Dana White's Contender Series, formerly named Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, is an American mixed martial arts promotion. In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold the competition weekly on UFC Fight Pass (It has since been moved to ESPN+).
As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC. Similar to The Ultimate Fighter none of the fighters involved will have existing UFC contracts. Licensed separately from the UFC with Dana White applying for a promoter's license, it was stated ahead of the license being approved that "this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand, but instead a promotion that will allow up-and-coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC."
The inaugural event took place on July 11, 2017. All events have been held at the UFC's home base of Las Vegas.
List of seasons NameRefStart dateEnd date# of contracts# of eventsVenueLocationSeason 10 (87-96)429Meta Apex CenterLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Season 9 (77-86)4610UFC Apex CenterSeason 8 (67-76)4210Season 7 (57-66)4610Season 6 (47-56)4310Season 5 (37-46)3910Season 4 (27-36)3710Season 3 (17-26)3010Season Brazil113UFC Training CenterSeason 2 (9-16)238Season 1 (1-8)168
List of contract winners +SeasonEpisode number1Ref.2Ref.3Ref.4Ref.5Ref.6Ref.7Ref.8Ref.9Ref.10Ref.10(2026)*Anthony Wint*Bilal Hasan*Tom Pagliarulo*Joe Kropschot*Kaik Brito*Trent Miller*Cristian Perez*Alik Lorenz*Roman Gabriel Puga*Taner Trembley*Alex Apodaca*Guilherme Uriel*Sean Clancy Jr.*Ronald Humphrey*Nick Galanti*Adam Darby*Modestino Rodrigues*Silvestre Sanchez*Gabriel Lourenço*Adam Livingston*Quentin Pasley*Isaac Moreno*Martin Koźak*Christian Natividad*Mayton Perea*Igor Cavalcanti *Akbar Abdullaev*Luis Hernandez*Alvi Dasuyev*Jaden Ortega*Marcos Degli*Piero Guaylupo*Callum Connor*Damian Piwowarczyk*George Staines*Adama Diop*Aieza Ramos Bertolso*Ian Escuza*Preston LaGrange*Sal Everett*Roque Conceição*Mateus Soares 9(2025)*Ty Miller*Baysangur Susurkaev*José Mauro Delano*Cameron Rowston*Louis Lee Scott*Josh Hokit*Ramiro Jimenez*Ryan Gandra*Márcio Barbosa* Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev*Manoel Sousa*Donte Johnson*Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani*Cezary Oleksiejczuk*Mandel Nallo*Tommy McMillen*Stephen Asplund*Lerryan Douglas*Samuel Sanches*Shanelle Dyer*Carol Foro*Hecher Sosa*Iwo Baraniewski*Tommy Gantt*Cody Chovancek*Mantas Kondratavičius* Murtazali Magomedov* Jeisla Chaves*Sofia Montenegro*Javier Reyes*Rafael Tobias*Damian Pinas*Louis Jourdain*Christopher Alvidrez*Kurtis Campbell*Magomed Zaynukov*Adrián Luna Martinetti*Mark Vologdin*Imanol Rodriguez*Luis Felipe Dias*Luke Fernandez*Levi Rodrigues*Juan Díaz*Marwan Rahiki*Michael Oliveira*Wesley Schultz8(2024)*Mansur Abdul-Malik*Bruno Lopes*Jose Delgado*Lone'er Kavanagh*Andreas Gustafsson Berg*Rizvan Kuniev*Cortavious Romious*Cody Haddon*Andrey Pulyaev*Bogdan Grad*Marco Tulio*Malcolm Wellmaker *Ko Seok-hyun*Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos*Austin BashiYuneisy Duben *Quillan Salkilld*Navajo Stirling*Josias Musasa*Nicolle Caliari*Elijah Smith*Tallison Teixeira*Ateba Gautier*Ahmad Hassanzada*Danylo Voievodkin*Daniel Frunza*Kevin Christian*Kevin Vallejos*Alexia Thainara*Diyar Nurgozhay*Alberto Montes*David Martínez*Torrez Finney*Jacobe Smith*Artem Vakhitov*Kody Steele*Mario Pinto*Islam Dulatov*Nick Klein*Luis Gurule*Yadier del Valle*Jonathan Micallef7(2023)*César Almeida*Tom Nolan*Caio Machado*Payton Talbott*Kevin Borjas*Abdul-Kerim Al-Selwady*Ibo Aslan*Hyder Amil*Eduarda Moura*Charalampos Grigoriou*Zachary Reese*Oban Elliott*Luis Pajuelo *Carlos Prates*Thomas Petersen*Bolaji Oki*Brendson Ribeiro*Serhiy Sidey*Dylan Budka*Jean Silva*Dione Barbosa *James LlontopJhonata Diniz*Steven Nguyen*Julia Polastri*Jean Matsumoto*Shamil Gaziev*Stephanie Luciano*Kaynan Kruschewsky*Igor da Silva*Danny Barlow*Danny Silva*Angel Pacheco*Ernesta Kareckaitė*Carli Judice*Vinicius Oliveira*Rodolfo Bellato*Victor Hugo Silva*Magomed Gadzhiyasulov*José Daniel MedinaMaurício Ruffy*Ramon Taveras*André Lima*Connor Matthews*MarQuel Mederos*Lucas Rocha6(2022)*Joe Pyfer*Chris Duncan*Vinicius Salvador*Francis MarshallWaldo Cortes-AcostaBilly Goff*Jamal Pogues*Erik Silva*Clayton Carpenter*Esteban Ribovics*Claudio Ribeiro*Jose Johnson*Hailey CowanNazim Sadykhov*Mick Parkin*Darrius Flowers*Jesús Santos Aguilar*Cameron Saaiman*Denise Gomes*Yusaku Kinoshita*Sedriques Dumas*Mateusz Rębecki*Viktoriya Dudakova*Blake Bilder*Vitor Petrino*Gabriel Bonfim*Karl Williams*Ismael Bonfim*Farid Basharat*Ikram Aliskerov*Trevor Peek*Bruna Brasil*Daniel Marcos*Brunno Ferreira*Raul Rosas Jr.*Austen Lane*Nurullo AlievJafel Filho*Bo Nickal*Sam Patterson*Jack Jenkins*Rafael Ramos Estevam*Mateus Mendonça5(2021)*Azamat Murzakanov*Joanderson Brito*Victor Altamirano*Carlos Candelario*AJ Fletcher*Josh Quinlan*Chidi Njokuani*Saimon Oliveira*C.J. Vergara*Chad Anheliger *Jailton Almeida*Albert Duraev*Łukasz Brzeski*Jack Della Maddalena*Jasmine Jasudavicius*AJ Dobson*Michael Morales*Kleydson Rodrigues*Victor Martinez*Ihor Potieria*Daniel Zellhuber*Mike Malott*Carlos Hernandez*Fernie Garcia*Genaro Valdéz*Martin Buday*Jake Hadley*Slava Borshchev*Armen Petrosyan*Caio Borralho*Piera Rodríguez*Jonny Parsons*Gadzhi Omargadzhiev*Cristian Quiñonez*Javid Basharat*Karine Silva*Manuel Torres*Maheshate*Yohan Lainesse4(2020) *Dustin Jacoby*Uroš Medić*Jordan Leavitt*Dustin Stoltzfus*Adrian Yañez*Cory McKenna*T.J. Laramie*Impa Kasanganay*Louis Cosce*Cheyanne Vlismas*Orion Cosce*Josh Parisian*Jamie Pickett*Rafael Alves*Jeff Molina*Collin Huckbody*Jimmy Flick*Ronnie Lawrence*William Knight*Phil Hawes*Drako Rodriguez*Tafon Nchukwi*Aliaskhab Khizriev*Jordan Williams*Collin Anglin*Danyelle Wolf*Carlos Ulberg*Ignacio Bahamondes*Luis Saldaña*Jared Vanderaa*Natan Levy*Nikolas Motta*Luana Pinheiro*JP Buys*Gloria de Paula*Tucker Lutz*Victoria Leonardo3(2019) *Punahele Soriano*Yorgan de Castro*Miles Johns*Miguel Baeza*Joe Solecki*Antonio Trócoli*Hunter Azure*Maki Pitolo*Jonathan Pearce*Antônio Arroyo*Ode' Osbourne*Don'Tale Mayes*Brendan Allen*Sean Woodson*Jamahal Hill*Billy Quarantillo*Aleksa Camur*Aalon Cruz*Tracy Cortez*Rodrigo Nascimento*Omar Morales*Herbert Burns*André Muniz*Brok Weaver*Sarah AlparTony Gravely*Philip Rowe*Duško Todorović*Peter Barrett*T.J. BrownBrazil(2018)*Rogério Bontorin*Mayra Bueno Silva*Sarah Frota*Augusto Sakai*Taila Santos*Johnny Walker*Marina Rodriguez*Raulian Paiva*Vinicius Moreira*Luana Carolina*Thiago Moisés2(2018) *Alonzo Menifield*Greg Hardy*Matt Sayles*Anthony Hernandez*Ryan SpannDwight Grant*Antonina Shevchenko*Te'Jovan Edwards*Bevon Lewis*Jordan Espinosa*Maycee Barber*Domingo Pilarte*Edmen Shahbazyan*Jimmy Crute*Sodiq Yusuff*Jeff Hughes*Roosevelt Roberts*Ian Heinisch*Jordan Griffin*Juan Adams*Devonte Smith*Kennedy Nzechukwu*Bobby Moffett1(2017)*Kurt Holobaugh*Boston Salmon*Sean O'Malley*Karl Roberson*Geoff Neal*Julian Marquez*Brandon Davis*Mike Rodríguez*Alex Perez*Charles Byrd*Grant Dawson*Benito Lopez*Joby Sanchez*Matt Frevola*Lauren Mueller*Allen Crowder
List of DWCS alumni
This page lists all fighters who have appeared on Dana White's Contender Series. The main table covers notable alumni, while the section below includes additional participants who have standalone Wikipedia articles but do not meet the notability criteria.
List of DWCS records UFC champions from DWCS This is a list of fighters who earned a UFC contract through Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) and subsequently won a UFC championship. As of 2026, four DWCS alumni have captured undisputed UFC gold.
# Fighter Div. Signed Event Opponent Title Won Notes 1 Jamahal Hill LHW Jul 23, 2019 UFC 283 Glover Teixeira Jan 21, 2023 2 Sean O'Malley BW Jul 18, 2017 UFC 292 Aljamain Sterling Aug 19, 2023 3 Jack Della Maddalena WW Sep 14, 2021 UFC 315 Belal Muhammad May 10, 2025 4 Carlos Ulberg LHW Nov 4, 2020 UFC 327 Jiří Procházka Apr 11, 2026
UFC title challengers from DWCS This is a list of fighters who appeared on DWCS who have challenged or will challenge for a UFC championship.
# Fighter Div. DWCS date Event Opponent Date Notes 1 Alex Perez FLW Aug 8, 2017 UFC 255 Deiveson Figueiredo Nov 21, 2020 2 Taila Santos W-FLW Aug 11, 2018 UFC 275 Valentina Shevchenko Jun 12, 2022 3 Mayra Bueno Silva W-BW Aug 10, 2018 UFC 297 Raquel Pennington Jan 20, 2024 4 Diego Lopes W-BW Aug 31, 2021 UFC 314 Alexander Volkanovski Apr 12, 2025 5 Josh Hokit HW Aug 19, 2025 UFC 334 Ciryl Gane Nov 14, 2026
Combined most significant strikes landed - In a single bout The lightweight bout between Piero Guaylupo and Callum Connor on September 22, 2026 at DWCS 93 set numerous records.
# Fight Div. Event Date Combined Strikes 1 Piero Guaylupo def. Callum Connor LW DWCS 93 Sept 22, 2026 474 2 Danny Silva def. Angel Pacheco FTW DWCS 64 Sept 26, 2023 401 3 Ernesta Kareckaite def. Carli Judice W-FLW DWCS 64 Sept 26, 2023 352
Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout Updated to September 22, 2026 (after DWCS 93). # Fighter Opponent Div. Event Date Strikes 1 Callum Connor Piero Guaylupo LW DWCS 93 Sept 22, 2026 265 2 Magomed Zaynukov Lucas Caldas LW DWCS 85 Oct 7, 2025 235 3 Piero Guaylupo Callum Connor LW DWCS 93 Sept 22, 2026 209 4 Danny Silva Angel Pacheco FTW DWCS 64 Sept 26, 2023 204
Fastest knockout # FighterOpponentDiv.EventDateTime 1 Alonzo Menifield Dashawn Boatwright LHW DWCS 9 Jun 12, 2018 0:08
Fastest submission # FighterOpponentDiv.EventDateTime 1 Ryan Spann Emiliano Sordi LHW DWCS 10 Jun 19, 2018 0:26
Youngest contract winner # Fighter Div. Birthday Awarded Age 1 Raul Rosas Jr. BW Oct 8, 2004 Sep 20, 2022 17 years, 347 days
Oldest contract winner # Fighter Div. Birthday Awarded Age 1 Mandel Nallo LW Jul 26, 1989 Sep 2, 2025 36 years, 38 days
See also
List of Dana White's Contender Series alumni List of current UFC fighters List of UFC champions
References