A heartwarming story involves a disastrous finish.
Two months in the past, Dorobshokh Nabotov, an undefeated fighter from Tajikistan, determined to shoot his shot at Final Preventing Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White in the course of the UFC 308 pre-fight press convention for a coveted UFC contract. Nabotov didn’t get a contract however received a possibility to battle in entrance of White (digitally) on Friday night time in South Korea on an episode of Dana White: Lookin’ for a Combat.
Nabotov didn’t win.
Certainly, the Tajikistan fighter misplaced a break up determination to prime Brazilian prospect Matheus Camilo at Z-Combat Night time (ZFN) inside KINTEX Exhibition Corridor 7A in Goyang, South Korea, and was streamed on UFC Combat Move.
Whereas it was a break up determination, Camilo clearly received the battle. The Brazilian battered Nabotov with leg kicks and virtually submitted him within the first and third rounds. All Nabotov did was use his wrestling to attempt to smother Camilo, however he was unsuccessful.
Throughout the UFC Tampa post-fight press convention (watch right here), White revealed that Camilo acquired a UFC contract for this win.
“I picked the opposite man. You wouldn’t know that, however yeah, I picked different man,” White stated. “He received the battle. He appeared rattling good doing it. He was the higher, well-rounded fighter. The opposite child appeared very one-dimensional, and The Korean Zombie advised me he had a variety of issues with that child that week, threatening to drag out of the battle if he didn’t get extra nook males and loopy shit like that. So yeah, it performed out the way in which it ought to have.”
So, yeah, Camilo is now a UFC fighter, and Nabotov will return to the regional scene and doubtless by no means get a shot once more as a result of MMAMania.com can verify that he was very troublesome to work with and induced issues for Chan Sung Jung, who received him the battle in his promotion.
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