Overview
- Roster Watch first reported Tuesday that Jesus Aguilar and Austen Lane were removed from the UFC’s active roster.
- Aguilar pulled out of a scheduled bout at UFC Macau days before the card and was dropped from the roster five days later after compiling a 4-3 record in the promotion.
- Lane informed the UFC he was retiring after a March knockout loss at UFC London and now no longer appears on the promotion’s active roster with a 1-5-1 UFC record.
- Reports treat Aguilar’s exit as a roster cut or nonrenewal and Lane’s departure as retirement-driven, and outlets say both moves fit a wider 2026 roster downsizing tied to many recent signings and releases.
- The changes leave the two fighters’ careers in limbo and signal that late fight withdrawals and poor recent results carry sharper consequences as the UFC clears space for incoming DWCS talent.