Overview
- Wint choked Terrance Chatman unconscious with an arm-triangle at 4:29 of Round 1 and referee Herb Dean stopped the fight as Chatman went limp.
- The victory on Saturday improved Wint’s professional record to 8-0 and came only 11 days after he earned a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series.
- In post-fight comments Wint vowed to keep fighting and acknowledged gaps in his game, admitting he did not know how to defend a kimura and plans to work on his grappling.
- UFC president Dana White praised the quick turnaround as a feature of the Contender Series that helps the promotion build names quickly and inject fresh talent into a heavyweight roster that has lacked depth.
- Wint’s past as a New York Jets linebacker, his string of early finishes and heavy betting favoritism have boosted his marketability and could prompt the UFC to keep advancing similar finish-oriented prospects.