UNCASVILLE, Conn. – It’s only been about three years since Austin Vanderford got a submission win on Dana White’s Contender Series, but wasn’t good enough to get a fight in the UFC. When Vanderford fought Angelo Trevino on a DWCS card in July 2018, he was 4-0 – and criticized for getting a shot on the UFC tryout show just because his girlfriend was Paige VanZant, who at the time was one of the UFC’s most popular women fighters. These days, a DWCS stoppage win is almost a lock to get into the UFC. But Vanderford’s second-round rear-naked choke win was passed over by White, and he found himself again looking for a major-promotion home
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