When opportunity knocked for women’s flyweight Yuneisy Duden, she swung the door wide open.
Duben faced Shannon Clark on Tuesday during Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas and delivered a stunning knockout finish in the first round. UFC CEO Dana White announced that Duben had earned a UFC contract following the highlight-reel KO and revealed that she didn’t have a ‘dime to her name’ ahead of the bout.
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“Let’s just get straight to it. Basically if you look at what you had to be on Shannon [Clark], she as a -1350 dog,” White said following the event. “There are two types of people in their world; There’s people who will come in and go, ‘Oh my God. I’m a 13-1 underdog,’ and there’s people who will come in and go, ‘How dare you make me a 13-1 underdog.”
“I don’t know if she can grapple. I don’t know if she can kick. I don’t know if she can defend a takedown, but let me tell you what, one of the most impressive knockouts I’ve ever seen. A huge underdog,” White continued.
“She almost didn’t come. She has no money. She doesn’t have a dollar to her name right now,” White revealed during the event’s post-fight press conference.
“Her per diem got messed up and all this stuff. The staff had to go grocery shopping for her, and then she comes in and does that. Let me tell you what, she ain’t broke now.”
The 28-year old Venezuelan fighter was unknown heading into Tuesday’s fight. Overnight, her highlight finish went viral on social media.
“You don’t see women knock women out like that. And the girl she fought as a 13-1 favorite. The girl’s a beast. She’s a specimen,” White said. “Nobody knows you on Tuesday morning. Everybody can know you Wednesday morning.”
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