Midnight Mania! UFC trims the roster, releases five athletes
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Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Keeping track of the current UFC roster can be a daunting task, but MMAFighting recently confirmed the release of five athletes: Emil Meek, Lara Procopio, Roque Martinez, Joe Ellenberger, and Alexander Yakovlev. Only one of those names comes as something of a surprise, but let’s break it down!
Meek debuted with quite a bit of hype behind him, following a brutal knockout of Rousimar Palhares back when that meant something. A debut win over Jordan Mein got the ball rolling, but since then, Meek has been ground out by three consecutive opponents, including Kamaru Usman.
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As of now, there are nine – nine! – preliminary contests for UFC Vegas 19. There is time for a contest to fall out as it has become commonplace for one or two fights to fall out in the final days heading into events. Hell, it isn’t even that unusual for a fight to fall out after weigh-ins anymore. That’s why they’ve been scheduling cards to have a large number of fights because they expect them to have injury or illness pick away at amount of contests like vultures. That’s the reasoning behind the bloated card. What’s on the prelims is about as diverse of a group as you’ll find on prelims, from a former UFC title challenger to several newcomers, five to be exact. However, the former title challenger is