Dana White took a chance on Jake Hadley and signed him to the UFC on Tuesday night, even though the Cage Warriors flyweight champion broke a set of rules the UFC president follows when adding a fighter to the roster.
Hadley defeated Mitch Raposo via a second-round rear-naked choke on the most recent episode of Dana White’s Contender Series. The performance was impressive, but there was no guarantee that ‘White Kong’ had earned a UFC contract, especially since he missed weight for the fight on Monday afternoon. The UFC brass has passed on signing fighters in a similar predicament before.