Welterweight Dhiego Lima came up just short of winning the 19th season of The Ultimate Fighter less than a year ago. Today, after going just 1-3 inside the Octagon, he's been let go by the promotion. In a message posted on his Facebook page, the 26-year-old Brazilian announced that he's no longer under UFC contract and plans to sit out the rest of 2015:

"Had an amazing vacation in brazil with my family heading back to atlanta. Im no longer under ufc contract so ill be taking the rest of the year off from fighting focusing just on training and our gym i will be back fighting next year starting fresh. Thank you UFC for all the opportunities i wasn't able to show anything i do on all my fights in there i need to take some fights outside rebuild myself and come back like an animal, i have amazing family friends coaches and training partners behind me and i believe in Gods plan."

Lima (10-4) was knocked out by Eddie Gordon in the middleweight tournament final of TUF 19. He returned to welterweight and picked up a decision win over Jorge de Oliveira in Brazil. His two fights in 2015 ended in 1st round knockout losses to Tim Means and Li Jingliang.

The struggles of TUF 19 fighters, along with heavy criticism of the season, have been well documented. Middleweight winner Eddie Gordon is 0-3 in the UFC since winning TUF and is likely to be cut. Light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson is 1-1 post-TUF, while runner-up Matt Van Buren has yet to win in the UFC. The only arguable success stories so far are Cathal Pendred (4-0 UFC) and Nordine Taleb (3-0 UFC), who didn't even make the final 16.

Expect several other fighters to be joining Lima on the chopping block, as seems to be the case at the beginning of each month.