LAS VEGAS – If the UFC wants to give Luis Pena his chance to fight the winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 27” lightweight tournament, that season champion – Mike Trizano – is happy to oblige. “Whatever the UFC wants to do,” Trizano told reporters after his FS1-televised The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale win on Friday. “I’m going to go back and improve, and if he wants to scrap, I’ll scrap.” But that, Trizano points out, doesn’t change how things panned out. Pena would have been at least in the semifinals of the latest “TUF” season, but a foot injury suffered in his quarterfinal-round victory knocked him out of the competition. He got his time on the big stage, though, and delivered big time with a first-round submission win over Richie Smullen earlier that night at Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas. Related TUF 27 Finale results: Mike Trizano squeaks past Joe Giannetti to win 'TUF' lightweight tourney After his TUF 27 Finale bout, Pena said he wants to face the night’s lightweight winner to prove “that I would have won” the season.
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