Dana White's Contender Series

Mixed martial arts competition

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 Ref Start Date End Date # of Contracts # of Events Venue Location
Season 8 (67-76) [7] August 13, 2024 October 15, 2024 8 2 UFC Apex Centre Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Season 7 (57-66) [8] August 8, 2023 October 10, 2023 46 10
Season 6 (47-56) [9] July 26, 2022 September 27, 2022 43 10
Season 5 (37-46) [10] August 31, 2021 November 2, 2021 39 10
Season 4 (27-36) [11] August 4, 2020 November 17, 2020 37 10
Season 3 (17-26) [12] June 18, 2019 August 27, 2019 30 10
Season Brazil [13] August 24, 2018 September 7, 2018 11 3 UFC Training Centre
Season 2 (9-16) [14] June 12, 2018 August 7, 2018 23 8
Season 1 (1-8) [15] July 11, 2017 August 29, 2017 16 8

List of contract winners

Season Episode Number
1 Ref. 2 Ref. 3 Ref. 4 Ref. 5 Ref. 6 Ref. 7 Ref. 8 Ref. 9 Ref. 10 Ref.
Season 8
(2024) 		Mansur Abdul-Malik
Bruno Lopes
Jose Delgado
Lone'er Kavanagh 		[16] Andreas Berg Gustafsson
Rizvan Kuniev
Cortavious Romious
Cody Haddon 		[17]
Season 7
(2023) 		CésarAlmeida
Tom Nolan
Caio Machado
Payton Talbott
Kevin Borjas 		[18] Abdul-Kerim Al-Selwady
Ibo Aslan
Hyder Amil
Eduarda Moura
Charalampos Grigoriou 		[19] Zachary Reese
Oban Elliot
Luis Pajuelo 		[20] Carlos Prates
Thomas Petersen
Bolaji Oki 		[21] Brendson Ribeiro
Serhiy Sidey
Dylan Budka
Jean Silva
Dione Barbosa 		[22] James Llontop
Jhonata Diniz
Steven Nguyen
Julia Polastri
Jean Matsumoto 		[23] Shamil Gaziev
Stephanie Luciano
Kaynan Kruschewsky
Igor da Silva 		[24] Danny Barlow
Danny Silva
Angel Pacheco
Ernesta Kareckaitė
Carli Judice
Vinicius Oliveira 		[25] Rodolfo Bellato
Victor Hugo Silva
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov
José Daniel Medina
Maurício Ruffy 		[26] Ramon Taveras
André Lima
Connor Matthews
MarQuel Mederos
Lucas Rocha 		[27]
Season 6
(2022) 		Joe Pyfer [28] Chris Duncan
Vinicius Salvador
Shannon Ross
Francis Marshall
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Billy Goff 		[29] Jamal Pogues
Erik Silva
Clayton Carpenter 		[30] Esteban Ribovics
Claudio Ribeiro
Jose Johnson
Hailey Cowan
Nazim Sadykhov 		[31] Michael Parkin
Darrius Flowers
Jesús Santos Aguilar
Cameron Saaiman
Denise Gomes 		[32] Yusaku Kinoshita
Sedriques Dumas
Mateusz Rębecki
Viktoriya Dudakova
Blake Bilder 		[33] Vitor Petrino
Gabriel Bonfim
Karl Williams
Ismael Bonfim 		[34] Farid Basharat
Ikram Aliskerov
Trevor Peek
Bruna Brasil
Daniel Marcos 		[35] Brunno Ferreira
Raúl Rosas Jr.
Austen Lane
Nurullo Aliev
Jafel Filho 		[36] Bo Nickal
Sam Patterson
Jack Jenkins
Rafael Ramos Estevam
Mateus Mendonça 		[37]
Season 5
(2021) 		Azamat Murzakanov
Joanderson Brito
Victor Altamirano
Carlos Candelario
AJ Fletcher 		[38] Josh Quinlan
Chidi Njokuani
Saimon Oliveira
C.J. Vergara
Chad Anheliger 		[39] Jailton Almeida
Albert Duraev
Łukasz Brzeski
Jack Della Maddalena
Jasmine Jasudavicius 		[40] AJ Dobson
Michael Morales
Kleydson Rodrigues
Victor Martinez 		[41] Ihor Potieria
Daniel Zellhuber
 [42] Mike Malott
Carlos Hernandez
Fernie Garcia
Genaro Valdéz 		[43] Martin Buday
Jake Hadley
Slava Borshchev 		[44] Armen Petrosyan
Caio Borralho
Piera Rodríguez
Jonny Parsons 		[45] Gadzhi Omargadzhiev
Cristian Quiñonez
Javid Basharat
Karine Silva
Manuel Torres 		[46] Maheshate
Yohan Lainesse 		[47]
Season 4
(2020) 		Dustin Jacoby
Uroš Medić
Jordan Leavitt 		[48] Dustin Stoltzfus
Adrian Yañez
Cory McKenna
T.J. Laramie
Impa Kasanganay 		[49] Louis Cosce
Cheyanne Vlismas
Orion Cosce
Josh Parisian 		[50] Jamie Pickett
Rafael Alves
Jeff Molina
Collin Huckbody 		[51] Jimmy Flick
Ronnie Lawrence
William Knight 		[52] Phil Hawes
Drako Rodriguez
Tafon Nchukwi
Aliaskhab Khizriev 		[53] Jordan Williams
Collin Anglin
Danyelle Wolf 		[54] Carlos Ulberg
Ignacio Bahamondes
Luis Saldaña
Jared Vanderaa 		[55] Natan Levy
Nikolas Motta
Luana Pinheiro 		[56] JP Buys
Gloria de Paula
Tucker Lutz
Victoria Leonardo 		[57]
Season 3
(2019) 		Punahele Soriano
Yorgan de Castro 		[58] Miles Johns
Miguel Baeza 		[59] Joe Solecki
Antonio Trócoli
Hunter Azure
Maki Pitolo
Jonathan Pearce 		[60] Antônio Arroyo
Ode' Osbourne
Don'Tale Mayes
Brendan Allen 		[61] Sean Woodson
Jamahal Hill
Billy Quarantillo 		[62] Aleksa Camur
Aalon Cruz
Tracy Cortez
Rodrigo Nascimento 		[63] Omar Morales
Herbert Burns
André Muniz 		[64] Brok Weaver
Sarah Alpar
Tony Gravely 		[65] Philip Rowe [66] Duško Todorović
Peter Barrett
T.J. Brown 		[67]
Season Brazil
(2018) 		Rogério Bontorin
Mayra Bueno Silva
Sarah Frota
Augusto Sakai 		[68] Taila Santos
Johnny Walker
Marina Rodriguez 		[69] Raulian Paiva
Vinicius Moreira
Luana Carolina
Thiago Moisés 		[70]
Season 2
(2018) 		Alonzo Menifield
Greg Hardy 		[71] Matt Sayles
Anthony Hernandez
Ryan Spann
Dwight Grant 		[72] Antonina Shevchenko
Te'Jovan Edwards 		[73] Bevon Lewis
Jordan Espinosa 		[74] Maycee Barber
Domingo Pilarte
Edmen Shahbazyan 		[75] Jimmy Crute
Sodiq Yusuff
Jeff Hughes 		[76] Roosevelt Roberts
Ian Heinisch
Jordan Griffin
Juan Adams 		[77] Devonte Smith
Kennedy Nzechukwu
Bobby Moffett 		[78]
Season 1
(2017) 		Kurt Holobaugh
Boston Salmon 		[79] Sean O'Malley [80] Karl Roberson
Geoff Neal 		[81] Julian Marquez
Brandon Davis 		[82] Mike Rodríguez
Alex Perez 		[83] Charles Byrd
Grant Dawson 		[84] Benito Lopez
Joby Sanchez 		[85] Matt Frevola
Lauren Mueller
Allen Crowder 		[86]

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