Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 8: Updated schedule, results

August 29, 2024 2:15 pm ET

Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 8 is underway.

In recent weeks, the UFC matchmakers have been gearing up for a summer DWCS return, expected to launch Aug. 13. Athletes and matchups have slowly, but surely, been booked.

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. Many of the participating athletes first were reported by @MMA__Matchmaker on X. This list will be updated as more fighters and matchups are revealed.

Week 1 | Aug. 13

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 05: (R-L) Bruno Lopes of Brazil battles Brendson Ribeiro of Brazil in a light heavyweight fight during Dana White’s Contender Series season seven, week five at UFC APEX on September 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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

Torrez Finney def. Yuri Panferov DWCS 66

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

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

Welterweight: Igor Cavalcanti (9-0) vs. Seok Hyun Ko (10-2)
Middleweight: Will Currie (12-3) vs. Djorden Santos (9-1)
Featherweight: Austin Bashi (12-) vs. Tommy McMillen (6-0)
Women’s flyweight: Shannon Clark (5-0) vs. Yuneisy Duben (5-0)
Welterweight: Quillan Salkilld (6-1) vs. Gauge Young (8-1) (Reporter James Lynch)

Week 5 | Sept. 10

Light heavyweight: Phillip Latu (6-1) vs. TBA
Lightweight: Quemuel Ottoni (12-3) vs. Kody Steele (6-0) (MMA Mania)
Light heavyeight: Yousri Belgaroui (7-3) vs. Taiga Iwasaki (9-1) (Eurosport NL)
Bantamweight: Josias Musasa (7-0) vs. Otar Tanzilov (9-0)
Women’s flyweight: Nicolle Caliari (7-2) vs. Corrine Laframboise (8-4) (Tapology)

Week 6 | Sept. 17

Bantamweight: Aaron Tau (8-0) vs. TBA
Welterweight: Daniel Frunza (8-2) vs. TBA
Middleweight: Ateba Abega Gautier (5-1) vs. Yura Naito (6-0) (GONG)
Welterweight: Benjamin Bennett (6-1) vs. Joey Hart (6-1)
Heavyweight: Arthur Lopes (6-1) vs. Tallison Teixeira (6-0) (Reporter Shawn Bitter)

Week 7 | Sept. 24

Women’s strawweight: Alexia Thainara (10-1) vs. Rose Conceicao (7-0)
Light heavyweight: Kevin Christian (8-2) vs. TBA
Light heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (4-0) vs. TBA
Flyweight: Kevin Vallejos (13-1) vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA

Week 8 | Oct. 1

Middleweight: Abdellah Er-Ramy (7-1) vs. TBA
Welterweight: Vanilto Antunes (16-6) vs. Islam Dulatov (10-1) (MMA Mania)
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA

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)
Light heavyweight: Diyar Nurogzhay (9-0) vs. Bartosz Szewczyk (8-2-1)
Heavyweight: Lucas Camacho (6-0) vs. Mario Pinto (8-0) (Reporter Shawn Bitter)
TBA vs. TBA

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)
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA

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)*
Featherweight: Cam Teague (7-0)
Welterweight: Mohamed Ado (5-0)
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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