LAS VEGAS – Chase Hooper is a UFC fighter – of sorts – and the 18-year-old prospect and Dana White’s Contender Series 14 winner plans to make the most of it. At Tuesday’s event, which streamed on UFC Fight Pass from The Ultimate Fighter Gym in Las Vegas, Hooper (5-0) overcame a near-disastrous first round – he was battered relentlessly by Hawaiian featherweight Canaan Kawaihae (3-1) – but took control afterward (via Twitter ): The comeback is on for @chase_hooper ! The tides have changed in round 2! pic.twitter.com/zsoeWijDB4 — UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) July 25, 2018 The jiu-jitsu ace put on a grappling clinic and ultimately got a unanimous-decision victory via 29-26, 29-26 and 28-26 scores. Three of the event’s five winners received UFC deals from White. Main-event winner Alex Munoz, who defeated congenital amputee and one-handed Nick Newell via decision, wasn’t one of them . Neither was Hooper, though he didn’t leave the TUF Gym completely empty-handed. Related Dana White's Contender Series 14 results: Sodiq Yusuff, Jeff Hughes, Jim Crute win UFC deals Instead, he got a UFC “development contract.” So what exactly does that mean?
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What a ‘UFC development contract’ means for 18-year-old Chase Hooper – MMA Junkie