Dana White says he has offered a fan who asked if he could fight in the UFC at a news conference an opportunity to earn a contract in the promotion.
UFC president White was asked by the fan, who added he had won nine fights and is from Tajikistan, at the UFC 308 news conference in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
White then invited him up on stage before he was escorted away to speak to UFC officials.
The fan has been identified among MMA circles as Dorobshokh Nabotov, with MMA statistics website Sherdog, external saying he is unbeaten, winning eight fights.
“We’re giving him an opportunity. He got up on the mic today he’s getting an opportunity,” said White.
