DWCS 89 winner revealed plans to keep the accounting job despite earning a UFC contract after pulling a historic upset that left fans stunned. <\/p>\n
Dana White\u2019s Contender Series (DWCS<\/a>) season 10, week 3, concluded on Tuesday Night at Meta Apex in Las Vegas, and all five winners earned UFC<\/a> contracts.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earning a UFC<\/a> contract remains the dream of almost every MMA fighter, as it allows them to pursue a full-time career at the highest level. However, one of Tuesday night’s winners expressed that earning the contract does not mean she is ready to leave her day job behind.<\/p>\n That fighter is Alex Apodaca<\/a>,\u00a0 who pulled off a massive upset against Bella Mir <\/a>in the bantamweight main event of\u00a0DWCS<\/a> 89.<\/p>\n Alex Apodaca refuses to quit accounting job despite earning UFC contract at DWCS 89<\/p>\n Mir is the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and was a heavy betting favorite at -6110 against Apodaca. The highest betting favorite in DWCS history, she is an NCAA national champion wrestler and an accomplished grappler.<\/p>\n That said, Mir lacked experience, having just four fights entering the bout. Apodaca capitalized on that shut-down \u2018Lady\u2019 wrestling game and outworked her over three rounds to pull off the biggest upset in MMA and secured a unanimous decision victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n The victory earned her a UFC contract and seemingly opened the door to a full-time fight career.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, in the post-event presser, Apodaca revealed that she enjoys her accounting profession, praised her coworkers for supporting her, and intends to keep it balanced with her MMA career.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I don’t think I’m going to quit. I like using my brain. … I have a call at 7:30 a.m.\u201dApodaca revealed<\/p>\n Check out Alex Apodaca<\/a>\u2019s comments below via MMA Junkie:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some fighters have multiple professions that they are as passionate about as fighting inside the octagon. Stipe Miocic can be considered a prime example of that during his title reign. Despite being the UFC heavyweight champion, he also worked as a firefighter and paramedic. While some fighters, despite being in UFC, have to work multiple jobs simply to make a living, UFC CEO Dana White has received heavy criticism for that, and often gets called out for the fighters’ pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Apodaca is determined to balance her career with fighting, her performance against Mir also earned praise from White for one reason in particular.<\/p>\n Dana White praises Alex Apodaca for surviving deep<\/a> waters against Bella Mir at DWCS 89<\/p>\n Speaking after DWCS 89, White believes that Apodaca\u2019s ability to handle adversity has given her the edge to get the victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n