Dana White’s Contender Series returned for week 2 of season 8 this past Tuesday and there have been a number of familiar faces competing on the event, considered one of which was undefeated prospect Torrez Finney.
Torez Finney who was 8-0 heading into his second fight on Dana White’s Contender Series was trying to pick up a formidable win over Israel Adesanya‘s City Kickboxing teammate, Cam Rowston, and earn a contract this time round.
Torrez Finney pleads with Dana White to present him a UFC contract
After beating Yuri Panferov last October on the UFC Apex, UFC boss Dana White opted against giving ‘The Punisher’ a contract as he claimed he needed more experience.
White implored the 25-year-old to return to the regional scene and pick up several more wins before giving him one other opportunity.
Following White’s advice, he returned to the regional scene earlier this yr and picked up a first-round knockout win over Tyson Jeffries, who has knowledgeable record of 15-12.
Despite picking up the unanimous decision victory over Rowston this past Tuesday, Finney didn’t achieve this in impressive fashion and spent the vast majority of the fight just passively controlling the Australian on the bottom.
Following the win, the Chattanoogan was awarded his brown belt in jiu-jitsu, which he was in fact over the moon with.
“Dana, I’m gonna inform you this man, I’ve come on this show twice, fought my heart out, fought an undefeated prospect last yr, a Russian fought a man from an amazing gym here Cam Rowston, there’s one thing about me, I’m gonna come into this cage each time give every thing I got,” Finney pleaded following his fight.
“Man, I got the center of David, the strength of Sampson, and a face that’s greater than the dimensions of a mustard seed, and guess what, not only do I move mountains, I do know them down.
“I’m the punisher, I’m Torrez Finney, and Dana there’s one thing, please, in the event you can smell what Torrez is cooking!” he finished.
Dana White blasts Torrez Finney and claims he’d get decimated within the UFC and doesn’t give him a contract
Despite the win and the proceeding pitch to White, the UFC CEO blasted the 25-year-old throughout the a part of the show where he handed out his UFC contracts.
“Finney, now you were here last yr and my advice to you was to exit and get some experience, you’re young, you’re obviously talented, you’re now 9-0, you bought one fight, you went out in a single yr and fought one fight,” White began to elucidate at the top of the show.
“You realize, I’m all the time brutally honest with these things, you’d get absolutely decimated within the UFC with the performance that you simply placed on tonight. Your performance last yr was higher than this performance. You’re 25 years old, kid, you’re obviously a talented athlete exit and get three or 4 fights this yr, then come back to us and talk concerning the UFC,” White brutally admitted.
The UFC boss did go on handy out 4 contracts to the opposite winners, Cody Haddon, Cortavious Romious, Rizvan Kuniev, and Andreas Gustafsson.
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