Dana White's Contender Series | |
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Season 5 | |
Release | |
Original network | ESPN+ |
Original release | August 31 – November 2, 2021 |
Season chronology |
Season 5 of Dana White's Contender Series commenced in August 2021 and in the US would be exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package. [1] [2] [3]
Dana White's Contender Series 37 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | August 31, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Azamat Murzakanov | def. | Matheus Scheffel | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight | Joanderson Brito | def. | Diego Lopes | Technical Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 0:10 | [a] |
Flyweight | Victor Altamirano | def. | Carlos Candelario | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | AJ Fletcher | def. | Leonardo Damiani | KO (flying knee) | 1 | 2:24 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [5]
Dana White's Contender Series 38 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 7, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Josh Quinlan | vs. | Logan Urban | No Contest | 1 | 0:47 | [a] |
Middleweight | Chidi Njokuani | def. | Mario Sousa | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 1:35 | |
Bantamweight | Saimon Oliveira | def. | José Alday | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | C.J. Vergara | def. | Bruno Korea | TKO (knee to the body) | 1 | 0:41 | |
Bantamweight | Chad Anheliger | def. | Muin Gafurov | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [8]
Dana White's Contender Series 39 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 14, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Jailton Almeida | def. | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:49 | |
Bantamweight | Mo Miller | def. | Brandon Lewis | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Albert Duraev | def. | Caio Bittencourt | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 3:29 | |
Heavyweight | Łukasz Brzeski | vs. | Dylan Potter | NC (overturned by NAC) [9] | 3 | 3:51 | |
Welterweight | Jack Della Maddalena | def. | Ange Loosa | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Jasmine Jasudavicius | def. | Julia Polastri | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [11]
Dana White's Contender Series 40 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 21, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Catchweight (189 lbs) | AJ Dobson | def. | Hashem Arkhagha | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:21 | [a] |
Welterweight | Michael Morales | def. | Nikolay Veretennikov | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Steven Nguyen | def. | Theo Rlayang | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Kleydson Rodrigues | def. | Santo Curatolo | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Victor Martinez | def. | Jacob Rosales | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [13]
Dana White's Contender Series 41 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 28, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Ihor Potieria | def. | Łukasz Sudolski | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:41 | |
Middleweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Aaron Jeffery | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Daniel Zellhuber | def. | Lucas Almeida | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Rizvan Kuniev | def. | Edivan Santos | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [15]
Dana White's Contender Series 42 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 5, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Mike Malott | def. | Shimon Smotritsky | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:39 | |
Flyweight | Carlos Hernandez | def. | Daniel Barez | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (139 lbs) | Fernie Garcia | def. | Joshua Weems | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:10 | [a] |
Middleweight | Joseph Holmes | def. | Shonte Barnes | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:46 | |
Lightweight | Genaro Valdéz | def. | Patrik White | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:44 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [17]
Dana White's Contender Series 43 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 12, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Catchweight (137.25 lbs) | Christian Rodriguez | def. | Reyes Cortez | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Heavyweight | Martin Buday | def. | Lorenzo Hood | TKO (knee) | 1 | 4:56 | |
Catchweight (127 lbs) | Jake Hadley | def. | Mitch Raposo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:11 | [b] |
Lightweight | Viacheslav Borshchev | def. | Chris Duncan | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:28 | |
Women's Strawweight | Maria Silva | def. | Kathryn Paprocki | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [19]
Dana White's Contender Series 44 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 19, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Jonny Parsons | def. | Solomon Renfro | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Piera Rodríguez | def. | Valesca Machado | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Jesse Murray | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:41 | |
Light Heavyweight | Armen Petrosyan | def. | Kaloyan Kolev | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:27 | |
Bantamweight | Pedro Falcão | def. | James Barnes | KO (punches) | 3 | 3:55 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [21]
Dana White's Contender Series 45 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 26, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Gadzhi Omargadzhiev | def. | Jansey Silva | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 4:19 | |
Bantamweight | Cristian Quiñonez | def. | Xiao Long | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (139 lbs) | Javid Basharat | def. | Oron Kahlon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 4:12 | [a] |
Women's Flyweight | Karine Silva | def. | Qihui Yan | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:44 | |
Lightweight | Manuel Torres | def. | Kolton Englund | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:10 | |
Featherweight | Olivier Murad | def. | Xie Bin | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [23]
Dana White's Contender Series 46 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | November 2, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Hayisaer Maheshate | def. | Achilles Estremadura | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Yohan Lainesse | def. | Justin Burlinson | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:37 | |
Flyweight | Erisson Ferreira da Silva | def. | Lun Qiu | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Jonas Bilharinho | def. | Canaan Kawaihae | TKO (spinning wheel kick) | 3 | 4:00 | |
Flyweight | Juan Puerta | def. | Zhifa Shang | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [25]