Kenny Cross fixated on seizing moment for MVP after years of UFC uncertainty

Kenny Cross has finally found a home, even if just for a short while. Too good for regional opponents and not lucky enough for a UFC call, Cross (17-4) has been in an awkward middle ground for years. It's a position he's struggled to maneuver out of, that is, until Most Valuable Promotions came along.

"As soon as I heard that he was making this card, I started praying about it and I messaged (my management) Iridium and I talked to my coach and I had all of a sudden, more people now looking at my Tapology and they really wanted me," Cross recently told MMA Junkie. "I'm like, 'Holy crap. ' We were just leaving church and I got the call.

I didn't even hear who I was fighting. I just said, 'Yep, yep. ' I said, 'How much to show up?

Yeah. ' I was like, 'Who am I fighting? '" Cross isn't fighting an international superstar, but he's fighting a national one, that's for sure.