LAS VEGAS – A lightning-fast knockout stemming from a perfectly executed gameplan and a UFC contract to go with it? For 30-year-old light heavyweight Alonzo Menifield , this Tuesday made for a pretty perfect night. Well … almost perfect, anyway. “I did that failed backflip,” Menifield told MMAjunkie following his win at Dana White’s Contender Series 9, before adding with a smile. “But I repeated it – and I got it.” Taking second chances is kind of Menifield’s thing. It was also all he needed to earn his entry into the UFC, after falling short at Dana White’s Contender Series 3 last July
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