Your go-to guide for Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 8

Preparations for Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series are currently underway. Deemed as the toughest job interview, DWCS showcases the stars of tomorrow vying for a spot on the UFC roster. The upcoming season is set to kick off on August 13th and will continue for 10 weeks until October 15th. According to Nolan King of MMA Junkie, some fighters have already been notified and received matchups for this season.

To keep up with the news surrounding Contender Series Season 8, The Scrap has your go-to guide for all things Contender Series. We’ll provide you with the latest news, confirmed fights, and results as the season unfolds.

Latest News

• Last man to beat Alex Pereira in Kickboxing is set for DWCS debut
• Dates for Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series Revealed
• Flyweight An Tu Ho (11-5) announced on Instagram that he was fighting on the August 13th card
• A Flyweight bout between Shannon Clark & Yuneisy Duben is set for the September 3rd card

Rumored Fights & Fighters

• Adrian Yanez mentioned on X that word on the street was Kody Steele (6-0) accepted the fight with Alejandro Martinez at Fury FC 89 despite getting an opportunity on DWCS
• Mitch Raposo vs. Jack Duffy is allegedly happening this season
• Dominik Humburger will be fighting on this season of DWCS
• Djorden Santos vs. Will Currie is allegedly happening
• Fatima Kline vs. Rose Conceição is apparently booked
• Wes Schultz will be fighting on this season of DWCS
• Bruno Lopes vs. Mikheil Sazhiniani is allegedly booked
• Klaudia Sygula (6-1)
• Cortavious Romious seems to be getting a second chance at DWCS

Fights Confirmed w/ No Date:

• Light Heavyweight: Raffael Cerqueira (11-0) vs. Uran Satybaldiev (7-1) – Week 5 – Uran injury
• Flyweight: Sean Gauci (9-1) vs. Anthony Drilich (8-1) – Rumored for Week 9

Fighters Confirmed This Season:

• Talisson Teixeira (6-0) Heavyweight
• Arthur Lopes (6-1) Heavyweight
• Liam Anderson (6-2) Middleweight
• Andrey Pulyaev (8-2) Middleweight
• Dominik Humburger (8-1) Middleweight
• Matthieu Duclos (6-2) Middleweight
• Otar Tanzilov (9-0) Bantamweight
• Nicolle Caliari (7-2) Flyweight
• Rose Conceição (7-0) Strawweight

Confirmed Dates & Fights:

Week 1, August 13th
Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik (5-0) vs. Wes Schultz (6-1)
Welterweight: Meng Ding (34-8) vs. Islam Dulatov (10-1)
Light Heavyweight: Bruno Lopes (12-1) vs. Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-2)
Featherweight: Icaro Brito (7-1) vs. Ernie Juarez (8-0)
Flyweight: An Tu Ho (6-0) vs. Lone’er Kavanagh (6-0)

Week 2, August 20th
Welterweight: Pat Pytlik (9-1) vs. Andreas Berg Gustafsson (10-2)
Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1) vs. Hugo Cunha (8-1)
Bantamweight: Cortavious Romious (8-2) vs. Michael Imperato (12-6)
Middleweight: Cam Rowston (8-2) vs. Torrez Finney (8-0)
Bantamweight: Billy Brand (5-1) vs. Cody Haddon (6-1)

Week 3, August 27th
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Bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker (7-0) vs. Adam Bramhald (13-2)
Featherweight: Michael Aswell (9-1) vs. Bogdan Grad (13-2)
Flyweight: Jack Duffy (7-0) vs. Jose Ochoa (7-0)
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Week 4, September 3rd
Flyweight: Yuneisy Duben (5-0-1) vs. Shannon Clark (5-0)
Middleweight: Will Currie (12-3) vs. Djorden Santos (9-1)
Welterweight: Igor Cavalcanti (9-0) vs. Seok Hyun Ko (10-2)
Featherweight: Austin Bashi (12-0) vs. Tommy McMillen (6-0)
Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld (6-1) vs. Gauge Young (8-1)

Week 5, September 10th
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Middleweight: Yousri Belgaroui (7-3) vs. Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (8-0)
Welterweight: Kody Steele (6-0) vs. Quemuel Ottoni (12-3)
Light Heavyweight: Raffael Cerqueira (11-0) vs. Patryk Grabowski (5-1)

Week 6, September 17th
Bantamweight: Quang Le (8-0) vs. Aaron Tau (8-0)
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Week 7, September 24th
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Featherweight: Luke Riley (9-0) vs. Kevin Vallejos (13-1)
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Week 8, October 1st
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Week 9, October 8th
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Light Heavyweight: Artem Vakhitov (2-1) vs. Islem Masraf (3-0)
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Week 10, October 15th
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