Dana White was brutally honest with Torrez Finney when he told him why he wasn’t getting offered a UFC contract, but there were a few key details missing.
Dana White was brutally honest with Torrez Finney when he told him why he wasn't getting offered a UFC contract following episode 2 of Season 8 of the Contender Series.Following Finney's unanimous decision win over Cam Rowston, White criticized Finney's gas tank and rudimentary offense and pointed out the fighter's seemingly lackluster attempt to gain more experience since his first appearance on DWCS in October 2023.
This info would have been a key detail to point out. The MMA community might have taken White's comments differently if the public had known this. "It was actually a discussion with me and my management team on whether I should take that May fight because I already had the Contender shot signed up. That means if I didn't fight in May, I would have been fighting on the Contender Series without a fight between the last time I was on the Contender Series and this time I was on the Contender Series."
Remember, White didn't know about Francis Ngannou's name being scrubbed from production, and he also told us the decision to part ways with Muhammad Mokaev wasn't his–it came from the matchmakers.
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