Contender Series

The 2025 season of Dana White's Contender Series continues Tuesday night with five bouts where UFC hopefuls make their case for a contract with the largest MMA promotion in the world. In the main event Jack Congdon (7-1) takes on...

Coming out of Labor Day weekend, with no UFC event, the Contender Series is back once again. With week four of DWCS 2025 comes a couple of very notable names, including An Tuan Ho, who appeared on the show...

Las Vegas — Lightweight Manoel Sousa, a Bellator and PFL vet, finished Cristian Pérez in the third round at Dana White's Contender Series to win his way into the UFC on Tuesday. Winning fighters went five for five on contracts...

Las Vegas — Four yeas ago, Donte Johnson walked into a gym at 290 pounds. One year ago, he took his first professional fight. On Tuesday, as part of Dana White's Contender Series 2025 Week 3, Johnson (6-0) won his...

Las Vegas — New opponent, no problem. Brazilian middleweight Ryan Gandra got the job done on Week 3 of Dana White's Contender Series 2025, earning himself a UFC contract after a first-round finish of Trent Miller. Following the card, Gandra...

Las Vegas — Turkish light heavyweight Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev took all of 30 seconds to make an impression, and win a UFC contract, on Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday night. Appearing on week three of the show, Yakhyaev used...

Mixed emotions greeted Damon Wilson upon learning he'd be getting a shot at the UFC as part of Dana White's Contender Series this year. "I thought about this moment for a long time, thought about that specific phone call for...

Dana White's Contender Series returned on Tuesday, August 26 for week three of this year's run of the series. Coming off a five-contract week, could the UFC hopefuls set for action in week three continue that strong showing? In the featured...

Episode 3 of DWCS 2025 arrives this Tuesday, with the latest crop of Contender Series fighters and UFC hopefuls including some familiar names. Among them, Bellator vet Manoel Sousa and Cage Warriors alum Damon Wilson. Dana White was a little...

Las Vegas — After earning a big first-round finish, smashing away with punches and elbows, against Tommy Cuozzi on the Contender Series this week, featherweight Ramiro Jimenez had a bit of a wait to see if he'd made it...