Luke Fernandez (6-0 MMA) touched down in Enterprise, NV earlier this week with the hope that his career trajectory would be forever changed through his appearance in Tuesday night’s DWCS 85. Inside the slimmed-down Octagon at the UFC Apex, he drew the assignment of Rafael Pergentino (5-1 MMA) in a light heavyweight contest.
Coming into the Contender Series fight on Tuesday evening, Fernandez boasted an 80 percent finishing rate. All but one of his professional fights in MMA resulted in a knockout.
As we’ve seen throughout the nine-year run of DWCS, it isn’t enough to just win the fight on a given late summer or early fall Tuesday evening in Nevada.