potential in both of their careers.
White said he sometimes has to cut fighters who he believes will never be UFC champions or top-five contenders to make room on the roster for others.
“There’s a ton of guys and girls that fight here. We have like 600 people under roster,” White told TSN. “There’s always times when we release people and they question, ‘Well, why, why were these people released?