Aussie 'one-trick pony' secures UFC contract

Australian Jack Jenkins has secured a declaration with the UFC, with a ascendant TKO triumph implicit Ecuador's Freddy Emiliano Linares successful Las Vegas.

Jenkins conceded that the unit of the Contender Series - where you don't conscionable person to win, but triumph impressively, to unafraid a UFC deal - perchance got to him.

"I was conscionable a spot overwhelmed - you get the decorativeness ... connected paper, successful immoderate different script you spell 'wow, what a performance', but with the unit that comes with being successful the Apex for the Contenders you spell 'f--k, was that enough?'," helium said.

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The Victorian was made to sweat a small spot by UFC brag Dana White, who announces astatine the extremity of the programme which winners are going to person contracts for the sport's apical promotion.

Jack Jenkins celebrates aft his triumph implicit Freddy Emiliano Linares. (Getty)

"My happening with Jack Jenkins contiguous helium looked similar a one-trick pony. He kept going to the ground, helium perfectly dominated, but the boys are telling maine he's really a large kickboxer - I didn't spot immoderate of that tonight," White said.

"Jimmy Crute thinks he's going to beryllium a satellite champion, I saw him station that - he's connected a seven-fight triumph streak, helium did get the decorativeness tonight, it's the past amusement of the year, connected a nighttime wherever I whitethorn not person taken him, I'm decidedly taking him contiguous - amusement maine immoderate kickboxing!"

An ecstatic Jenkins screamed with joyousness arsenic helium walked implicit to accept. 

"I was beauteous tense erstwhile I went retired the backmost - I agreed with Dana's criticisms completely, it was a small spot of a one-trick nighttime tonight, I deliberation possibly the infinitesimal got the amended of maine a bit, but I said each week this was conscionable the commencement for me," helium said.

"I did what I needed to bash to get the commencement and present I'm truly going to ramp it up, and commencement to amusement everybody what I tin do."

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