Dana White’s Contender Series
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Contender Series 2022: Week 9 preview, weigh-in results
2022 continues to be a good year for UFC recruitment. This week, we have an honest-to-god interesting middleweight fight at the top, and some odd—and hopefully exciting—matchups to fill the rest of the DWCS (Dana White’s Contender Series) card. Leon Aliu (10-1) vs Brunno Ferreira (8-0) The main fight is…
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Dana White’s Contender Series 2022: Week 5 preview, weigh-in results
Contender Series (DWCS) has been delivering hard this year, but this may be the most middle-of-the-road edition so far. Not that the fights themselves are bad (although there is some… odd stuff here), but they’re perhaps not quite as intriguing or have as many talents with a higher level of…
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Dana White’s Contender Series 2022: Week 4 preview, weigh-in results
Contender Series (DWCS) has been giving us some prime action this year, and this week doesn’t appear to be much different. This week’s main event should be great. England’s Thomas Paull (11-3) meets Argentina’s Esteban Ribovics (10-0) at lightweight in an action bout. Paull is a punishing striker with excellent…
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Contender Series 2022: Week 2 preview & weigh-in results
‘Contender Series’ (DWCS) has worked out great for the UFC in terms of delivering exciting performances, filling programming blocks with broadcast partner ESPN, and snatching up some excellent prospects to round out divisions. Last week, middleweight standout, Joe Pyfer, became the first (and only) fighter to get a DWCS contract…
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Dana White’s Contender Series 2022: Week 1 preview, weigh-in results
A lovely time of the year is upon us yet again, as Dana White’s Contender Series returns to your airwaves (shut up, we’re old) and blesses us with some fine prospect action. This year starts off great, with a pair of excellent middleweights in the main fight, and some excellent…
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Contender Series 2021: Week 7 preview, weigh-in results
Under different circumstances, this would be a guaranteed banger of a card. Unfortunately, the unpleasant news of two fighters missing weight has somewhat marred this particular set of matchups, and as usual begins to cast some doubts as to how they may perform. It’s a shame, really. The fights will…
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Dana White’s Contender Series: Week 5 preview, weigh-in results
Another week, another edition of Contender Series. You already know what the game is, fighters vie for a spot on the UFC roster and one singular performance can alter their careers forever. So this week, we’re starting off with some interesting light heavyweights that are part of the newer crop…
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Contender Series 2021: Week 4 preview, weigh-in results
The Tuesday night fight train is arriving at the station again, with some fine prospects and some odd but good matchups lined up. Jordan’s Hashem Arkhaga (6-0) is a middleweight to keep your eyes on. He’s got a thundering overhand right, patiently draws out counters and works a good pace…
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Contender Series 2021: Week 3 preview, weigh-ins results
More contestants this week will battle it out in what could be a life-altering fight for their futures, and it’s another great set of fights. First up, Brazil’s Jailton Almeida (13-2). Primarily a submission specialist, he’s shown a lot of promise with thudding leg kicks and a hulking frame. A…
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Dana White’s Contender Series 2021 – Week 1 preview, weigh-in results
Now that The Ultimate Fighter is over, it’s time for another crop of fighters to make their way into the UFC. And for the premiere episode, they’ve got some great talent lined up. They made sure to start out with some impressive talents to get things going. Top billing goes…
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