Undefeated Fighter Shoots His Shot For UFC contract, Dana White Accepts (On One Condition)

Shoot your shot!

Final Preventing Championship (UFC) held its UFC 308 pre-fight press convention (watch here) this morning (Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024) forward of the stacked pay-per-view (PPV) that may happen this Saturday (Oct. 26, 2024) inside Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Twenty-eight minutes into the press convention, Dorobshokh Nabotov, an undefeated fighter from Tajikistan determined to shoot his shot at UFC CEO Dana White and ask for a UFC contract.

“I’m an undefeated elite athlete from Tajikistan. Nabotov Dorobshokh, 9 wins, zero losses,” the courageous fighter mentioned. “Dana, I don’t have a query. I got here right here for a battle on quick discover. I’ve by no means had a supervisor, I did all of it on my own, please give me an opportunity. Dana, I wish to battle within the UFC please give me an opportunity, I’m prepared, please give me, Dana.”

White, who’s notoriously laborious of listening to, requested what the fighter’s identify, file, age, and weight class had been. After just a few seconds, White introduced the fighter on stage and informed him to speak to somebody within the again.

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This implies Nabotov is a UFC fighter now, proper? Properly, no.

White caught up with TMZ Sports following the press convention and revealed that Nabotov will compete in The Korean Zombie’s brand-new promotion, Z-Struggle Evening (ZFN), which is able to air on UFC Struggle Cross.

“I’m really flying to Korea for ‘Dana White: Lookin’ for a Struggle’ on YouTube. The Korean Zombie is placing on a present. He began his personal promotion there. December 14th. I’m going to have Korean Zombie put that child on the cardboard and we’re going to search out out what he’s received. If he wins that evening I’ll signal him,” White mentioned.

In keeping with Tapology, Nabotov is definitely 7-0 as a substitute of 9-0 like he boasted. He has three finishes and 4 resolution wins.

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