{"id":365990,"date":"2026-10-12T06:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sal-everett-says-hes-not-leaving-ufc-runner-job-despite-getting-fighter-contract"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T06:14:07","slug":"sal-everett-says-hes-not-leaving-ufc-runner-job-despite-getting-fighter-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sal-everett-says-hes-not-leaving-ufc-runner-job-despite-getting-fighter-contract","title":{"rendered":"Sal Everett Says He is Not Leaving UFC Runner Job Regardless of Getting Fighter Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Sal Everett<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Not Quitting My Job As Dana&#8217;s Assistant<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Despite Inking UFC Contract<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published<br \/>\n               October 12, 2026<br \/>\n              12:30 AM PDT\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-482d696bbd8ba547be867b1f39d7f543\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-97fc63b3-7863-4c3b-b828-b62f900ebc94-1469178986-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-97fc63b3-7863-4c3b-b828-b62f900ebc94-1469178986-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"assistant\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d4\/16by9\/2026\/10\/09\/d44a5e088fd74533832bed3556127274_md.png\" alt=\"100926 sal everett kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-482d696bbd8ba547be867b1f39d7f543--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b7685afd50e64792fad7c50f08e81f30\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dana-white\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dana White<\/strong><\/a> won&#8217;t have to post a job listing for a new runner, &#8217;cause <strong>Sal Everett<\/strong> says he isn&#8217;t goin&#8217; anywhere, despite now being a fighter signed to the MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b7685afd50e64792fad7c50f08e81f30--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3fbb15da4134f5d7253c70671f33111\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Everett, 29, works as a runner for White and the UFC &#8212; his duties include running personal errands and stocking the boss&#8217;s fridge &#8212; but fans assumed he&#8217;d be giving his two weeks after earning a contract on Tuesday&#8217;s Contender Series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3fbb15da4134f5d7253c70671f33111--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0a6777cce1add920ae89ffc98e796a3c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251116_552f239b4bd6421b8e370c7aef694551\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:44254427-8495-4810-8f42-15cce7c2b97e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/55\/4by3\/2025\/11\/16\/552f239b4bd6421b8e370c7aef694551_md.jpg\" alt=\"dana white getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0a6777cce1add920ae89ffc98e796a3c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b4cb97886554dd4a83692aec6c8389a3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Sal tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sports\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong><\/a> that&#8217;s not the case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b4cb97886554dd4a83692aec6c8389a3--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5586680402227d3f287b943298d6afe7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been working. I worked yesterday and I worked today. I&#8217;m at work right now, actually,&#8221; Everett revealed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5586680402227d3f287b943298d6afe7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aef75d1bb84bef38256dc1374cbfece4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240711_1ce8c4c355014593bceaf8f60ad034fd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:44254427-8495-4810-8f42-15cce7c2b97e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/4by3\/2024\/07\/11\/1ce8c4c355014593bceaf8f60ad034fd_md.jpg\" alt=\"dana white donald trump sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aef75d1bb84bef38256dc1374cbfece4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-14958fee004a9b1fe0ceabc748856949\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I love my job, so it&#8217;s not like I was working so hard to get away from stocking Dana&#8217;s fridge,&#8221; the 5-0 fighter said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-14958fee004a9b1fe0ceabc748856949--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ce8dea1f842ef25276b171f84ea2cbc7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Dana&#8217;s been blessing me in this position, and yeah, some days are stressful, but it&#8217;s work, you know? I&#8217;m a working man, I&#8217;m not lazy. I like to be here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ce8dea1f842ef25276b171f84ea2cbc7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e3f7fbf463c8a33a5c5d346e66a420d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-e3f7fbf463c8a33a5c5d346e66a420d3-1615511379-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e3f7fbf463c8a33a5c5d346e66a420d3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f47d48170927be3745216956b13416b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Everett knocked out <strong>Ozzy Martin <\/strong>about halfway through the first round of their fight in Las Vegas &#8230; and Dana was over the moon when he presented him with the contract.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f47d48170927be3745216956b13416b6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d5c650f0879c229743c464fd14b5d668\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Sal, we&#8217;ve had title fights in here, and I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s ever been as loud as it was tonight,&#8221; White told Everett.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d5c650f0879c229743c464fd14b5d668--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dbd6570b6643d319003ba985c8604272\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Everybody at the UFC loves you, you&#8217;re a great kid. Forget fighting and the contract, you&#8217;re a great human being. This could not happen to a better person. You have worked your way from the bottom up. You could not have won more impressively. It&#8217;s kind of weird because you&#8217;re already at the UFC, but Sal, welcome to the UFC!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dbd6570b6643d319003ba985c8604272--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-06ffe2656b87e2e003805b07589e7174\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-06ffe2656b87e2e003805b07589e7174-1722527558-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-06ffe2656b87e2e003805b07589e7174--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc1d9f0fa88b0dd5d327b8c39650dc30\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>What&#8217;s next (besides work on Monday)? 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