Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 8 is underway.
DWCS debuted in 2017 with an eight-episode inaugural season. Season 2 was held in 2018 with eight episodes, followed by a three-episode DWCS: Brasil. In 2019, DWCS was extended to 10 episodes, which it has been from Season 3 onward.
Each season, the number of fighters signed has increased. So far, the show has produced UFC notables like bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley, Maycee Barber, Geoff Neal, Ryan Spann, Sodiq Yusuff, Jamahal Hill, Taila Santos, Johnny Walker, Alex Perez, Bo Nickal, Jailton Almeida, Jack Della Maddalena and Marina Rodriguez, among others.
Scroll below to see the latest athletes and fights booked, which have been confirmed by MMA Junkie or posted about by the fighters involved. This list will be updated as more fighters and matchups are revealed.
Week 1 | Aug. 13
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 13: Lone’er Kavanagh of England reacts after his knockout victory against An Tuan Ho of Vietnam in a flyweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series season eight, week one on August 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Mansur Abdul Malik (6-0) def. Wes Schultz (6-2) via TKO (ground-and-pound) – Round 2, 3:55
- Welterweight: Rami Hamed (13-3) def. Meng Ding (34-9) via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 30-26)
- Light heavyweight: Bruno Lopes (13-1) def. Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-3) via TKO (body punches) – Round 3, 4:14
- Featherweight: Jose Delgado (8-1) def. Ernie Juarez (8-1) via knockout (knee) – Round 2, 1:25
- Flyweight: Lone’er Kavanagh (7-0) def. An Tuan Ho (6-1) via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 2:35
Week 2 | Aug. 20
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 20: Cody Haddon of Australia reacts after his submission victory against Billy Brand in a bantamweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series, season eight week two on August 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Andreas Berg Gustafsson (11-2) def. Pat Pytlik (9-2) via TKO (knees) – Round 2, 3:20
- Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev (13-2-1) def. Hugo Cunha (8-2) via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 4:59
- Bantamweight: Cortavious Romious (9-2) def. Michael Imperato (12-7) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Middleweight: Torrez Finney (9-0) def. Cameron Rowston (8-3) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Bantamweight: Cody Haddon (7-1) def. Billy Brand (5-2) via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:09
Week 3 | Aug. 27
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 27: Malcolm Wellmaker prepares to face Adam Bramhald of England in a bantamweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series season eight, week three on August 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Andrey Pulyaev (9-2) def. Liam Anderson (6-3) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Featherweight: Bogdan Grad (14-2) def. Michael Aswell (9-2) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Middleweight: Marco Tulio (12-1) def. Matthieu Duclos (6-3) via TKO (spinning back kick to body) – Round 2, 2:38
- Bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker (8-0) def. Adam Bramhald (13-3) via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 2:29
- Flyweight: Nick Piccininni (7-0) def. Jack Duffy (7-1) via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Week 4 | Sept. 3
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 03: Yuneisy Duben of Venezuela reacts after her knockout victory against Shannon Clark of Canada in a flyweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series season eight, week four at UFC APEX on September 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
- Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko (11-2) def. Igor Cavalcanti (9-0) via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Middleweight: Djorden Santos (10-1) def. Will Currie (12-4) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Featherweight: Austin Bashi (13-0) vs. Dorian Ramos (8-3) via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:15
- Women’s flyweight: Yuneisy Duben (6-0) def. Shannon Clark (5-1) via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:13
- Welterweight: Quillan Salkilld (7-1) def. Gauge Young (8-2) via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Week 5 | Sept. 10
Navajo Stirling def Phillip Latu – DWCS 71
- Light heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (5-0) def. Phillip Latu (6-2) via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 2:21
- Light heavyeight: Yousri Belgaroui (8-3) def. Taiga Iwasaki (9-2) via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 2:34
- Bantamweight: Josias Musasa (8-0) def. Otar Tanzilov (9-1) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Women’s flyweight: Nicolle Caliari (8-2) def. Corrine Laframboise (8-5) via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:45
Week 6 | Sept. 17
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 17: Elijah Smith prepares to face Aaron Tau of New Zealand during Dana White’s Contender Series Season Eight, Week Six at UFC APEX on September 17, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Bantamweight: Elijah Smith (7-1) def. Aaron Tau (8-1) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Heavyweight: Tallison Teixeira (6-0) def. Arthur Lopes (6-1) via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:57
- Middleweight: Ateba Gautier (6-1) def. Yura Naito (6-1) via TKO (ground-and-pound) – Round 2, 4:00
- Welterweight: Benjamin Bennett (7-1) def. Joey Hart (6-2) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Lightweight: Ahmad Hassanzada (12-3) def. Dylan Mantello (8-4) via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 2:41
Week 7 | Sept. 24
- Heavyweight: Danylo Voievodkin (7-0) def. Bailey Schoenfelder (5-1) via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:13
- Welterweight: Daniel Frunza (9-2) def. Vadym Kutsyi (17-2) via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:30
- Light heavyweight: Kevin Christian (9-2) def. Francesco Mazzeo (5-1) via submission (triangle armbar) – Round 2, 4:17
- Flyweight: Kevin Vallejos (14-1) def. Cam Teague (7-1) via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:23
- Women’s strawweight: Alexia Thainara (11-1) def. Rose Conceicao (7-1) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Week 8 | Oct. 1
- Heavyweight: Diyar Nurgozhay (9-0) vs. Bartosz Szewczyk (8-2-1)
- Featherweight: Carlos Calderon (6-2) vs. Alberto Montes (9-1)
- Bantamweight: Xavier Franklin (5-0) vs. David Martinez (10-1) (ESPN Deportes)
- Middleweight: Abdellah Er-Ramy (7-1) vs. Torrez Finney (9-0)
- Welterweight: Christien Savoie (10-1-1) vs. Jacobe Smith (8-0) (MMA Junkie)
Week 9 | Oct. 8
- Flyweight: Anthony Drilich (8-1) vs. Sean Gauci (9-1) (Southern Cross Combat)
- Light heavyweight: Islem Masraf (3-0) vs. Artem Vakhitov (2-1) (MMA Propagande)
- Heavyweight: Lucas Camacho (6-0) vs. Mario Pinto (8-0) (Reporter Shawn Bitter)
- Welterweight: Vanilto Antunes (16-6) vs. Islam Dulatov (10-1)
- Lightweight: Chasen Blair (6-2) vs. Kody Steele (6-0)
Week 10 | Oct. 15
- Women’s strawweight: Leslie Hernandez (4-1) vs. Julieta Martinez (7-0) (X user MMA Matchmaker)
- Middleweight: Alain Van De Merckt (8-0) vs. Heraldo Souza (9-1-1) (GONG)
- Flyweight: Jack Duffy (7-1) vs. Nick Piccinininni (7-0)
- Welterweight: Mohamed Ado (5-0) vs. Jonathan Micallef (6-1) (Sportsnet)
- Featherweight: Yadier del Valle (7-0) vs. Antonio Monteiro (17-4-1)
Confirmed fighters without dates
Women’s strawweight: Fatima Kline (6-0)**Women’s flyweight: Alice Ardelean (9-5)**Flyweight: Mitch Raposo (9-1)**Flyweight: Luke Riley (13-1)*Bantamweight: Quang Le (8-0)**Featherweight: Icaro Brito (7-1)*Lightweight: Quemuel Ottoni (12-3)Lightweight: Robbie Ring (7-1)*Welterweight: Matt Dixon (11-1)*Light heavyweight: Raffael Cerqueira (8-1)**Light heavyweight: Uran Satybaldiev (7-1)*Light heavyweight: Logan Woods (5-1)*
* Withdrew from bout
**Signed with UFC prior to bout
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