There are a lot of reasons to be excited for Daniil Donchenko’s future in the UFC welterweight division, which officially gets underway this weekend in Las Vegas with a showdown against veteran Alex Morono that is slated to close out the prelims.
For starters, the 24-year-old Ukrainian prospect, who won the welterweight competition on the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter, is surrounded by outstanding coaches and mentors, including countryman Yaroslav Amosov and lightweight Rafael Fiziev, as well as the team at Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas.
“Sometimes I do crazy things that no one understands why, so he said, ‘This guy needs a helmet,’” Donchenko said of Amosov, who made the joke about his friend and compatriot following his debut win in December, where the rambunctious young welterweight was in his corner; Amosov will return the favor this weekend.