UFC to slash roster before year-end, says Dana White

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White was responding to a question about Cuban middleweight Yoel Romero, who was recently dropped by the organisation despite fighting for the title as recently as last March. The UFC currently lists 724 active fighters on its website (www.ufc.com), comprising 117 women and 607 men. "We're gonna go through some serious cuts here at the end of the year, probably going to have 60 cuts here before the end of the year ... our roster is very inflated right now," White told reporters.

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