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First-round TKO earns contract
Kuniev defeated Hugo Cunha via TKO (punches) at 4:59 of Round 1 at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. After the show, he was one of four fighters to be awarded an official UFC contract.
ANALYSIS
Kuniev did exactly what was expected of him as a betting favorite in the ballpark of (-575), but you can only fight who they put in front of you, and Kuniev disposed of that opponent in short order, only absorbing three significant strikes in the process. The 31-year-old heavyweight last competed under the banner of PFL, where he beat Renan Ferreira (who is about to fight Francis Ngannou for a title), but that win was later changed to a no-contest after testing positive for a banned substance. White doesn't typically go for that type of baggage, so the issue must have been cleared up, or it could just be a matter of an immediate need for heavyweights on the roster.
Kuniev did exactly what was expected of him as a betting favorite in the ballpark of (-575), but you can only fight who they put in front of you, and Kuniev disposed of that opponent in short order, only absorbing three significant strikes in the process. The 31-year-old heavyweight last competed under the banner of PFL, where he beat Renan Ferreira (who is about to fight Francis Ngannou for a title), but that win was later changed to a no-contest after testing positive for a banned substance. White doesn't typically go for that type of baggage, so the issue must have been cleared up, or it could just be a matter of an immediate need for heavyweights on the roster.