There was a moment not too long ago where Calvin Kattar was at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, and he spotted Dana White grabbing a cup of coffee. At that moment, it crossed Kattar’s mind to get a quick word with the UFC boss, so they could talk a little business, but he thought better of it.

If Kattar decided to approach White, you could’t really blame him. After all, he’s currently without a contract after fighting out his UFC deal in October.

Thing is, he doesn’t seem too worried about it.

“We’re getting the foundation going, I think, for something,” Kattar recently told MMAjunkie Radio of his talks with the UFC. “But we’re also at the end of the year. I think they probably have all their fights mapped out, too, contracts that they got to get lined up. So I don’t think they’re in a position where they probably need me so much anyway.”

The situation being what it is, Kattar (19-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has kept himself busy in other ways. Following his win over Chris Fishgold at UFC Fight Night 138 in October, Kattar switched gears to start helping teammate Rob Font prepare for his UFC on FOX 31 fight with Sergio Pettis. That turned out to be a success, with Font scoring a unanimous-decision win this past weekend.

Kattar also has gotten involved in the business side of MMA. While he was away from fighting from 2013-2016, Kattar took ownership of the Combat Zone promotion based in New England, which has a Feb. 2 event Kattar is working to organize.

It’s a full-circle situation of sorts as Kattar made his professional debut under the Combat Zone banner in 2007 and fought for the promotion a total of nine times.

“I definitely enjoy being involved in the sport, more than anything, outside of the fighting, as well,” Kattar said.

To hear more from Kattar, check out the video above.

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