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Farah Hannoun

Kevin Holland didn’t want UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series, explains why

Kevin Holland didn’t exactly give Dana White the best first impression, but apparently he wasn’t trying to?

Holland defeated Will Santiago at Dana White’s Contender Series 9 in June 2018 but did not earn a UFC contract for his efforts. White wasn’t particularly impressed with Holland’s “Big Mouth,” and it appeared to cost him.

But in a recent interview with UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald, Holland revealed that he didn’t even want a UFC contract on that night, and there’s a reason why.

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