DWCS 69 winner Malcolm Wellmaker will wait by the phone for UFC debut, eyes another knockout

LAS VEGAS – Malcolm Wellmaker can’t wait for another opportunity to put on a show.

Wellmaker (8-0) impressed on Dana White’s Contender Series 69 when he face-planted Adam Bramhald for a first-round knockout Tuesday at the UFC Apex.

UFC CEO Dana White said Wellmaker couldn’t have looked better as he awarded him a UFC contract. The undefeated 30-year-old came out seemingly unscathed as he looks to build on his momentum.

“As soon as a good opportunity comes across,” Wellmaker told reporters, including MMA Junkie. “I’m waiting by the phone. My coaches are going to listen to the offers. Me, my coaches, Jason House are going to sit down and get back in there and try to do another knockout.”

Wellmaker sat Bramhald down with a big counter-right while backpedaling, a finish he says he exactly envisioned.

“I just got to give a big kudos to my team,” W`ellmaker said. “The past three or four fights, we had a game plan and a vision for the exact way we were going to finish fights and the same thing happened tonight.

“Working the jab, he’s got a leaping, open-wide left hook, and coming over with the top with the right hand. I had a couple of interviews before the fight, and I even told them it was going to be a right hand. I saw it, and I landed it.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for DWCS 69.