Nick Newell had his long-awaited chance at his UFC dreams on Tuesday night. But his best efforts weren’t quite enough.
The Connecticut native has earned plaudits for his inspirational life story, becoming a successful mixed martial artist despite his handicap as a congenital amputee.
But the veteran lightweight came up short in the feature bout of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, as he dropped a unanimous decision to Team Alpha Male’s Alex Munoz (5-0). The judges’ scores at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas were 30-27 across the board.
“I knew he was going to be a tough fighter, he knows he has one arm he uses very well, actually two arms he uses very well,” Munoz said.