Recent UFC winner Kai Kamaka might want to start playing the lottery because his last gamble paid off huge.
After amassing a 6-2 record and a four-fight win streak that including victories in Bellator MMA, Kamaka was still waiting for an opportunity to ink a long term contract with a major promotion. His manager eventually landed him a fight in LFA — a regional promotion that has fed a ton of talent into the UFC over the years — but that opportunity also came along with one small caveat.
Rather than just fly home from South Dakota where the LFA event was happening, Kamaka took a short trip to Las Vegas instead.