UFC mixed martial arts event in 2023
Season of television series
Dana White's Contender Series Original network ESPN+ Original release August 13 (2024-August-13 ) – October 10, 2024 (2024-October-10 )
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]
Week 1 – August 13
Background
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
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 2 – August 20
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Welterweight
Pat Pytlik
vs.
Andreas Berg Gustafsson
Heavyweight
Rizvan Kuniev
vs.
Hugo Cunha
Bantamweight
Cortavious Romious
vs.
Michael Imperato
Middleweight
Torrez Finney
vs.
Cam Rowston
Bantamweight
Billy Brand
vs.
Cody Haddon
Contract awards
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 3 – August 27
Background
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
Middleweight
Matthieu Duclos
vs.
Marco Tulio
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 4 – September 3
Background
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Women's Flyweight
Shannon Clark
vs.
Yuneisy Duben
Middleweight
Will Currie
vs.
Djorden Santos
Welterweight
Hyun Ko-seok
vs.
Igor Cavalcanti
Featherweight
Tommy McMillen
vs.
Austin Bashi
Lightweight
Quillan Salkilld
vs.
Gauge Young
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 5 – September 10
Background
Originally, Uran
Satybaldiev was scheduled to face Raffael Cerqueira in the main event; however, pulled out due to injury. Patryk Grabowski will step in to take his place.
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Light Heavyweight
Yousri Belgaroui
vs.
Anvarbek Daniyalbekov
Lightweight
Quemuel Ottoni
vs.
Kody Steele
Light Heavyweight
Raffael Cerqueira
vs.
Patryk Grabowski
Contract awards
The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 6 – September 17
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Bantamweight
Quang Le
vs.
Aaron Tau
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 7 – September 24
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 8 – October 1
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Background
Originally, Uran Satybaldiev
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Light Heavyweight
Diyar Nurgozhay
vs.
Bartosz Szewczyk
Week 9 – October 8
Background
Main Card
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Light Heavyweight
Artem Vakhitov
vs.
Islem Masraf
Flyweight
Anthony Drilich
vs.
Sean Gauci
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
Week 10 – October 15
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
References
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