UFC Releases, Retirement & Suspended Fighters List for 2022

UFC has a ton of fighters contracted with them and it is natural that some of the underperforming fighters will be released from the contract from time to time, some might take retirement from MMA or get suspended due to some violations. Here, we are listing all the recent UFC releases, retirements, and suspended fighters list.
Releases & Retirement
Below is the list of fighters that have left UFC either due to being released by UFC, retirement from MMA career, or have joined some other promotions.
Released Date | Name | Weight Divison | Notes |
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January 2022 | Matt Sayles | Lightweight | Released |
January 2022 | Maki Pitolo | Middleweight | Released |
January 2022 | Jared Gooden | Welterweight | Released |
January 2022 | Jeremy Stephens | Lightweight | Released |
January 2022 | Tom Breese | Middleweight | Released |
February 2022 | Andre Ewell | Featherweight | Released |
February 2022 | Collin Anglin | Featherweight | Released |
February 2022 | Dakota Bush | Lightweight | Released |
February 2022 | Dhiego Lima | Welterweight | Retired |
February 2022 | Domingo Pilarte | Bantamweight | Released |
February 2022 | Gaetano Pirrello | Bantamweight | Released |
February 2022 | Gustavo Lopez | Bantamweight | Released |
February 2022 | Hu Yaozong | Middleweight | Released |
February 2022 | Jordan Williams | Welterweight | Released |
February 2022 | Sasha Palatnikov | Welterweight | Released |
February 2022 | Sean Soriano | Featherweight | Released |
February 2022 | David Zawada | Welterweight | Released |
February 2022 | Jennifer Gonzalez | Women’s Flyweight | Released |
February 2022 | Mallory Martin | Women’s Strawweight | Released |
February 2022 | Roxanne Modafferi | Women’s Flyweight | Retired |
March 2022 | Carlos Felipe | Heavyweight | Released |
March 2022 | Fabio Cherant | Light Heavyweight | Released |
March 2022 | Greg Hardy | Heavyweight | Released |
March 2022 | Hunter Azure | Bantamweight | Released |
March 2022 | Zviad Lazishvili | Bantamweight | Released |
April 2022 | Alex Oliveira | Welterweight | Contract not renewed |
April 2022 | Ben Rothwell | Heavyweight | Released |
April 2022 | Kay Hansen | Women’s Strawweight | Released |
April 2022 | Marlon Moraes | Bantamweight | Retired |
May 2022 | Austin Hubbard | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Brandon Jenkins | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Bruno Souza | Featherweight | Released |
May 2022 | Cameron Else | Bantamweight | Released |
May 2022 | Dean Barry | Welterweight | Released |
May 2022 | Devonte Smith | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Farès Ziam | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Ike Villanueva | Light Heavyweight | Released |
May 2022 | Jesse Strader | Bantamweight | Released |
May 2022 | Kazula Vargas | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Kevin Croom | Bantamweight | Released |
May 2022 | Kris Moutinho | Bantamweight | Released |
May 2022 | Luigi Vendramini | Lightweight | Released |
May 2022 | Mark Striegl | Featherweight | Released |
May 2022 | Micheal Gillmore | Welterweight | Released |
May 2022 | Mike Grundy | Featherweight | Released |
May 2022 | Rong Zhu | Lightweight | Released |
June 2022 | Andreas Michailidis | Welterweight | Released |
June 2022 | Alex da Silva Coelho | Lightweight | Released |
June 2022 | Felice Herrig | Women’s Strawweight | Retired |
June 2022 | Felipe Colares | Bantamweight | Released |
June 2022 | Frank Camacho | Lightweight | Released |
June 2022 | Joanna Jedrzejczyk | Women’s Strawweight | Retired |
June 2022 | Louis Smolka | Bantamweight | Released |
June 2022 | Niklas Stolze | Lightweight | Released |
June 2022 | T.J. Laramie | Featherweight | Released |
June 2022 | Tristan Connelly | Lightweight | Released |
Suspended
Below is the list of UFC fighters who have been suspended:
- By USADA or WADA for using banned substances
- By other Authorities for behavioral issues
- By UFC for either doping or behavioral issues
Date | NAME | Weight Division | Suspended By | Duration | Notes |
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Jul 22, 2020 | Jesse Ronson | Welterweight | USADA | 20 Months | Metandienone |
Aug 5, 2020 | Jorge Gonzalez | Light Heavyweight | USADA | 2 Years | Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite. |
Sep 25, 2020 | Oskar Piechota | Middleweight | USADA | 22 Months | Growth hormone-releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin) and GHRP-2 (1-3) free acid, a metabolite of GHRP-2, |
Feb 9, 2021 | Raphael Pessoa | Heavyweight | 7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites Chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) | 2 Years | Failed Dope Test in samples collected from out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. |
Oct 20, 2021 | Kevin Lee | Welterweight | NSAC | Temporarily Suspended | positive drug test for amphetamine stemming |
August 30, 2021 | Liliya Shakirova | Women’s Flyweight | USADA | 2 Years | Meldonium |
Oct 14, 2021 | Geraldo de Freitas suspended | Welterweight | USADA | 2 Years | doping policy violation |
Oct 23, 2021 | Zviad Lazishvili | Bantamweight | NSAC | 9 Night Months | – |
Dec 13, 2021 | Lukasz Brzeski | Bantamweight | NSAC | 9 Months | – |
Dec 13, 2021 | Muin Gafurov | – | NSAC | 6 Months | – |
Dec 23, 2021 | Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | USADA | 4 Years | second doping violation |
Feb 05, 2022 | Miles Johns | Bantamweight | USADA | 6 Months | – |
Jan 03, 2022 | Ashlee Evans-Smith | Women’s Bantamweight | USADA | 14 Months | – |
Thought Kevin lee was released?
Kevin Lee was released on November 2021. Before that, he tested positive for banned stimulants and suspended for 6 months. He is both suspended list and released list.
Lol dude
I thought Roxanne retired?
Its says retired