UFC announces the departure of Jalin Turner along with flyweight contender Montana De La Rosa

UFC recently announced the departure of several fighters, including lightweight fighter Jalin Turner, women’s flyweight Montana De La Rosa, heavyweight Marcos Rogerio De Lima, and women’s strawweight So Yul Kim. While Turner announced his retirement owing to the consecutive and disheartening losses he faced in his last few matches, the other players were cut loose for either the dubious losing streak or lack of fights by the athletes.
After his last defeat at UFC 313 against Ignacio Bahamondes, Turner announced his early retirement at the age of 29. Many still believed that he was still in his fighting prime. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, the fighter revealed how he does not regret the decision and is happy to reflect on the future prospects.

“Yeah, I’m still feeling the same way [about retirement]. It’s been settling in a little bit more. I got my retirement letter from the UFC, and I still stand by the decision [so] that’s where I’m at right now with it.”
His official exit from the UFC was announced on the social media page of UFC Roster Watch on X.
“Fighter removed: Jalin Turner”

Following this, the MMA community also saw a series of athletes being removed from the list of UFC fighters. American fighter Montana De La Rosa has also been removed from the roster, even though she won her last bout against Andrea Lee. Lee, another flyweight fighter was previously removed by UFC on March 7, 2025.
“Fighter removed: Montana De La Rosa”

Marcos Rogerio De Lima started his MMA career in 2009 and since then he has competed in the heavyweight division of the UFC. His MMA stats stand at 22-10-1. His final match at the UFC was a win secured against Junior Tafa at the UFC 298.
“Fighter removed: Marcos Rogerio De Lima”

This particular removal was not easily accepted by the fan community, which wanted Tafa to be removed instead.
“Noooooo but they keep the tafa frauds :("

“My face when UFC makes the worst men's division even worse with weird cuts”

Finally, UFC announced its latest cutoff from the women’s strawweight division, So Yul Kim. The South Korean fighter was signed by the UFC pertaining to her brilliant stats of 8-1-0. However, she never fought within the promotion and was ultimately cut loose in 2025.
“Fighter removed: So Yul Kim”

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Despite cutting loose certain fighters across different weight classes, the promotion also recently acquired new fighters, Alexia Thainara and Andrey Pulyaev. Thainara’s current MMA stats stand at 11-1-0 with her latest win against Rose Conceição in Dana White’s contender series. Pulyaev too took his MMA stats to 9-2-0 after his last victory at Dana White’s Contender Series against Liam Anderson.