The UFC continues to purge its bloated roster.Nine athletes were recently removed from the company’s active competitor list, signifying that they were either released from their respective contracts or that the UFC simply chose not to re-sign them.Lyman Good has been inactive for six yearsGettyThe fighters who have been let go are Lyman Good, Saygid Izagakhmaev, Cody Gibson, Bruno Lopes, Bekzat Almakhan, Aoriqileng, Ravena Oliveira, Stewart Nicoll and Hailey Cowan.What did the nine fighters achieve in the UFC?The most notable name of the lot is Good (21-6).Good, 41, was snapped up by the UFC in 2015 following a fruitful tenure with Bellator, where he won the promotion’s inaugural welterweight title and reached the final of the Season 7 170lbs tournament.Under the UFC banner, Good went 3-3, beating Andrew Craig, Ben Saunders and Chance Rencounter, while losing to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Demian Maia, and Belal Muhammad.His bout with Muhammad in June 2020 would be his last, with a combination of injuries and personal matters keeping him sidelined for more than six years.Izagakhmaev (22-4) competed far more recently in the UFC than Good, having dropped a unanimous decision to Abubakar Vagaev in July.It marked his second defeat in two fights after losing his debut to Nicolas Dalby in November 2025.The Dagestani had previously strung together three straight wins in ONE FC, and will more than likely return to the Asian MMA powerhouse now that his UFC deal is done.Gibson (21-13) has the misfortune of being released from the UFC roster for a second time.The 39-year-old went 1-3 during his first stint with the UFC, running from 2014 to 2015.Cody Gibson has been released from the UFC for a second timeGettyGibson would spend the next seven years fighting his way back to the top of the MMA mountain on the regional circuit.His golden opportunity came in 2023 when he was selected to compete on The Ultimate Fighter 31, a season which pitted veterans against prospects.Gibson would go all the way to the bantamweight final, where he was beaten by Brad Katona.The rugged road warrior ended his second tenure with a 2-5 record.Almakhan (12-4) went 1-3 with the UFC, following losses to Umar Nurmagomedov, Ilia’s brother Aleksandre Topuria and Jean Matsumoto.His sole victory was a first-round knockout of two-time TUF winner Katona.Aoriqileng (26-14) defeated fellow UFC releasee Gibson in 2025 during an exciting 4-6-1 NC run that ended with a second-round knockout loss to former RIZIN champion Kai Asakura last month.Lopes (14-4) went 1-3 after securing a UFC contract on the second attempt via the Contender Series, while Oliveira (7-5-1), Cowan (7-6) and Nicoll (8-4) all succumbed to 0-4 skids.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Tom Aspinall and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Arman Tsarukyan miss out.