Dana White Contender Series Tonight
The fourth season of Dana White’s Contender Series is right around the corner.
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Season 4 was slated to kick off June 23. Postponed due to the pandemic, it’s expected to premiere Aug. 4 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, run through September, and possibly into October.
Check out full Dana White’s Contender Series 33 results Please see the full results below as they take place tonight live from the UFC Apex Center. You can see last week’s results right here. Dana White’s Contender Series gives up-and-coming MMA fighters a chance to wow the UFC boss and earn a fight contract that could change their lives. UFC 257 started tonight and the pay-per.
With the return of the series, there will be a lot of fight announcements and contract signings involving UFC hopefuls. It’s understandable that it might be difficult to keep up with all of the transactions, but that’s where MMA Junkie comes in.
Below is a compilation of all the fighters and fights known for the upcoming season. The fighters and fights all have been broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie.
Confirmed lineups
Aug. 4
Dustin Jacoby* def. Ty Flores via unanimous decision
Uros Medic* def. Mikey Gonzalez via TKO (strikes) – Round 1
Jerome Rivera def. Luis Rodriguez via unanimous decision
Jordan Leavitt* def. Luke Flores via submission (arm triangle) – Round 1
Aug. 11
Dustin Stoltzfus* def. Joe Pyfer via TKO (slam) – Round 1
Adrian Yanez* def. Brady Huang via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Cory McKenna* def. Vanessa Demopolous via unanimous decision
TJ Laramie* def. Daniel Swain via TKO (retirement) – Round 1
Impa Kasangany* def. Anthony Adams via unanimous decision
Aug. 18
Louis Cosce* def. Victor Reyna via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Cheyanne Buys* def. Hilarie Rose via unanimous decision
Orion Cosce* def. Matt Dixon via TKO (punches) – Round 3
Josh Parisian* def. Chad Johnson via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Kenny Cross def. Kevin Syler via unanimous decision
Aug. 25
Jamie Pickett* def. Jhonoven Pati via TKO (punches) – Round 2
Rafael Alves* def. Alejandro Flores via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2
Jeffrey Molina* def. Jacob Silva via unanimous decision
Anthony Romero def. Mike Breeden via unanimous decision
Collin Huckbody* def. Kyron Bowen via submission (arm triangle choke) – Round 1
Sept. 1
Melik Baghdasaryan def. Dennis Buzukia via unanimous decision
Jimmy Flick* def. Nate Smith via submission (arm triangle choke) – Round 3
Ronnie Lawrence* def. Jose Johnson via unanimous decision
William Knight* def. Cody Brundage via TKO (elbows and punches) – Round 1
Tucker Lutz def. Chase Gibson via unanimous decision
Sept. 8
Tafon Nchukwi* def. Al Matavao via knockout (head kick) – Round 2
Sherrard Blackledge def. Cameron Church via unanimous decision
Phil Hawes* def. Khadzhi Bestaev via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Drako Rodriguez* def. Mana Martinez via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1
Aliaskhab Khizriev* def. Henrique Shiguemoto via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1
Sept. 15
Jordan Williams* def. Gregory Rodrigues via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Collin Anglin* def. Muhammadjon Naimov via unanimous decision
Michael Lombardo def. Korey Kuppe via unanimous decision
Danyelle Wolf* def. Taneisha Tennant via unanimous decision
Kyle Driscoll def. Dinis Paiva via unanimous decision
Nov. 4
Oscar Ivan Cota vs. Jared Vanderaa
Bruno Oliveira vs. Carlos Ulberg
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Edson Gomez
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
Nov. 10
Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz vs. Mario Sousa
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
Nov. 17
Chelsea Hackett vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels
Kenneth Bergh vs. Matheus Scheffel
JP Buys vs. Nate Smith
Sherrard Blackledge vs. Tucker Lutz
TBA vs. TBA
* = contract earned
Season 4 roster
(Record Last promotion Fighting out of)
Heavyweights
Oscar Ivan Cota (11-2 Combate Americas Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico)Chad Johnson (6-1 LFA Wisconsin)Josh Parisian (12-3 WXC Michigan)Jared Vanderaa (10-4 SMASH Global Hemet, Calf.)Light heavyweights
Ibo Aslan (8-0 Vendetta Austria)Jose Augusto Azevedo (6-2 Centro Oeste Fight Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil)Cody Brundage (5-0 Lights Out Championship Michigan)Ty Flores (7-2 Shamrock FC Denver)Dustin Jacoby (11-5 SCL Fort Morgan, Colo.)William Knight (7-1 CES MMA Connecticut)Matheus Scheffel (14-6 Future FC Parana, Brazil)Tafon Nchukwi (3-0 CFFC Cameroon)Al Matavao (8-2 Destiny MMA/Alaska FC American Samoa)Middleweights
Anthony Adams (8-1 LFA Aurora, Colo.)Khadzhi Bestaev (10-3 Gladiator Challenge San Jose, Calif.)
KB Bhullar (8-0 Unified MMA Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)Kyron Bowen (10-4 MFC/MMAX FC Illinois)Phil Hawes (7-2 Brave CF Iowa)Collin Huckbody (7-2 North Star Combat Saint Cloud, Minn)Nassourdine Imavov (8-2 ARES FC Dagestan, Russia)Impa Kasanganay (6-0 DWCS, Season 3 Charlotte, N.C.)Aliaskhab Khizriev (12-0 Fight Nights Global Makhachkala, Russia)Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz (8-0 Teofista Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)Andreas Michailidis (12-3 Global Legion FC Athens, Greece)*Bruno Oliveira (8-1 Titan FC Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil)Jhonoven Pati (6-3 Ring of Combat Copperas Cove, Texas)Jamie Pickett (10-4 Next Level Fight Club North Carolina)Joe Pyfer (7-1 Ring of Combat Pennsylvania)Gregory Rodrigues (7-2 SMASH Global Manaus, Brazil)Henrique Shiguemoto (13-3-1 Road FC Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)Mario Sousa (11-1 Metanoia FC Curitiba, Parana, Brazil)Dustin Stoltzfus (12-1 GMC Pennsylvania)Carlos Ulberg (2-0 Eternal MMA Auckland, New Zealand)Jordan Williams (8-3 DWCS Menomonee Falls, Wisc.)Jordan Wright (10-0 LFA Albuquerque, N.M.)Welterweights
Ignacio Bahamondes (10-3 LFA Santiago, Chile)Louis Cosce (6-0 Combate Americas California)Orion Cosce (6-0 Bear River Fighting Championship Arcata, Calif.)Matt Dixon (9-0 LFA Tulsa, Okla.)Edson Gomez (6-1 KOTC Upland, Calif.)Korey Kuppe (8-3 LFA Michigan)Michael Lombardo (10-2 Road to M-1 USA Jupiter, Fla.)Victor Reyna (11-4 Combate Americas Arlington, Texas)Lightweights
Rafael Alves (18-9 Titan FC Belem, Para, Brazil)Sherrard Blackledge (4-0 Island Fights Las Vegas)Mike Breeden (8-2 LFA Missouri)Taylor Callens (6-0 V3 Fights Hornbeak, Tennessee)Cameron Church (4-0 Combate Americas South Lake Tahoe, Calif.)Kenny Cross (10-3 Lights Out Championship Michigan)Achilles Estremadura (6-0 Battlefield Fight League Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Alejandro Flores (17-2 Combate Americas Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)Luke Flores (9-1 Combate Americas Mission, Texas)Mikey Gonzalez (7-1 Gladiator Challenge California)Jordan Leavitt (6-0 LFA Las Vegas)Tucker Lutz (9-1 Shogun Fights Reisterstown, Md.)Victor Martinez (12-4 Fury FC/Combate Americas Pharr, Texas)Uros Medic (5-0 Alaska FC Serbia)Damonte Robinson (6-1-1 Iron Tiger FS Ohio)Anthony Romero (7-0 Ohio Combat League/KOTC Canada)Kevin Syler (10-0 Combate Bolivia MMA Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia)Featherweights
Collin Anglin (7-1 Lights Out Championship Michigan)Kyle Driscoll (11-3 Combate Americas Tulsa, Okla.)Oron Kahlon (16-0 Road to WWFC Ashdod, Israel)T.J. Laramie (11-3 PFC Ontario, Canada)Muhammadjon Naimov (5-0 Titan FC Dushanbe, Tajikistan)Dinis Paiva (13-7 CES MMA Long Island, New York)Daniel Swain (20-9-1 M-1 Challenge Washington)Bantamweights
Brady Huang (11-1 Pancrase San Francisco)Jose Johnson (11-5 LFA/WXC Flint, Mich.)Ronnie Lawrence (5-1 LFA Nashville)Mana Martinez (6-1 Fury FC Texas)Johnny Munoz (10-0 KOTC Norco, Calif.)Drako Rodriguez (6-1 KOTC Sioux, City, Iowa)Adrian Yanez (10-3 Fury FC Houston)Flyweights
JP Buys (8-2 LFA Gauteng, South Africa)Jimmy Flick (14-5 LFA Sand Springs, Okla.)Jeffrey Molina (7-2 FAC Missouri)Jerome Rivera (9-2 LFA Santa Fe, N.M.)Brandon Royval (10-4 LFA Denver, Colo.)*Jacob Silva (6-2 Fury FC Houston)
Nate Smith (6-0 LFA Chicago, Illinois)Women’s featherweights
Taneisha Tennant (3-0 Invicta FC New York)Danyelle Wolf (0-0 Boxing San Diego)Women’s bantamweights
TBAWomen’s flyweights
Chelsea Hackett (3-0-1 Eternal MMA Australia)Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels (4-0 Battlefield Fight League Squamish, British Columbia, Canada)Women’s strawweight
Cheyanne Buys (4-1 LFA Dallas)Vanessa Demopolous (5-1 LFA California)Gloria de Paula (4-2 SFT Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)Pauline Macias (4-0 LFA Denver)Cory McKenna (4-1 Cage Warriors England)Luana Pinheiro (7-1 Brave CF Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil)Hilarie Rose (4-1 CES MMA Norfolk, Mass.)* = Signed to UFC prior to scheduled DWCS bout
Four Fight Card
Wednesday, November 4th at 7:00 PM (UFC Apex)
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Dana White’s Contender Series takes place on Wednesday night in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
This is a five-fight UFC card with Dana White deciding at the end of the night what fighters will be offered a contract.
Bruno Oliveria (+170) vs. Carlos Ulberg (-220)
Bruno Oliveria and Carlos Ulberg will face off in a light heavyweight contest for the main event of the night. Ulberg only has fought two fights in MMA competition, but before that, he was an elite kickboxer that comes from that background. For Oliveria, he only has lost one fight overall and he has won each of his last three fights. Two of those fights were wins by knockouts. Oliveria very well could make it to the UFC at some point but he is still very raw, and I don’t see a way to victory for him in this game. Back Ulberg on the money line.
Ignacio Bahamondes (-450) vs. Edson Gomez (+350)
Ignacio Bahamondes and Edson Gomez will face off in a welterweight bout. Gomez did miss weight and his purse will be cut by 20 percent. Bahamondes has a 10-3 record overall and his last fight came two exactly two months ago against Chris Brown and he won by a split decision. Gomez has a 6-1 record and all six of his fights have come by knockout. His last fight came back in December of 2019 and he won by knockout late. Bahamondes is the more skilled fighter and he is going to have no issue getting the job done in this one. Back Bahamondes to win by knockout.
Vince Murdock (+125) vs. Luis Saldana (-145)
Dana White Contender Series Predictions Tonight
Vince Murdock and Luis Saldana face off in a fight that most are very excited to see work itself out. Murdock actually had a UFC contract once, but a rare brain disease threatened his life. This is Murdock’s first fight since 2018 and he will try to get the fight to the ground. Luis Saldana is the favorite in this fight and he has won three fights in a row. Murdock is the better wrestler and he is going ot earn his UFC contract. Back Murdock as the underdog.
Harry Hunsucker (+220) vs. Jared Vanderaa (-260)
Jared Vanderaa and Harry Hunsucker will kick off the night on Wednesday with a heavyweight battle. Hunsucker comes into this fight with a 6-2 record, but this is a big step up in competition. Jared Vanderaa has fought better competition and he is going to have no issue winning this fight. Back Vanderaa to win this fight by knockout.