Contender Series

Week four of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 arrives on Tuesday, and with DWCS 50 comes some familiar names. Among them, Jack Cartwright and Jose Johnson, fighting each other, and Hailey Cowan. We're one week removed from the Bo Nickal...

Wrestling standout Bo Nickal has his opponent for the September 27 edition of Dana White's Contender Series. During Saturday's UFC San Diego broadcast, promotion officials announced the Nickal (2-0) will face Donovan Beard (6-1) in his second Contender Series appearance...

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...

Week three of this year's Dana White's Contender Series arrived on Tuesday with standout NCAA Division I wrestling champion Bo Nickal in tow. Nickal (1-0), who had a couple of amateur fights before turning pro, was set to join Danyelle...

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 was one name on week three of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 that was certain to draw eyeballs. With apologies to Bellator vet Jamal Pogues, GLORY kickboxer Anvar Boynazarov, and LFA standout Clayton Carpenter, all very good fighters...

What a difference a week can make. After Dana White's now infamous "Be Joe Pyfer" speech in week one, week two of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 saw four finishes, and five fighters awarded UFC contracts. It was an...

Las Vegas, NV — Chris Duncan took the long way to the UFC in a sense, after seeing one fight fall through on the Contender Series last year, then losing another. Despite that, he has no regrets after winning his...

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...