Dana White’s Contender Series Season 8(2024): Card & Results
Dana White’s Contender Series 2024 is the eighth season of the Contender Series events. The season will take place for 10 straight weeks on Tuesdays from August 13, 2024, to October 15, 2024. The series features up-and-coming MMA fighters from different divisions fighting for a UFC contract. Upon watching fighters’ performances, Dana White decides upon whether the fighter could be signed to UFC or not.
DWCS Season 8 Week 1
Date: August 13, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mansur Abdul-Malik vs Wes Schultz | Middleweight | Mansur Abdul-Malik won via TKO at 3:55 of round 2 |
| 2 | Meng Ding vs Rami Hamed | Welterweight | Rami Hamed won via unanimous decision (30–26, 29–27, 29–27) |
| 3 | Mikheil Sazhiniani vs Bruno Lopes | Light Heavyweight | Bruno Lopes won via TKO at 4:14 of round 2 |
| 4 | Jose Degaldo vs Ernie Juarez | Featherweight | Jose Degaldo won via KO at 1:25 of round 2 |
| 5 | An Tuan Ho vs Lone’er Kavanagh | Flyweight | Lone’er Kavanagh won via KO at 1:25 of round 1 |
Fighters Signed: Mansur Abdul-Malik, Bruno Lopes, Jose Delgado, Lone’er Kavanagh
DWCS Season 8 Week 2
Date: August 20, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Pytlik vs Andreas Berg Gustafsson | Welterweight | Andreas Berg Gustafsson won via TKO at 3:20 of round 2 |
| 2 | Rizvan Kuniev vs Hugo Cunha | Heavyweight | Rizvan Kuniev won via TKO at 4:59 of round 1 |
| 3 | Cortavious Romious vs Michael Imperato | Bantamweight | Cortavious Romious won via Unanimous Decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |
| 4 | Torrez Finney vs Cam Rowston | Middleweight | Torrez Finney won via Unanimous Decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |
| 5 | Billy Brand vs Cody Haddon | Bantamweight | Cody Haddon won via submission 3:09 of round 1 |
Fighters Signed: Andreas Berg Gustafsson, Rizvan Kuniev, Cortavious Romious, Cody Haddon
DWCS Season 8 Week 3
Date: August 27, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Pulyaev vs Liam Anderson | Middleweight Bout | Andrey Pulyaev won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |
| 2 | Michael Aswell vs Bogdan Grad | Featherweight | Bogdan Grad won via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) |
| 3 | Matthieu Duclos vs Marco Tulio | Middleweight | Marco Tulio won via TKO at 2:38 of round 2 |
| 4 | Adam Bramhald vs Malcolm Wellmaker | Bantamweight | Malcolm Wellmaker won via KO (punch) at 2:29 of round 1 |
| 5 | Jack Duffy vs Nick Piccininni | Flyweight | Nick Piccininni won via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |
Fighters Signed: Andrey Pulyaev, Bogdan Grad, Marco Tulio & Malcolm Wellmaker
DWCS Season 8 Week 4
Date: September 3, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quillan Salkilld vs Gauge Young | Lightweight | Quillan Salkilld won via unanimous decision |
| 2 | Dorian Ramos vs Austin Bashi | Featherweight | Austin Bashi won via submission at 3:15 of round 2 |
| 3 | Seok-Hyun Ko vs Igor Cavalcanti | Welterweight | Seok-Hyun Ko won via unanimous decision |
| 4 | Will Currie vs Djorden Santos | Middleweight | Djorden Santos won via unanimous decision |
| 5 | Shannon Clark vs Yuneisy Duben | Women’s Flyweight | Yuneisy Duben won via KO at 1:13 of round 1 |
Fighters Signed: Ko Seok-hyun, Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos, Austin Bashi, Yuneisy Duben & Quillan Salkilld
DWCS Season 8 Week 5
Date: September 10, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yousri Belgaroui vs Anvarbek Daniyalbekov | Light Heavyweight | |
| 2 | Quemuel Ottoni vs Kody Steele | Lightweight | |
| 3 | Otar Tanzilov vs Josias Musasa | Bantamweight | |
| 4 | Corrine Laframboise vs Nicolle Caliari | Women’s Flyweight | |
| 5 | Francesco Mazzeo vs Phillip Latu | Light Heavyweight |
DWCS Season 8 Week 6
Date: September 17, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Bannett vs Joey Hart | Welterweight | |
| 2 | Aaron Tauvs TBA | Bantamweight | |
| 3 | Yura Naito vs Ateba Abega Gautier | Middleweight | |
| 4 | Talisson Teixeira vs Arthur Guilherme Lopes | Heavyweight | |
| 5 | Daniel Frunza vs TBA | Welterweight |
DWCS Season 8 Week 7
Date: September 24, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Vallejos vs TBA | Featherweight | |
| 2 | Alexia Thainara vs Rose Conceição | Women’s Strawweight | |
| 3 | Kevin Christian vs TBA | Light Heavyweight | |
| 4 | Navajo Stirling vs TBA | Light Heavyweight |
DWCS Season 8 Week 8
Date: October 1, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdellah Er Ramy vs Logan Woods | Middleweight | |
| 2 | Vanilto Antunes vs Islam Dulatov | Welterweight |
DWCS Season 8 Week 9
Date: October 8, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Drilich vs Sean Gauci | Flyweight | |
| 2 | Artem Vakhitov vs Islem Masraf | Light Heavyweight | |
| 3 | Diyar Nurogzhay vs Bartosz Szewczyk | Light Heavyweight | |
| 4 | Lucas Camacho vs Mario Pinto | Heavyweight |
DWCS Season 8 Week 10
Date: October 15, 2024
Start Time: 8 p.m. EST
| No. | Bouts | Weight Classes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leslie Hernandes vs Julieta Martinez | Women’s Strawweight | |
| 2 | Alain Van De Merckt vs Heraldo Souza | Middleweight |