Dana_White's_Contender_Series_Season_5
Dana White's Contender Series season 5
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2021
Season 5 of Dana White's Contender Series will commence in August 2021 and in the US would be exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package.[1][2][3]
Dana White's Contender Series 37 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | August 31, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Azamat Murzakanov | def. | Matheus Scheffel | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight | Joanderson Brito | def. | Diego Lopes | Technical Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 0:10 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Flyweight | Victor Altamirano | def. | Carlos Candelario | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | AJ Fletcher | def. | Leonardo Damiani | KO (flying knee) | 1 | 2:24 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[4]
- Azamat Murzakanov, Joanderson Brito, Victor Altamirano, Carlos Candelario, and AJ Fletcher
Dana White's Contender Series 38 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 7, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Josh Quinlan | vs. | Logan Urban | No Contest | 1 | 0:47 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Middleweight | Chidi Njokuani | def. | Mario Sousa | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 1:35 | |
Bantamweight | Saimon Oliveira | def. | José Alday | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | C.J. Vergara | def. | Bruno Korea | TKO (knee to the body) | 1 | 0:41 | |
Bantamweight | Chad Anheliger | def. | Muin Gafurov | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
- Original a KO (punches) win for Quinlan; overturned following Quinlan failing a drug test.[5]
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[6]
- Josh Quinlan, Chidi Njokuani, Saimon Oliveira, C.J. Vergara, and Chad Anheliger
Dana White's Contender Series 39 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 14, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Jailton Almeida | def. | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:49 | |
Bantamweight | Mo Miller | def. | Brandon Lewis | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Albert Duraev | def. | Caio Bittencourt | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 3:29 | |
Heavyweight | Łukasz Brzeski | vs. | Dylan Potter | NC (overtuned by NAC)[7] | 3 | 3:51 | |
Welterweight | Jack Della Maddalena | def. | Ange Loosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Jasmine Jasudavicius | def. | Julia Polastri | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[8]
- Jailton Almeida, Albert Duraev, Łukasz Brzeski, Jack Della Maddalena, and Jasmine Jasudavicius
Dana White's Contender Series 40 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 21, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Catchweight (189 lbs) | AJ Dobson | def. | Hashem Arkhagha | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:21 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Welterweight | Michael Morales | def. | Nikolay Veretennikov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Steven Nguyen | def. | Theo Rlayang | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Kleydson Rodrigues | def. | Santo Curatolo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Victor Martinez | def. | Jacob Rosales | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[9]
- AJ Dobson, Michael Morales, Kleydson Rodrigues, and Victor Martinez
Dana White's Contender Series 41 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | September 28, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Ihor Potieria | def. | Łukasz Sudolski | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:41 | |
Middleweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Aaron Jeffery | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Daniel Zellhuber | def. | Lucas Almeida | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Rizvan Kuniev | def. | Edivan Santos | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[10]
- Ihor Potieria and Daniel Zellhuber
Dana White's Contender Series 42 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 5, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Mike Malott | def. | Shimon Smotritsky | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:39 | |
Flyweight | Carlos Hernandez | def. | Daniel Barez | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (139 lbs) | Fernie Garcia | def. | Joshua Weems | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:10 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Middleweight | Joseph Holmes | def. | Shonte Barnes | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:46 | |
Lightweight | Genaro Valdéz | def. | Patrik White | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:44 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[11]
- Mike Malott, Carlos Hernandez, Fernie Garcia, and Genaro Valdéz
Dana White's Contender Series 43 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 12, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Catchweight (137.25 lbs) | Christian Rodriguez | def. | Reyes Cortez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Heavyweight | Martin Buday | def. | Lorenzo Hood | TKO (knee) | 1 | 4:56 | |
Catchweight (127 lbs) | Jake Hadley | def. | Mitch Raposo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:11 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Lightweight | Vyacheslav Borshchev | def. | Chris Duncan | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:28 | |
Women's Strawweight | Maria Silva | def. | Kathryn Paprocki | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[12]
- Martin Buday, Jake Hadley, and Vyacheslav Borshchev
Dana White's Contender Series 44 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 19, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Jonny Parsons | def. | Solomon Renfro | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Piera Rodríguez | def. | Valesca Machado | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Jesse Murray | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:41 | |
Light Heavyweight | Armen Petrosyan | def. | Kaloyan Kolev | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:27 | |
Bantamweight | Pedro Falcão | def. | James Barnes | KO (punches) | 3 | 3:55 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[13]
- Jonny Parsons, Piera Rodríguez, Caio Borralho, and Armen Petrosyan
Dana White's Contender Series 45 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | October 26, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Gadzhi Omargadzhiev | def. | Jansey Silva | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 4:19 | |
Bantamweight | Cristian Quiñonez | def. | Long Xiao | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (139 lbs) | Javid Basharat | def. | Oron Kahlon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 4:12 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Women's Flyweight | Karine Silva | def. | Qihui Yan | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:44 | |
Lightweight | Manuel Torres | def. | Kolton Englund | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:10 | |
Featherweight | Oliver Murad | def. | Xie Bin | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[14]
- Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, Cristian Quiñonez, Javid Basharat, Karine Silva, and Manuel Torres
Dana White's Contender Series 46 | |
---|---|
Information | |
Promotion | DWCS |
Date | November 2, 2021 |
Venue | UFC Apex Centre |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Maheshate | def. | Achilles Estremadura | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Yohan Lainesse | def. | Justin Burlinson | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:37 | |
Flyweight | Erisson Ferreira da Silva | def. | Lun Qiu | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Jonas Bilharinho | def. | Canaan Kawaihae | TKO (spinning wheel kick) | 3 | 4:00 | |
Flyweight | Juan Puerta | def. | Zhifa Shang | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:[15]
- Maheshate and Yohan Lainesse
- "Dana White's Contender Series takes on international theme, 10 fights added to upcoming season". MMA Junkie. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- Sherdog.com. "6-Foot-7 Brazilian Edivan Santos to Fight on Dana White's Contender Series Sept. 28". Sherdog. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- Sherdog.com. "Jungle Fight Champ Lucas Almeida Meets Daniel Zellhuber at Contender Series on Sept. 28". Sherdog. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 37 results: Five contracts awarded, including one fighter who suffered a loss". MMA Junkie. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "NAC overturns DWCS winner Josh Quinlan's UFC contract-earning victory after positive drug test". MMA Junkie. 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 38 results: 5 more fighters score UFC deals". MMA Junkie. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- Morgan, John (2021-09-15). "Dana White's Contender Series 39 results: Five more fighters secure UFC deals". MMA Junkie. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 40 results: Four more fighters score UFC deals". MMA Junkie. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 41 results: Two fighters earn contracts". MMA Junkie. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 42 results: Four fighters signed to UFC, one heads to 'Lookin' for a Fight'". MMA Junkie. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- "Dana White's Contender Series 43 results: Three more secure UFC deals, including one who missed weight". MMA Junkie. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- Staff (2021-10-19). "Dana White's Contender Series Season 5, Week 8 Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- Staff (2021-10-26). "Dana White's Contender Series Season 5, Week 9 Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- Staff (2021-11-02). "Dana White's Contender Series Season 5, Week 10 Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2021-11-03.