I hadn’t had any direct conversations with the UFC up until the night before the deal was done done, when I spoke to the UFC’s executive vice president and chief business officer, Hunter Campbell. It was weird. They had to create a new contract for me, because when they traded for my ONE Championship contract I only had three months left. That meant if the UFC didn’t create a new contract and give me a fight within three months, they’d be screwed. We had to renegotiate right off the bat, and quickly. My manager, DeWayne Zinkin, took care of the money part and sorted out the numbers. For my
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