LAS VEGAS – It’s a rarity for UFC president Dana White to come into the cage after a fight for anything other than a belt presentation.
So when Vinicius Salvador (14-4) saw the boss walk in after his second-round finish of Shannon Ross (13-6) at Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday, he knew it had to be a good thing.
“It was surreal that he came up there,” Salvador said at his post-fight news conference at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. “Maybe I could be the first bonus in the Contender Series – I asked for that. I come from knockouts. I always knock people out. But if it goes down to the ground, it’s going to be a submission. This is how it’s always been, and you can rest assured that’s how it’s always going to be going forward.”
