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Final week (Tues., Aug. 20, 2024), 25-year-old Torrez Finney picked up his second victory below the Contenders Collection banner to enhance to 9-0 as knowledgeable. Sadly for “The Punisher,” he didn’t impress UFC CEO Dana White sufficient to earn a UFC contract. In reality, he was the topic of a unfavorable tirade from White, who claimed Finney would “get completely decimated within the UFC.” He additionally blasted Finney for combating simply as soon as within the yr between Contenders Collection appearances.
The purpose of the present could also be to guage fighters, nevertheless it felt a bit harsh. Finney has a little bit of hype on-line, and he looks as if a fairly gifted Middleweight prospect. Now, Finney has revealed there’s much more to it than White claimed, as he defined {that a} potential spot on The Final Fighter sidelined him for the primary quarter of 2024.
“You realize, I don’t suppose lots of people know this, however I used to be chosen to be on The Final Fighter this yr,” Finney defined to MMA on Sirius XM (by way of Forbes). “Everytime you signal The Final Fighter contract, you’re restricted from combating throughout that point span. So throughout that point span in January, I couldn’t battle for January, February, March.
“So proper once I was chosen,” Finney continued. “Nicely, proper once they made the choice, the day earlier than they have been about to take your telephones — the top producer comes as much as my room and says, ‘Hey, we’re going a unique route. We’re doing the, um, nation thingy, you understand, everyone from a unique nation.’ They chose any individual else. I mentioned, ‘Okay, increase. All proper. It’s what it’s.’ They did that to me, and so they did it to Yusuf Zalal. Yusuf Zalal circled two weeks later and went out and fought on the UFC Struggle Evening towards Billy Quarantillo. And with me, I needed to flip round and go discover a battle. Two weeks later, we discovered a battle. I fought in Might, however the issue is, 4 weeks earlier than that Might battle, I obtained supplied to be on the Contender Collection.”
Finney accepted and received the Might bout regardless of already having the Contenders Collection provide in hand. It was a danger to achieve expertise as had been requested after his first win on the present, but Finney doesn’t really feel he’s being given credit score for taking that probability. In line with “The Punisher,” these circumstances make the logic behind White’s critique flawed.
“So quite a lot of that stuff that was mentioned — like when he mentioned, ‘I instructed you to return and get extra fights, and then you definately come on right here with one battle’ — I really feel like a few of that stuff is a bit of bit flawed as a result of, one, I don’t make the choice to be on the Contender Collection,” Finney defined. “After which, two, I might have had extra fights if it wasn’t for The Final Fighter. After which once more, I really feel like there’s a disconnect as a result of Dana has a lot on his plate. I don’t suppose he is aware of every thing that goes on throughout the UFC, so I don’t count on him to know that sort of factor. However to say a number of the issues that he went on the market and mentioned with out having the information of it — I really feel like a few of that stuff is a bit of bit inconsistent.”
Hopefully, this little bit of controversy doesn’t maintain again Finney from a productive relationship with the UFC. In fact, he may alternatively try to comply with the footsteps of Brendan Loughnane, who was dissed by White on Contenders Collection after which went on to win 1,000,000 {dollars} in Skilled Fighter’s League.
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