Dana White's Contender Series season 8

Season 8 of Dana White's Contender Series commences in August 2024 and in the US is exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package.[1][2]

Dana White's Contender Series
Season 8
Release
Original networkESPN+
Original releaseAugust 13 (2024-August-13) –
October 10, 2024 (2024-October-10)
Season chronology
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Season 7

Week 1 – August 13

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Background

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Dana White's Contender Series 67
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PromotionDWCS
DateAugust 13, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Wes Schultz
Welterweight Meng Ding vs. Islam Dulatov
Light Heavyweight Mikheil Sazhiniani vs. Bruno Lopes
Featherweight Icaro Brito vs. Ernie Juarez
Flyweight An Tuan Ho vs. Lone'er Kavanagh

Contract awards

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The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 2 – August 20

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Dana White's Contender Series 68
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PromotionDWCS
DateAugust 20, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Pat Pytlik vs. Andreas Berg Gustafsson
Batamweight Cortavious Romious vs. Michael Imperato

Contract awards

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The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 3 – August 27

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Background

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Dana White's Contender Series 69
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PromotionDWCS
DateAugust 27, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Adam Bramhald vs. Malcolm Wellmaker
Featherweight Michael Aswell vs. Bogdan Grad
Flyweight Jack Duffy vs. Jose Ochoa

Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 4 – September 3

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Background

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Dana White's Contender Series 70
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PromotionDWCS
DateSeptember 3, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Women's Flyweight Shannon Clark vs. Yuneisy Duben
Middleweight Will Currie vs. Djorden Santos
Welterweight Ko Seok Hyun vs. Igor Cavalcanti
Featherweight Tommy McMillen vs. Austin Bashi
Lightweight Quillan Salkilld vs. Gauge Young

Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 5 – September 10

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Background

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Dana White's Contender Series 71
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PromotionDWCS
DateSeptember 10, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Uran Satybaldiev vs. Raffael Cerqueira
Light Heavyweight Yousri Belgaroui vs. Anvarbek Daniyalbekov
Lightweight Kody Steele vs. Quemuel Ottoni

Contract awards

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The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 6 – September 17

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Dana White's Contender Series 72
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PromotionDWCS
DateSeptember 17, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Quang Le vs. Aaron Tau

Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 7 – September 24

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Dana White's Contender Series 73
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PromotionDWCS
DateSeptember 24, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States



Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 8 – October 1

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Dana White's Contender Series 74
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PromotionDWCS
DateOctober 1, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States


Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 9 – October 8

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Dana White's Contender Series 75
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PromotionDWCS
DateOctober 8, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States

Background

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Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 10 – October 15

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Dana White's Contender Series 76
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PromotionDWCS
DateOctober 15, 2024
VenueUFC Apex Centre
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States


Contract awards

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The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

References

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  1. ^ "Dana White's Contender Series, Season 8 in the works with dates mapped out". MMA Junkie. 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ "Dana White's Contender Series, Season 8 roster filling out with UFC hopefuls". MMA Junkie. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-29.