Kevin Christian vows to prove self to Dana White after Mick Maynard vouched for UFC contract

LAS VEGAS—It’s called Dana White’s Contender Series, but Mick Maynard made one UFC contract offer on Tuesday.

At Dana White’s Contender Series 73, White wasn’t all that impressed by light heavyweight Kevin Christian, who defeated Francesco Mazzeo by second-round triangle armbar. It was Maynard who convinced White not to pass on the 6-foot-7 Christian (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

“(White) didn’t see as much as I have to offer,” Christian told MMA Junkie and other reporters at the UFC Apex after the event. “But I’m going to make sure in my debut he sees somebody who is ready and who is going to be a completely different person.”