Dana White’s Contender Collection, Season 8 is underway.
In current weeks, the UFC matchmakers have been gearing up for a summer time DWCS return, anticipated to launch Aug. 13. Athletes and matchups have slowly, however certainly, been booked.
DWCS debuted in 2017 with an eight-episode inaugural season. Season 2 was held in 2018 with eight episodes, adopted by a three-episode DWCS: Brasil. In 2019, DWCS was prolonged to 10 episodes, which it has been from Season 3 onward.
Every season, the variety of fighters signed has elevated. Thus far, the present has produced UFC notables like bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley, Maycee Barber, Geoff Neal, Ryan Spann, Sodiq Yusuff, Jamahal Hill, Taila Santos, Johnny Walker, Alex Perez, Bo Nickal, Jailton Almeida, Jack Della Maddalena and Marina Rodriguez, amongst others.
Scroll under to see the most recent athletes and fights booked, which have been confirmed by MMA Junkie or posted about by the fighters concerned. Lots of the collaborating athletes first have been reported by @MMA__Matchmaker on X. This checklist can be up to date as extra fighters and matchups are revealed.
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Week 1 | Aug. 13
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 13: Lone’er Kavanagh of England reacts after his knockout victory in opposition to An Tuan Ho of Vietnam in a flyweight struggle throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection season eight, week one on August 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Mansur Abdul Malik (6-0) def. Wes Schultz (6-2) through TKO (ground-and-pound) – Spherical 2, 3:55
- Welterweight: Rami Hamed (13-3) def. Meng Ding (34-9) through unanimous determination (29-27, 29-27, 30-26)
- Gentle heavyweight: Bruno Lopes (13-1) def. Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-3) through TKO (physique punches) – Spherical 3, 4:14
- Featherweight: Jose Delgado (8-1) def. Ernie Juarez (8-1) through knockout (knee) – Spherical 2, 1:25
- Flyweight: Lone’er Kavanagh (7-0) def. An Tuan Ho (6-1) through knockout (punch) – Spherical 1, 2:35
Week 2 | Aug. 20
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 20: Cody Haddon of Australia reacts after his submission victory in opposition to Billy Model in a bantamweight struggle throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection, season eight week two on August 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Andreas Berg Gustafsson (11-2) def. Pat Pytlik (9-2) through TKO (knees) – Spherical 2, 3:20
- Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev (13-2-1) def. Hugo Cunha (8-2) through TKO (knee and punches) – Spherical 1, 4:59
- Bantamweight: Cortavious Romious (9-2) def. Michael Imperato (12-7) through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Middleweight: Torrez Finney (9-0) def. Cameron Rowston (8-3) through unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Bantamweight: Cody Haddon (7-1) def. Billy Model (5-2) through submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 1, 3:09
Week 3 | Aug. 27
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 27: Malcolm Wellmaker prepares to face Adam Bramhald of England in a bantamweight struggle throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection season eight, week three on August 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
- Middleweight: Andrey Pulyaev (9-2) def. Liam Anderson (6-3) through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Featherweight: Bogdan Grad (14-2) def. Michael Aswell (9-2) through cut up determination (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Middleweight: Marco Tulio (12-1) def. Matthieu Duclos (6-3) through TKO (spinning again kick to physique) – Spherical 2, 2:38
- Bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker (8-0) def. Adam Bramhald (13-3) through knockout (punch) – Spherical 1, 2:29
- Flyweight: Nick Piccininni (7-0) def. Jack Duffy (7-1) through cut up determination (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Week 4 | Sept. 3
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 03: Yuneisy Duben of Venezuela reacts after her knockout victory in opposition to Shannon Clark of Canada in a flyweight struggle throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection season eight, week 4 at UFC APEX on September 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
- Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko (11-2) def. Igor Cavalcanti (9-0) through unanimous determination (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Middleweight: Djorden Santos (10-1) def. Will Currie (12-4) through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Featherweight: Austin Bashi (13-0) vs. Dorian Ramos (8-3) through submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 2, 3:15
- Girls’s flyweight: Yuneisy Duben (6-0) def. Shannon Clark (5-1) through knockout (punch) – Spherical 1, 1:13
- Welterweight: Quillan Salkilld (7-1) def. Gauge Younger (8-2) through unanimous determination (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Week 5 | Sept. 10
- Gentle heavyweight: Phillip Latu (6-1) vs. TBA
- Light-weight: Quemuel Ottoni (12-3) vs. Kody Steele (6-0) (MMA Mania)
- Gentle heavyeight: Yousri Belgaroui (7-3) vs. Taiga Iwasaki (9-1) (Eurosport NL)
- Bantamweight: Josias Musasa (7-0) vs. Otar Tanzilov (9-0)
- Girls’s flyweight: Nicolle Caliari (7-2) vs. Corrine Laframboise (8-4) (Tapology)
Week 6 | Sept. 17
- Bantamweight: Aaron Tau (8-0) vs. Elijah Smith (6-1) (MMA Mania)
- Welterweight: Daniel Frunza (8-2) vs. TBA
- Middleweight: Ateba Abega Gautier (5-1) vs. Yura Naito (6-0) (GONG)
- Welterweight: Benjamin Bennett (6-1) vs. Joey Hart (6-1)
- Heavyweight: Arthur Lopes (6-1) vs. Tallison Teixeira (6-0) (Reporter Shawn Bitter)
Week 7 | Sept. 24
- Girls’s strawweight: Alexia Thainara (10-1) vs. Rose Conceicao (7-0)
- Gentle heavyweight: Kevin Christian (8-2) vs. TBA
- Gentle heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (4-0) vs. TBA
- Flyweight: Kevin Vallejos (13-1) vs. Cam Teague (7-0) (MMA Latinoamerica)
- TBA vs. TBA
Week 8 | Oct. 1
- Middleweight: Abdellah Er-Ramy (7-1) vs. Torrez Finney (9-0)
- Welterweight: Vanilto Antunes (16-6) vs. Islam Dulatov (10-1) (MMA Mania)
- TBA vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
Week 9 | Oct. 8
- Flyweight: Anthony Drilich (8-1) vs. Sean Gauci (9-1) (Southern Cross Combat)
- Gentle heavyweight: Islem Masraf (3-0) vs. Artem Vakhitov (2-1) (MMA Propagande)
- Gentle heavyweight: Diyar Nurogzhay (9-0) vs. Bartosz Szewczyk (8-2-1)
- Heavyweight: Lucas Camacho (6-0) vs. Mario Pinto (8-0) (Reporter Shawn Bitter)
- TBA vs. TBA
Week 10 | Oct. 15
- Girls’s strawweight: Leslie Hernandez (4-1) vs. Julieta Martinez (7-0) (X consumer MMA Matchmaker)
- Middleweight: Alain Van De Merckt (8-0) vs. Heraldo Souza (9-1-1) (GONG)
- Flyweight: Jack Duffy (7-1) vs. Nick Piccinininni (7-0)
- TBA vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
Confirmed fighters with out dates
Girls’s strawweight: Fatima Kline (6-0)**Girls’s flyweight: Alice Ardelean (9-5)**Flyweight: Mitch Raposo (9-1)**Flyweight: Luke Riley (13-1)*Bantamweight: Quang Le (8-0)**Featherweight: Icaro Brito (7-1)*- Featherweight: Cam Teague (7-0)
- Welterweight: Mohamed Ado (5-0)
Gentle heavyweight: Raffael Cerqueira (8-1)**Gentle heavyweight: Uran Satybaldiev (7-1)*Gentle heavyweight: Logan Woods (5-1)*
* Withdrew from bout
**Signed with UFC previous to bout
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