Dana White's Contender Series | |
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Season 8 | |
Release | |
Original network | ESPN+ |
Original release | August 13 – October 15, 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 over-the-top subscription package. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dana White's Contender Series 67 | |
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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 | |||
Middleweight | Mansur Abdul-Malik | def. | Wes Schultz | TKO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 3:55 | |
Welterweight | Rami Hamed | def. | Meng Ding | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Bruno Lopes | def. | Mikheil Sazhiniani | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:14 | |
Featherweight | Jose Degaldo | def. | Ernie Juarez | KO (knee and punches) | 2 | 1:25 | |
Flyweight | Lone'er Kavanagh | def. | An Tuan Ho | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:35 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [6]
Dana White's Contender Series 68 | |
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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 | |||
Welterweight | Andreas Gustafsson Berg | def. | Pat Pytlik | TKO (knees) | 2 | 3:20 | |
Heavyweight | Rizvan Kuniev | def. | Hugo Cunha | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 4:59 | |
Bantamweight | Cortavious Romious | def. | Michael Imperato | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Torrez Finney | def. | Cam Rowston | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Cody Haddon | def. | Billy Brand | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:09 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [8]
Dana White's Contender Series 69 | |
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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 | |||
Middleweight | Andrey Pulyaev | def. | Liam Anderson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Bogdan Grad | def. | Michael Aswell | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Marco Tulio | def. | Matthieu Letho Duclos | TKO (spinning back kick and punches) | 2 | 2:38 | |
Bantamweight | Malcolm Wellmaker | def. | Adam Bramhald | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:29 | |
Flyweight | Nick Piccininni | def. | Jack Duffy | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [10]
Dana White's Contender Series 70 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 3, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Tommy McMillen was scheduled to face Austin Bashi in a featherweight bout at the event, but he withdrew due to injury and the bout was cancelled. Bashi instead faced Dorian Ramos. [11]
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Ko Seok-hyun | def. | Igor Cavalcanti | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos | def. | Will Currie | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Austin Bashi | def. | Dorian Ramos | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:15 | |
Women's Flyweight | Yuneisy Duben | def. | Shannon Clark | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:13 | |
Lightweight | Quillan Salkilld | def. | Gauge Young | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [13]
A lightweight bout between Quemuel Ottoni and Kody Steele was set for the card. Despite both men weighing in, Ottoni pulled out of the bout the day of the event. Kody Steele was paid his show and win money and was rebooked to fight Chasen Blair on Week 9 of DWCS. [14]
Dana White's Contender Series 71 | |
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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 | Navajo Stirling | def. | Phillip Latu | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:21 | |
Middleweight | Yousri Belgaroui | def. | Taiga Iwasaki | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:34 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Josias Musasa | def. | Otari Tanzilov | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women’s Flyweight | Nicolle Caliari | def. | Corrine Laframboise | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:45 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [16]
Dana White's Contender Series 72 | |
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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 | Elijah Smith | def. | Aaron Tau | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Tallison Teixeira | def. | Arthur Lopes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:57 | |
Welterweight | Benjamin Bennett | def. | Joey Hart | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Ateba Abega Gautier | def. | Yura Naito | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:00 | |
Lightweight | Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada | def. | Dylan Mantello | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:41 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [18]
Dana White's Contender Series 73 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 24, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Danylo Voievodkin | def. | Bailey Schoenfelder | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:13 | |
Welterweight | Daniel Frunza | def. | Vadym Kutsyi | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:30 | |
Light Heavyweight | Kevin Christian | def. | Francesco Mazzeo | Submission (triangle armbar) | 2 | 4:17 | |
Featherweight | Kevin Vallejos | def. | Cam Teague | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:23 | |
Women's Strawweight | Alexia Thainara | def. | Rose Conceição | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [20]
A featherweight bout between Alberto Mondes and Robbie Ring was set for the card. However, Ring withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Carlos Calderon. [21]
Dana White's Contender Series 74 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 1, 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 | Diyar Nurgozhay | def. | Bartosz Szewczyk | KO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 3:32 | |
Featherweight | Alberto Montes | def. | Carlos Calderon | Submission (anaconda choke) | 2 | 2:38 | |
Bantamweight | David Martinez | def. | Xavier Franklin | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Torrez Finney | def. | Abdellah Er-Ramy | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:10 | |
Welterweight | Jacobe Smith | def. | Christien Savoie | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 2:55 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [23]
Dana White's Contender Series 75 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 8, 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 | Artem Vakhitov | def. | Islem Masraf | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:23 | |
Lightweight | Kody Steele | def. | Chasen Blair | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:07 | |
Heavyweight | Mário Pinto | def. | Lucas Triverio Camacho | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:43 | |
Welterweight | Islam Dulatov | def. | Vanilto Antunes | KO (elbow) | 1 | 2:44 | |
Flyweight | Sean Gauci | def. | Anthony Drilich | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [25]
Dana White's Contender Series 76 | |
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Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 15, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Nick Klein | def. | Heraldo Souza | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:37 | |
Flyweight | Luis Gurule | def. | Nick Piccininni | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Yadier del Valle | def. | Antônio Monteiro | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Julieta Martinez | def. | Leslie Hernandez | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Jonathan Micallef | def. | Mohamed Ado | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:01 |
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: [27]