Danny Barlow discusses earning a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series
Danny Barlow headed to Las Vegas for Dana White’s Contender with the goal of impressing UFC president Dana White to earn a UFC contract.
On the show, that goal was not only achieved, but Barlow looked like he’s going to be a huge matchup problem within the UFC’s welterweight division.
In his fight with Raheam Forest, who like Barlow, trains out of Memphis, Tenn., both men respected one another as they know each other personally, but both men wanted to get after things early on.
Both Barlow and Forest came out swinging and threw every punch and kick with bad intentions. While both threw hard, it was Barlow who landed the fight changing shot.
Forest took a big punch from the longer Barlow and immediately was on weaken legs. As he back away from Barlow, the referee started to step closer getting ready to stop the fight.
For many fighters, when their opponent is hurt, they get wild and start throwing huge shots from all different angles, but Barlow didn’t do any of that. He stayed patience and made sure to land more effective shots.
After a short hook to the body and a few hard shots to the head, the referee had scene enough and waved off the fight making Barlow the winner in a fight that didn’t last two minutes.
Barlow took in the moment inside the octagon and as soon as his name was announcer as the winner, he had a great celebration as he did a backflip inside the octagon.
White was more than impressed with Barlow and he happily gave him a UFC contract while praising his performance.
Following his win, Barlow spoke with MyMMANews to discuss his win, his celebration and how the movie Creed lead to him becoming a fighter.
You can watch his full interview in the video above.
A full list of results from Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 7, Week 8 are listed below:
Danny Barlow defeated Raheam Forest by TKO (punches) – Round 1 (1:19)
Mario Piazzon defeated Alexander Soldatkin by disqualification (illegal knee) – Round 3 (0:20)
Danny Silva defeated Angel Pacheco by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ernesta Kareckaite defeated Carli Judice by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Vinicius Oliveira defeated Victor Madrigal by TKO (punches) – Round 1 (3:02)
*Bold names received a UFC contract
