Dana White was in a giving mood during the latest episode of his Contender Series show.
The UFC CEO signed ex-NFL star Josh Hokit and all four of the other fighters who won on Tuesday evening.
Louis Lee Scott was the most surprising UFC signing, despite his extremely impressive performance.
The Englishman scored a third-round TKO win over Kaushik Saikumar after putting himself in Dana White‘s bad books by doing ‘one of the worst things you could possibly do’ 24 hours before his biggest fight to date.
Louis Lee Scott punches Kaushik Saikumar during their DWCS fight
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Dana White forgives DWCS weight miss
Louis Lee Scott came in 0.5lbs over the bantamweight limit during Monday’s weigh-in.
Failing to make weight is usually an unforgivable mistake in the eyes of the UFC boss Dana White.
However, the UFC boss was so impressed by Scott that he decided to overlook his pre-fight indiscretion.
“Scott, I literally got to see everything from you,” White said.
“As we were going to that last round, I didn’t think there was going to be a finish.
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“I’m like, ‘Even though there’s not a finish, I’ve literally seen everything this guy can do.’ Striking, submission defense, conditioning, and then I got to see the killer instinct. Great combo to finish the fight.
“When you come here and you don’t make weight, it is one of the worst things that you could possibly do. It’s almost a guarantee that you are not gonna make it into the UFC.
“But after that performance, I’m going to let the half-a-pound go. Welcome. Get over here.”
Josh Hokit slams the UFC heavyweight division
Josh Hokit pounded his way to a second-round TKO win over Guilherme Uriel on Tuesday night.
Post-fight, the former NFL star slammed the heavyweight division as ‘overweight fat guys’ in a wild rant.
Hokit touched on several sensitive subjects during his post-fight WWE-style heel turn.
“I see all these heavyweights getting cut,” he said.
“They bring nothing to the table. A lot of them are just overweight fat guys. Their fights are boring. They don’t even speak English.
“I feel like that should be a criteria, you speak English, and then you can be in the UFC. That’s how I would run it.”