For Devonte Smith, making the choice to accept a short-notice fight was easy. It was either get ready to make his UFC debut on less than three weeks’ notice, or wait until the new year to finally make that walk to the Octagon.
Sure enough, the recent Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series contract winner signed on the dotted line to fight Julian Erosa at UFC Denver, which takes place Saturday at the Pepsi Center. Facing his most experienced opponent yet, Smith (8-1) is just glad that Erosa was as eager as he was to make that walk to the Octagon regardless of the lack of prep time.