Dana White's Contender Series | |
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Season 8 | |
Release | |
Original network | ESPN+ |
Original release | August 13 – October 10, 2024 |
Season chronology |
Season 8 of Dana White's Contender Series commences in August 2024 and in the US is exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package. [1] [2]
Dana White's Contender Series 67 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | August 13, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | An Tuan Ho | vs. | Lone'er Kavanagh | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Mikheil Sazhiniani | vs. | Bruno Lopes |
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 68 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | August 20, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Torrez Finney | vs. | Cam Rowston | ||||
Welterweight | Pat Pytlik | vs. | Andreas Berg Gustafsson |
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 69 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | August 27, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Adam Bramhald | vs. | Malcolm Wellmaker | ||||
Featherweight | Michael Aswell | vs. | Bogdan Grad | ||||
Flyweight | Jack Duffy | vs. | Jose Ochoa | ||||
Middleweight | Liam Anderson | vs. | TBA |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 70 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 3, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Women's Flyweight | Shannon Clark | vs. | Yuneisy Duben | ||||
Middleweight | Will Currie | vs. | Djorden Santos | ||||
Welterweight | Ko Seok Hyun | vs. | Igor Cavalcanti | ||||
Bantamweight | Tommy McMillen | vs. | Austin Bashi | ||||
Welterweight | Meng Ding | vs. | Islam Dulatov |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 71 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 10, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Uran Satybaldiev | vs. | Raffael Cerqueira | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Yousri Belgaroui | vs. | Anvarbek Daniyalbekov | ||||
Lightweight | Kody Steele | vs. | Quemuel Ottoni |
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 72 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 17, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Quang Le | vs. | Aaron Tau |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 73 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 24, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 74 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 1, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 75 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 8, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Dana White's Contender Series 76 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 15, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
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