There’s been talk – including from Dana White – that Alexander is at risk; I think everyone knows this by now. You won’t see him on a main card for his next fight, and if it’s a loss, I expect he’s toast. He earned some cred for his two big wins, but he’s almost used it up. And everyone knows that Vera is under pressure to perform – again, look at White’s comments after the last UFC – but isn’t likely to be cut while plans for expansion to the Phillipines are still in play. So let’s try not to oversimplify.

Vera is 1-2 in his last 3. A better example would be Burkman.

After his last fight, some people were suggesting that Burkman head over to the WEC to give Condit another legit challenger.

Obviously this isn’t directly from the UFC, but despite Zuffa’s claims that the WEC is not UFC’s “minor leagues,” middle of the pack guys at Welterweight and Lightweight may be able to continue working for Zuffa in the WEC (e.g. Burkman at WW and Gamburyan at LW).