Last week’s edition of Tuesday Night Fights was somewhat disappointing based on who Dana White decided to award contracts to. Mike Santiago and Jordan Espinosa scored first round stoppages against opponents better known than themselves… and neither were awarded contracts. Instead, Joby Sanchez and Benito Lopez got the contracts. It isn’t that Sanchez and Lopez were undeserving. Sanchez was making his second appearance on the show and secured a second round stoppage while Lopez survived a back-and-forth war with Steven Peterson. But it still didn’t feel quite right.
There was some redemption announced earlier this week when it was announced Santiago was going to be filling in on short notice for an injured Nick Hein in Rotterdam against highly regarded prospect Zabit Magomedsharipov.