UFC CEO Dana White has modified his tune on middleweight prospect Torrez Finney and has provided him an unprecedented third likelihood on Dana White’s Contender Collection.
Finney will face Abdellah Er-Ramy on Week 8 on DWCS on October 1st. He’ll fill in for the injured Logan Woods simply weeks after defeating Cam Rowston earlier this month on the present.
Finney is 9-0-0 in his skilled MMA profession with seven finishes, together with a vicious knockout in Might at Fight Battle Professional Duval. After the knockout, he earned a second likelihood on DWCS on August twentieth.
Regardless of one other stable efficiency on DWCS, White didn’t provide Finney a contract. Not solely did White not provide him a shot on the roster, he made a sequence of harsh remarks in the direction of the promising prospect.
“Finney, now you had been right here final 12 months and my advice to you was to exit and get some expertise, you’re younger, you’re clearly proficient, you’re now 9-0, you bought one combat, you went out in a single 12 months and fought one combat,” White stated to Finney after the Week 2 DWCS card. “I’m all the time brutally sincere with these items, you’d get completely decimated within the UFC with the efficiency that you just placed on tonight. Your efficiency final 12 months was higher than this efficiency. You’re 25 years outdated, child, you’re clearly a proficient athlete. Exit and get three or 4 fights this 12 months, then come again to us and speak in regards to the UFC.”
