Contender Series

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...

Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) returns Tuesday, and Chris Duncan might just be the story of the week. Duncan, a.k.a. "The Problem," was supposed to compete on Week 5 of the Contender Series this year. But opponent Manuel Gaxhja first...

For the second week in a row, a fighter missed weight for Dana White's Contender Series this week. Missing weight is never a good look; missing weight for the Contender Series is almost certainly the death knell for any hopes...

Week six of Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) Season 5 saw a five-fight card lined up for Tuesday, October 5. All five fights spanned five weight classes, with bouts in the flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight divisions planned. Originally,...

Short notice opponent change? Fernie Garcia didn't care. Garcia (9-1) is fighting for a UFC contract on Tuesday in the biggest fight of his career. He takes on Joshua Weems (8-1) on week six of Dana White's Contender Series Season...

The latest episode of Dana White's Contender Series went down Tuesday night, and offered a shot at redemption for one fighter who had previously appeared on the show. That was Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery, who had come up short against...

Week 5 of this year's Dana White's Contender Series run brought with it the return of former DWCS hopeful Aaron Jeffery, looking for a shot at redemption. There was also an intriguing heavyweight scrap as the featured fight. A...

On September 28th, Manuel Gaxhja will arrive at the Apex in Las Vegas for the first time. Like many fighters on this year’s Contender Series, this will be the first time he will have fought in the US. Gaxhja...

Count Jasmine Jasudavicius as the latest Canadian fighter to make it to the UFC, following a gruelling fight on Dana White's Contender Series one week ago. The St. Catharines, Ontario-based Jasudavicius (6-1) joins fellow flyweight Gillian Robertson, who also hails...

Las Vegas, NV — Flyweight Kleydson Rodrigues was one of four contract winners on the latest episode of Dana White's Contender Series. Following the fight, a unanimous decision win over Santo Curatolo, the realization that he was now a UFC...