Victor
Valenzuela got a second chance at a
UFC career and made the most of it.

Valenzuela (14-4) made his UFC debut in a welterweight clash
against Max Griffin
(20-13) at
UFC Fight Night 274 on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas.
Despite getting knocked down, Valenzuela fought back and earned a
unanimous decision win in a violent affair. 

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Valenzuela initially got a chance at a UFC career on
Dana White’s Contender Series last year. However, the Chilean
prospect suffered a second-round stoppage loss against Michael
Oliveira. Valenzuela recently revealed that he had nearly given
up on a UFC career following his loss on the Contender Series.
However, Valenzuela’s teammates assured him that more opportunities
would come his way if he continued to work hard. “Psicosis” bounced
back with a stoppage win over Yusaku
Kinoshita on the regional circuit last month. Just weeks after
his win over Kinoshita, Valenzuela was offered an opportunity to
make his UFC debut against Griffin on five days’ notice. Valenzuela
says that just the second chance was enough for him to accept the
fight, regardless of the opponent or the weight class.

Never Giving Up

“To be really honest with you, after my opportunity at Contender
Series, I thought this was done and I wouldn’t have another shot at
the UFC,” Valenzuela said in a post-fight interview with the UFC.
“But every single one of my teammates said, ‘Listen, you don’t give
up on this. You are young. You have so many opportunities. This is
what you like to do.’ And that’s what I continued to do it. I love
doing this. I continue to work hard… Just the fact that I was gonna
get the opportunity to fight in the UFC, against whoever it was,
whatever weight division it was, doesn’t matter. The fact that I’m
here and getting another opportunity, I was gonna get the
win.” 

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