Well either way, the UFC showed with Thiago Silva they don't need a conviction to throw someone under the bus.
Now that had different additional issues with the video and showing up with the gun, but they took him back post-dropped charges and then took the video as their go ahead to finish the job.
They have booted people for less than convinctions, and kept them for no contest pleas (Anthony Johnson) and CONVICTIONS (Abel Trujilo)