Last week, Drako Rodriguez got the call he’s long wanted, a chance to get into the UFC. An opportunity to step in for Sean O’Malley and face Chito Vera in the year’s biggest and most stacked card, UFC 239, came around, and he was eager to accept. Manager Brian Butler was ready to make it happen for his client, until a phone call to King of the Cage founder and co-owner, Terry Trebilcock , put a halt on the whole thing. Trebilcock was not willing to release Rodriguez from his contract. And Butler was willing even willing to buy out Rodriguez’s contract, but the number Trebilcock gave him, didn’t seem to add up. “We had a very small window to get this done because obviously, the fight [was July 6],” Butler explained on MMA Junkie Radio
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