{"id":39903,"date":"2026-08-12T03:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Anthony-Wint-sends-Dana-White-wild-ultimatum-after-earning-UFC-contract-202326"},"modified":"2026-08-12T03:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:43:46","slug":"anthony-wint-sends-dana-white-wild-ultimatum-after-earning-ufc-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/anthony-wint-sends-dana-white-wild-ultimatum-after-earning-ufc-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Wint sends Dana White wild ultimatum after earning UFC contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/anthony-wint-sends-dana-white-wild-ultimatum-after-earning-ufc-contract.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Anthony-Wint-383061\">Anthony<br \/>\nWint<\/a> has put the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> boss on notice after his win on<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wint (7-0) took on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Matthew-Adams-276263\">Matthew<br \/>\nAdams<\/a> in the main event of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-Contender-Series-2026-Week-1-112637\"><br \/>\nDWCS 2026: Week 1<\/a>. He took hardly over half a minute to reverse<br \/>\na takedown and land vicious ground-and-pound to secure a finish.<br \/>\n\u201cBow Down\u201d subsequently earned a UFC contract, which he wants to<br \/>\ncapitalize on immediately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dana White targets UFC Sacramento for Anthony Wint after<br \/>\nContender Series win<\/h2>\n<p>Wint later revealed that he has warned <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/search\/gallery-fighter?q=dana+white\">Dana<br \/>\nWhite<\/a> that he\u2019s going to stay in the UFC CEO\u2019s house until he<br \/>\nhas his first fight booked in the promotion. The former New York<br \/>\nJets linebacker says MMA fights are easy work for him after<br \/>\nanalyzing plays in 40 seconds in his football career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t pay me by the hour,\u201d Wint said in his post-fight<br \/>\ninterview. \u201cI told Dana he got two options: I\u2019m not going home \u2013<br \/>\nEither he finds me a fight, or I stay at Dana\u2019s house\u2026 I played<br \/>\nfootball my whole life, linebacker. I\u2019m used to having 11 people<br \/>\nagainst me and then dissect a whole play in 40 seconds. Now I just<br \/>\ngot to dissect a man in three rounds, so it\u2019s easy work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wint has finished six of his seven pro wins so far and is currently<br \/>\non a three-fight streak of first-round finishes. He notably called<br \/>\nfor a fight at the upcoming numbered event in Philadelphia,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-330-Makhachev-vs-Garry-112557\"><br \/>\nUFC 330<\/a>, further reflecting how he wants to stay active inside<br \/>\nthe Octagon. At the post-fight presser, White indicated that the<br \/>\npromotion will look to add Wint to the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260\"><br \/>\nUFC Sacramento<\/a> card scheduled for Aug. 22.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.1891891891892\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.1621621621622\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They don&#8217;t pay by the hour \ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n[ <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DWCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DWCS<\/a><br \/>\n| LIVE on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paramountplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParamountPlus<\/a><br \/>\n] <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nELu3V6T0F\">pic.twitter.com\/nELu3V6T0F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2087349264808620300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nAugust 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center readability=\"0.99683544303797\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.9873417721519\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White says he might throw <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Anthony-Wint-383061\">Anthony<br \/>\nWint<\/a> on the UFC Sacramento card \ud83d\udc40 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Fx6897E5N\">pic.twitter.com\/0Fx6897E5N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpinninBackfist\/status\/2087352682193568166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nAugust 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Wint has put the Ultimate Fighting Championship boss on notice after his win on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series. Wint (7-0) took on Matthew Adams in the main event of DWCS 2026: Week 1. He took hardly over half a minute to reverse a takedown and land vicious ground-and-pound to secure a finish. \u201cBow Down\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}