Dana White's Contender Series
Dana White's Contender Series formerly named Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series is an American mixed martial arts promotion. In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold the competition weekly on UFC Fight Pass (It has since been moved to ESPN+).[1] As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC.[2][3] Similar to The Ultimate Fighter none of the fighters involved will have existing UFC contracts. Licensed separately from the UFC with Dana White applying for a promoter's license, it was stated ahead of the license being approved that “this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand, but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC."[4]
The inaugural event took place on July 11, 2017. All events have been held at the UFC's home base of Las Vegas.[5][6]
List of Seasons[]
| Name | Start Date | End Date | # of Contracts | # of Events | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 (37-46) | August 31, 2021 | November 2, 2021 | 39 | 10 | UFC Apex Centre | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Season 4 (27-36) | August 4, 2020 | November 17, 2020 | 37 | 10 | ||
| Season 3 (17-26) | June 18, 2019 | August 27, 2019 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Season Brazil | August 24, 2018 | September 7, 2018 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Season 2 (9-16) | June 12, 2018 | August 7, 2018 | 23 | 8 | ||
| Season 1 (1-8) | July 11, 2017 | August 29, 2017 | 16 | 8 |
List of Contract Winners[]
| Episode Number | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Season 5 | Azamat Murzakanov
Joanderson Brito Victor Altamirano Carlos Candelario AJ Fletcher |
Josh Quinlan
Chidi Njokuani Saimon Oliveira Carlos Vergara Chad Anheliger |
Jailton Almeida
Albert Duraev Łukasz Brzeski Jack Della Maddalena Jasmine Jasudavicius |
AJ Dobson
Michael Morales Kleydson Rodrigues Victor Martinez |
Ihor Potieria
Daniel Zellhuber |
Mike Malott
Carlos Hernandez Fernie Garcia Genaro Valdéz |
Martin Buday
Jake Hadley Slava Borshchev |
Armen Petrosyan
Caio Borralho Piera Rodriguez Jonny Parsons |
Gadzhi Omargadzhiev
Christian Quiñonez Javid Basharat Karine Silva Manuel Torres |
Maheshate
Yohan Lainesse |
| Season 4 | Dustin Jacoby
Uroš Medić |
Dustin Stoltzfus
Cory McKenna T.J. Laramie |
Louis Cosce
Orion Cosce |
Jamie Pickett
Rafael Alves Jeff Molina Collin Huckbody |
Jimmy Flick
Ronnie Lawrence |
Phil Hawes
Drako Rodriguez Aliaskhab Khizriev |
Jordan Williams
Collin Anglin |
Carlos Ulberg
Ignacio Bahamondes Luis Saldaña |
Natan Levy
Nikolas Motta Luana Pinheiro |
JP Buys
Tucker Lutz |
| Season 3 | Punahele Soriano
Yorgan de Castro |
Miles Johns | Joe Solecki
Antonio Trocoli |
Antônio Arroyo | Sean Woodson | Aleksa Camur
Aalon Cruz |
Omar Morales | Brok Weaver
Sarah Alpar |
Philip Rowe | Duško Todorović
Peter Barrett |
| Season Brazil | Rogério Bontorin
Sarah Frota |
Taila Santos | Raulian Paiva | |||||||
| Season 2 | Alonzo Menifield | Matt Sayles | Antonina Shevchenko
Te'Jovan Edwards |
Bevon Lewis | Maycee Barber | Jimmy Crute | Roosevelt Roberts | Devonte Smith | ||
| Season 1 | Kurt Holobaugh
Boston Salmon |
Sean O'Malley | Karl Roberson | Julian Marquez
Brandon Davis |
Mike Rodríguez | Charles Byrd | Benito Lopez | Matt Frevola | ||
References[]
- ^ ESPN. "Dana White's Contender Series: How to watch and stream, plus full analysis". ESPN.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-12). "Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series Launches on Fight Pass". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-13). "'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' debuts July 11 on UFC Fight Pass with 5 live fights a week". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Dana White receives promoter's license for new contender series separate from UFC - FOX Sports". 14 June 2017.
- ^ Staff (2017-05-12). "5-fight lineup revealed for 'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' premiere". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2017-06-22). "Tuesday Night Contender Series to premiere July 11". ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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