LAS VEGAS – It took just one general question for Jordan Griffin to turn from a beaming UFC-contract winner to an emotional vet who finally achieved his dream. At Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 15 event, seven-year vet Griffin (17-5) scored a first-round submission victory over featherweight Maurice Mitchell (11-2). After the event, which took place at The Ultimate Fighter Gym in Las Vegas and streamed on UFC Fight Pass, Griffin learned he was one of the four winners who received a UFC deal, thanks in part to his quick hands and nifty submission (via Twitter ): Yikes. pic.twitter.com/c8yoFp9Sua — UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) August 1, 2018 After the fight, Griffin, a 28-year-old LFA vet and former KOTC champ with 13 stoppages in 17 career wins, figured a UFC deal was likely. “I was like, yeah, they’re going to let me in,” he told MMAjunkie after the fight
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We asked DWCS 15′s Jordan Griffin about long road to UFC, and the waterworks began – MMA Junkie