‘I’m ready’, Laura Sanko targeting 2022 debut in UFC commentary booth

Laura Sanko behind the desk for Dana White’s Contender Series.Laura Sanko’s hard work with Invicta FC and LFA lead to her being snapped up by the UFC this year to work as both a cageside analyst and commentator with the Contender Series brand.

Sanko, who went 3-1 in amateur MMA and 1-0 as a pro, recently told MMA Junkiethat she is gunning for a step-up on the ladder in the new year.

“For next year I would like to be able to call – not that I don’t love the Contender Series, it’s my baby – but I would like to be able to call some Fight Nights,” she said. “The UFC does things for a reason and the people above me who make those decisions make them with lots of things in mind. So I’m certainly…