Dana White’s Contender Collection, Season 8 kicks off in lower than three months.
In latest weeks, the UFC matchmakers have been gearing up for a summer season DWCS return, anticipated to launch Aug. 13. Athletes and matchups have slowly, however absolutely, 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. Up to now, 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 beneath to see the most recent athletes and fights booked, which have been confirmed by MMA Junkie or posted about by the fighters concerned. Most of the taking part athletes first had been reported by @MMA__Matchmaker on X. This checklist will likely be up to date as extra fighters and matchups are revealed.
Week 1 | Aug. 13
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 05: (R-L) Bruno Lopes of Brazil battles Brendson Ribeiro of Brazil in a light-weight heavyweight combat throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection season seven, week 5 at UFC APEX on September 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC through Getty Pictures)
- Flyweight: An Tuan Ho (6-0) vs. Lone’er Kavanagh (6-0)
- Gentle heavyweight: Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-2) vs. Bruno Lopes (12-1)
- TBA vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
Week 2 | Aug. 20
Torrez Finney def. Yuri Panferov DWCS 66
- Middleweight: Torrez Finney (8-0) vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
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Week 3 | Aug. 27
- Bantamweight: Adam Bramhald (13-2) vs. Malcolm Wellmaker (7-0)
- Featherweight: Michael Aswell (9-1) vs. Bogdan Grad (13-2)
- Flyweight: Jack Duffy (7-0) vs. Jose Ochoa (7-0)
- Middleweight: Liam Anderson (6-2) vs. TBA
- Welterweight: Pat Pytlik (9-1) vs. TBA
Week 4 | Sept. 3
- Girls’s flyweight: Shannon Clark (5-0) vs. Yuneisy Duben (5-0)
- Middleweight: Will Currie (12-3) vs. Djorden Santos (9-1)
- Featherweight: Tommy McMillen (6-0) vs. TBA
- Welterweight: Gauge Younger (8-1) vs. TBA
- TBA vs. TBA
Week 5 | Sept. 10
- Gentle heavyweight: Raffael Cerqueira (11-0) vs. Uran Satybaldiev (7-1)
- Light-weight: Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga (8-0) vs. Quemuel Ottoni (12-3)
- TBA vs. TBA
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Week 6 | Sept. 17
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Week 7 | Sept. 24
- TBA vs. TBA
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Week 8 | Oct. 1
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Week 9 | Oct. 8
- TBA vs. TBA
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Week 10 | Oct. 15
- TBA vs. TBA
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Confirmed fighters with out dates
- Girls’s strawweight: Alexia Thainara (10-1)
- Girls’s strawweight: Rose Conceicao (7-0)
- Girls’s flyweight: Alice Ardelean (9-5)
Flyweight: Mitch Raposo (9-1)**- Featherweight: Michael Imperato (12-6)
- Light-weight: Quillan Salkilld (6-1)
- Welterweight: Islam Dulatov (10-1)
- Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik (5-0)
- Middleweight: Matthieu Duclos (6-2)
- Heavyweight: Hugo Cunha (8-1)
- Heavyweight: Arthur Lopes (6-1)
*Withdrew from bout
**Signed with UFC previous to bout
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