Contender Series

"Over the moon" is how strawweight Cory McKenna put the feeling of winning a UFC contract. Tuesday night on Dana White's Contender Series, McKenna pulled off a close win over LFA champ Vanessa Demopoulos, a fight that turned into...

Adrian Yanez stood out head and shoulders above the rest at week two of Dana White's Contender Series this year. That's thanks to a thunderous finish against Brady Huang. It was one of three stoppages on the night, but...

Without a finish, Impa Kasanganay wasn't sure he'd done enough to earn a UFC contract at the Contender Series on Tuesday. "We were wondering," Kasanganay admitted. "Anthony Adams is a tough opponent, good guy. I like to get in...

Middleweight Dustin Stoltzfus (13-1) might have been just a wee bit nervous about whether he was getting a UFC deal after a freak injury ended his Contender Series fight on Tuesday. After slamming opponent Joe Fyfer to the mat, Fyfer's...

Windsor, Ontario native T.J. Laramie became the first Canadian to pick up a win on Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday night. And given he also earned a UFC contract thanks to a doctor's stoppage TKO of Daniel Swain,...

Week two of Dana White's Contender Series 2020 had a number of promising names on its five-fight card. LFA strawweight champion Vanessa Demopoulos, who won gold just last month, was looking to break into the UFC against "The Hobbit"...

Ahead of tonight's Dana White's Contender Series installment — week two of season four, or DWCS 28 overall in the U.S., for those counting — check out highlights from the official weigh-in and face off. This week's show features a...

"Lil Monster" gets her shot at a UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series this Tuesday. That will see the fighter — Vanessa Demopoulos, properly — go up against Cory McKenna in a strawweight bout. Demopoulos is coming off the...

Week two of Dana White's Contender Series Season Four is upon us, and with luck, it will be a full five-card slate this time out. Canada's T.J. Laramie, LFA champ and exotic dancer/fighter "Lil Monster" Vanessa Demopoulos, and more...

On August 11, Impa Kasanganay will head into the Apex in Las Vegas for his second shot at the world’s more intense interview. Nearly a year ago, the Gym-O product stepped into the cage at the Contender Series and...