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' Dana White's Competitor Series': Season 8 outcomes, exactly how to check out and also extra

.Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM ET" Dana White's Challenger Collection" profits for Time 8 on Aug. 13. The show, which has been a pipeline to the UFC for top ability coming from around the globe, has actually aided the UFC uncover a few of the most effective fighters in the sport today consisting of bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also previous light big-time champ Jamahal Hill.There are likewise lots of top prospects who have discovered a home in the UFC via the series like Bo Nickal, Port Della Maddalena, Payton Talbott, and also Jailton Almeida. Will Period 8 of DWCS create the sporting activity's next future star?Here are the fighters to watch, competitions and also results from every week: Laura Sanko's top fighters to watchESPN talked with UFC professional Laura Sanko to acquire a checklist of the fighters she is very most excited to find on this period of DWCS. "There is an emerging theme this year," Sanko told ESPN. "Most of the fighters a definitely youthful, yet they appear to be prepared for this stage. They pass the eye examination much more than the competitors in previous years." Austin Bashi, featherweightRecord: 12-0Age: 22Fighting out of: West Bloomfield Territory, MichiganBashi is one of the most effective prospects with all of MMA. He gets into DWCS Season 8 having actually completed each of his last four challengers (three entries, one KO). He possesses a wrestling background, yet he possesses striking that his enemy must respect. Despite his grow older, Bashi has actually actually encountered as well as hammered high-level competition. Just 2 fights ago, he sent Askar Askar one more highly-touted possibility. Bashi possesses what it requires a champ one day.Artem Vakhitov, light heavyweightRecord: 2-1Age: 33Fighting out of: Prokopyevsk, RussiaVakhitov possesses little specialist MMA expertise, however he is actually a former Grandeur kickboxing champion. Most particularly, Vakhitov was actually the last guy to defeat UFC light big-time champ Alex Pereira in kickboxing. And that is actually why he is actually creating this action, he is actually happening for Pereira.How to check out the fightsWatch "Dana White's Contender Collection" on ESPN+: Obtain ESPN+ here.There's additionally FightCenter, which supplies stats and review for every UFC and DWCS memory card.' Dana White's Opponent Series' competitions as well as end results: Week 1 results: Welterweight: Rami Hamed def. Ding Meng through unanimous selection * Featherweight: Jose Delgado def. Ernie Juarez by KO1 * Gentlemens's flyweight: Lone'er Kavanagh def. An Tuan Ho through KO1 * Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Wesley Schultz through TKO2 * Lighting heavyweight: Bruno Lopes def. Mikheil Sazhiniani by TKO2 * Kavanagh, Delgado, Lopes and also Abdul-Malik were each granted a UFC contractWeek 2 end results: * Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik by TKO2 * Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha through TKO1 * Guys's bantamweight: Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato through consentaneous decisionMiddleweight: Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston through consentaneous selection * Males's bantamweight: Cody Haddon def. Billy Company through SUB1 * Haddon, Romious, Kuniev and Gustafsson were actually each awarded a UFC contractWeek 3 results: * Featherweight: Bogdan Graduate def. Michael Aswell through split decision * Males's bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker def. Adam Bramhald by KO1 ** Males's flyweight: Chip Piccininni def. Jack Duffy by split choice * Middleweight: Andrey Pulyaev def. Liam Anderson through consensual selection * Middleweight: Marco Tulio def. Matthieu Duclos by TKO2 * Wellmaker, Tulio, Graduate as well as Pulyaev were actually each granted a UFC deal ** Piccininni as well as Duffy were provided a rematch at DWCS Period 8, Incident 10Week 4 end results: * Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko def. Igor Cavalcanti by consensual decision * Middleweight: Djorden Santos def. Will definitely Currie through consentaneous selection * Featherweight: Austin Bashi vs. Dorian Ramos through SUB2 * Female's flyweight: Yuneisy Duben def. Shannon Clark by KO1 * Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld def. Gauge Young through consentaneous decision * Salkilld, Duben, Bashi, Santos, and Ko were each rewarded a UFC contractWeek 5 end results: * Lightweight heavyweight: Navajo Stirling def. Phil Latu TKO2Middleweight: Yousri Belgaroui def. Taiga Iwasaki by TKO3 * Featherweight: Josias Musasa def. Otari Tanzilovi by split decision * Women's flyweight: Nicolle Caliari def. Corinne Laframboise through SUB1 * Caliari, Musasa as well as Stirling were actually each granted a UFC contractWeek 6 matches: Men's bantamweight: Aaron Tau vs. Elijah SmithHeavyweight: Talisson Teixeira vs. Arthur LopesWelterweight: Joey Hart vs. Benjamin BennettMiddleweight: Ateba Gautier vs. Yura NaitoLightweight: Ahmad Hassanzada vs. Dylan MantelloWeek 7 competitions: Heavyweight: Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Danylo VoievodkinWelterweight: Daniel Frunza vs. Vadym KutsyiLight heavyweight: Kevin Religious vs. Francesco MazzeoWeek 8 competitions: TBAWeek 9 matchups: TBAWeek 10 matches: TBA.