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Dana White’s Contender Series Season 6, Week 5 Results

Staff — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:00:56 +0000

Week five of Dana White’s Contender Series arrived on Tuesday, August 23, with a couple of familiar names adorning the card.

In a women’s strawwweight fight, Invicta FC alum Denise Gomes, who had finished UFC vet Milana Dudieva earlier this year, got her chance to make the big show. Brazil’s Gomes was paired up with another Brazilian prospect, Rayanne Amanda, who entered the fight on a four-fight win streak.

Those who caught DWCS last fall would also likely recognize Errison Ferreira. The flyweight earned a win on the Contender Series last season, but was not awarded a contract. Tough he had not fought since, Ferreira was brought back for a fight with Jesus Santos Aguilar on Tuesday — and nearly missed weight, coming in 0.5lbs over the limit on his first attempt Monday.

A second attempt after some additional cutting would see Ferreira come in just under the flyweight limit, but whether a tough weight cut would dog him in the fight remained to be seen.

Full results from Dana White’s Contender Series 51, which takes place at the UFC Apex and airs live on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass, can be found below.

Rayanne Amanda and Denise Gomes kicked off the DWCS 51 card, with Gomes firing a number of spinning attacks including a wheel kick, looking for the highlight reel finish. That didn’t happen, and instead she had to fight off Amanda’s takedown attempts throughout the rest of the round. In the second, a Gomes flying knee fell short, allowing Amanda to get the fight down — but it didn’t stay there. Instead, Gomes got back to her feet, and took over from there. By the third, a bloodied Amanda was spamming overhand rights while eating leg kicks, and was falling behind. Gomes would win the unanimous decision after 15 minutes, with Dana White twice standing up and applauding during the fight.

Josh Wang-Kim showed some solid kicks and footwork in the opening round of his bantamweight fight with Cameron Saaiman. But come the second round, Saaiman had turned the tables, and in the third, Saaiman had Wang-Kim trapped against the fence. The exchange that followed saw Saaiman land a blistering left hook that turned out the lights, and had White calling him a bad-ass.

The second time was not the charm for Erisson Ferreira, who tapped to a guillotine choke in the third round of his fight with Jesus Santos Aguilar.

Georgia’s Amiran Gogoladze’s night was over almost before it started. After going after an arm-bar against Darrius Flowers, Flowers hoisted Gogoladze up for a slam! He landed it, and moments later, the fight was over, with the Georgian having injured his shoulder on impact.

In the featured fight, Michael Parkin made short work of Eduardo Neves. The pair brawled early before Parkin landed a double leg takedown. Neves gave up his back almost immediately, and Parkin took advantage, seeking in the choke.

Dana White’s Contender Series Season 6, Week 5 Results

Heavyweight: Michael Parkin def. Eduardo Neves by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 1:57
Welterweight: Darrius Flowers def. Amiran Gogoladze by TKO (injury), Round, 1:13
Flyweight: Jesus Santos Aguilar def. Erisson Ferreira by submission (guillotine choke), Round 3, 1:56
Bantamweight: Cameron Saaiman def. Josh Wang-Kim by Knockout, Round 3, 2:52
Women’s Strawweight: Denise Gomes def. Rayanne Amanda by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Contract Winners: Denise Gomes, Cameron Saaiman, Jesus Santos Aguilar, Darrius Flowers, Michael Parkin

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Dana White’s Contender Series Season 5, Week 10 Results

Staff — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:00:29 +0000

And so it has come down to this: one final episode of Dana White’s Contender Series, and then it’s a year-long wait for what has grown into a Tuesday night tradition.

The Contender Series is MMA in a perfect format: no six-to-seven hour long cards, no staying up until the wee hours of the morning for those on the east coast. Just five, sometimes six fights, with fighters pulling out all the stops thanks to what is on the line.

For the final installment of 2021, the Contender Series boasted more Chinese talent trying to break into the UFC, a pair of undefeated Canadian prospects in a year that had seen three fellow Canucks make it to the big show, and a Hawaiian talent getting a second look. The latter would be Canaan Kawaihae, who came up short in his first appearance back in 2018.

The Canadian contingent, meanwhile, was made up of Achilles Estremadura, a BFL mainstay, and Yohan Lainesse, a former TKO fighter and current CFFC welterweight champ.

Dana White’s Contender Series Season 5, Week 10 kicks off at 8PM ET, airing live on ESPN+ in the United States, and on UFC Fight Pass elsewhere. Full results from the card, at the UFC Apex, can be found below.

Opening up the card at flyweight, China’s Zhifa Shang and Atlanta’s Juan Puerta went the distance. Puerta scored an early takedown, and spent plenty of time in control. Shang appeared to chase the finish in the third, likely knowing he was down on the scorecards, but he couldn’t find it. Puerta took the split decision win.

In a featherweight fight that Canaan Kawaihae was arguably winning, Jonas Bilharinho stole the show. Late in the third round, with one minute remaining, Bilharinho landed a spinning heel kick that knocked Kawaihae senseless. A highlight reel moment that will last for years to come.

It was back to flyweight for Lun Qiu vs. Erisson Ferreira, with China’s Qiu getting off to a solid start. What played out was a very competitive back-and-forth fight in which both men had their moments. Ferreira was right there late in the third, nearly sinking in a guillotine, then a rear-naked choke. But Lun showed decent defensive grappling and made it back to his feet. The fight went to Ferreira in the end, which China being 0-2 on the night.

After a fun grappling exchange on the ground early in the evening’s second-to-last bout, Yohan Lainesse set up the finish with a cracking short left. Justin Burlinson’s head hit the canvas, one follow-up punch hit home for Lainesse, and that was a wrap!

The final fight of the fifth season of DWCS was a wild one. Achilles Estremadura came out guns blazing, hurting China’s Maheshate. In fact the Canadian rocked him more than once. But Maheshate turned things up in the second and third, hurting Achilles with a flying knee and beginning to really flow with his attacks. In the end, he’d win the unanimous decision. He also became the first Chinese fighter to win on the Contender Series.

Dana White’s Contender Series Season 5, Week 10 Results

Lightweight: Maheshate def. Achilles Estremadura by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight: Yohan Lainesse def. Justin Burlinson by TKO, Round 1, 1:37
Flyweight: Erisson Ferreira da Silva def. Lun Qiu by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight: Jonas Bilharinho def. Canaan Kawaihae by TKO, Round 3, 4:00
Flyweight: Juan Puerta def. Zhifa Shang by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Contract Winners: Yohan Lainesse, Maheshate

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