Dana White's Contender Series (season 8)

Dana White's Contender Series
Release
Original network	ESPN+
Original release	August 13 (2024-August-13) – October 10, 2024 (2024-October-10)
Season chronology

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.

Week 1 – August 13

Background

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 13, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	An Tuan Ho	vs.	Lone'er Kavanagh
Light Heavyweight	Mikheil Sazhiniani	vs.	Bruno Lopes

Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 2 – August 20

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 20, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Torrez Finney	vs.	Cam Rowston
Welterweight	Pat Pytlik	vs.	Andreas Berg Gustafsson

Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 3 – August 27

Background

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 27, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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	Liam Anderson	vs.	TBA

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 4 – September 3

Background

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	September 3, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Women's Flyweight	Shannon Clark	vs.	Yuneisy Duben
Middleweight	Will Currie	vs.	Djorden Santos
Welterweight	Seok Hyun Ko	vs.	Igor Cavalcanti
Bantamweight	Tommy McMillen	vs.	Austin Bashi
Welterweight	Meng Ding	vs.	Islam Dulatov

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 5 – September 10

Background

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	September 10, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Uran Satybaldiev	vs.	Raffael Cerqueira
Middleweight	Yousri Belgaroui	vs.	Anvarbek Daniyalbekov
Lightweight	Kody Steele	vs.	TBA

Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 6 – September 17

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	September 17, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 7 – September 24

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	September 24, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 8 – October 1

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	October 1, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 9 – October 8

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	October 8, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:

Week 10 – October 15

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Information
Promotion	DWCS
Date	October 15, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: