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....

Week nine of Dana White's Contender Series Season Six features a bundle of interesting storylines, from an appearance by 17-year old Raul Rosas Jr. to the return of Austen Lane, the first DWCS opponent of Greg Hardy. In the featured...

The penultimate episode of Dana White's Contender Series season six arrives this Tuesday, with some international flavor capping off the night. The featured fight at DWCS 55 is expected to feature Italy's Leon Aliu up against Brunno Ferreira of Brazil....

Week eight of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 saw Farid Basharat finally get a chance to step into the cage. Originally scheduled to compete on the show in July, a weight miss and withdrawal by opponent Willian Souza led...

Undefeated lightweight prospect Malik Lewis (5-0) thought a friend was playing with him when he was told he'd be fighting on Dana White's Contender Series this year. "I was sitting in my house, in my living room. I think I...

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....

We're in the home stretch, with just a few episodes of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 to go. This week on DWCS, episode 8 brings you Farid Basharat, brother of last year's winner Javid Basharat. Farid had been scheduled...

Week 8 of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 was once again a family affair, though there were no siblings competing at the event this time out. Instead, DWCS 54 (for those counting) featured Farid Basharat, an undefeated bantamweight prospect...

Week seven of Dana White's Contender Series Season 6 was a family affair for two UFC hopefuls. Gabriel Bonfim and brother Ismael had been turning heads under the LFA banner of late, stalking the welterweight and lightweight divisions, respectively. With...

The story of week 7 of Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) Season 6 is no doubt the presence of Brazilian brothers Gabriel and Ismael Bonfim. MMA loves fighting families. That goes right back to the start of the sport, at...