UPDATE: WME-IMG To Lay Off Approximately 15 Percent of UFC Staff

UPDATED: According to mmajunkie.com, WME-IMG is planning to layoff approximately 15 percent of the total UFC staff. That would mean approximately 400 people will lose jobs. WME-IMG has no plans to close any international offices and there are no immediate plans to reduce the UFC’s event schedule.

ORIGINAL: MMA reported Ariel Helwani posted the following, reporting that half of the UFC Asia office has been let go and that more employee cuts are on the way…

Update on our UFC biz discussion on yesterday's #themmahour: I'm told around half of the UFC's Asia office has been let go.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 18, 2016

Unfortunately, the overwhelming sentiment is more cuts are to come very soon. It's an uneasy feeling for the staff. My best wishes to them.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 18, 2016

Multiple sources have described the morale at UFC HQ in Vegas as "very bad." One equated it to "a morgue." Lots of uncertainty these days.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 18, 2016

We sometimes forget that the UFC is home to 300+ super hard-working men & women. Really great people there. Hope it all works out for them.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 18, 2016