It’s a big day for Dana White’s Contender Series. The weekly fight show from a Las Vegas strip mall gym is getting a rare visit from a proven MMA talent, someone who, in a more egalitarian version of this sport, probably wouldn’t need to fight his way though a glorified tryout just to get his shot in the UFC. That person is Nick Newell (14-1), and by now you’ve probably heard of him. He’s the fighter who was born with one hand , but nonetheless battled to a regional title and a spot in one of MMA’s major promotions, all while critics insisted that there was only so high that a one-handed fighter could climb. One of those critics in recent years was UFC President Dana White, who said on multiple occasions that he wouldn’t sign a fighter with only one hand
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Are promoters really worried about Nick Newell’s safety – or their own? – MMA Junkie