5 Fighters the UFC Wisely Chose Not to Cut

There have been several competitors over the years that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has kept around longer than they deserved. Sam Alvey might be the most prominent case, given that he closed out his UFC run by going nine straight appearances without a win. Almost every event features at least one fighter who could be on the chopping block. That distinction falls on Ode Osborne at UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The Waukesha MMA product owns a middling 4-5 record inside the Octagon and enters his flyweight showcase opposite Ronaldo Rodriguez on the heels of back-to-back submission losses to Asu Almabaev and Jafel Filho. Osborne’s margin for error appears to have grown perilously thin.

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