Contender Series

Las Vegas, NV — Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta is now a UFC fighter, as of the latest episode of Dana White's Contender Series. He may even have his debut date set — and if it pans out, it will be in...

Las Vegas, NV — Ten years in making is how Francis Marshall put earning a spot in the UFC as part of Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday. Featherweight Marshall was part of the only fight, with Connor Matthews, that...

Las Vegas, NV — Brazilian flyweight Vinicius Salvador was in high spirits following a wildly entertaining Contender Series fight on Tuesday. Salvador (14-4) had opponent Shannon Ross hurt several times, and finished him off in the second round. The TKO...

Would the message be received in the latest episode of Dana White's Contender Series? The first show of season six saw a fired up Dana White essentially tell prospective fighters to show him something. More accurately, he told them to...

Dana White’s Contender Series began back in 2017. Since then, the Contender Series has produced some big-name upcoming stars like Dan Ige, Sean O’Malley, Geoff Neal, Maycee Barber, and Edmen Shahbazyan. In short, it has been a huge success. A...

Chris Duncan didn't have an ideal experience with Contender Series in 2021. His original bout with Manuel Gaxhja was canceled with his opponent missed weight. He then had to take a new date with a new opponent and less...

Week one of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 saw just one contract awarded, to Joseph Pyfer. At the end of the episode, a clearly annoyed Dana White proclaimed that he did no advance research into the fighters on...

The highly anticipated return of Dana White's Contender Series arrived on Tuesday, with fighters as always vying for a UFC contract in the ultimate MMA proving ground. What should have been a five-fight card, however, was truncated thanks to one...

Dana White’s Contender Series began back in 2017. Since then, the Contender Series has produced some big-name upcoming stars like Dan Ige, Sean O’Malley, Geoff Neal, Maycee Barber, and Edmen Shahbazyan. In short, it has been a huge success. A...

There are misses, and then there are misses — and Willian Souza missed weight by a country mile ahead of his Dana White's Contender Series fight with Farid Basharat. More accurately, Brazil's Souza missed the mark for his bantamweight fight...