Contender Series

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...

Nate Smith was originally supposed to take on JP Buys on August 11, part of the second week of this year's Contender Series. The fight then was pushed back to September 1. Unfortunately VISA issues have kept Buys from...

Hilarie Rose (4-1) will face Cheyanne Buys (4-1) in a strawweight bout on August 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada at Dana White’s Contender Series. Ahead of the fight, Rose explained that she has known about this...

It's that time again. After the coronavirus pandemic forced a delay, the Contender Series is back. Dana White's Contender Series Season 4 kicked off Tuesday, a little late but no less promising. For those appearing on the week one card,...

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 Contender...

Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) returns this week, kicking off a new season for the fighting show. A chance for prospects and regional veterans alike to fight their way into the UFC, the short-format (five fights in a night)...