Dana White’s Contender Series Week 8 delivered four finishes and four UFC contracts, led by George Staines’ historic slam knockout. Read the full DWCS Week 8 results for the contract winners, fight details and illegal-knee controversy.
Go behind the scenes with Luca Borando as the 9-1 Italian finishes camp for his DWCS fight with Ian Escuza. Borando enters Las Vegas on a five-fight knockout streak after his latest Cage Warriors stoppage, while unbeaten Escuza brings a perfect 7-0 record with seven finishes.
The Dana White's Contender Series Week 8 lineup is official after all 10 prospects successfully made weight. Undefeated George Staines meets Loai Abushaar in the lightweight featured bout, while Bulaid-Visconde and Diop-Sabanov add two more intriguing matchups. Read MMAtown's DWCS Week 8 preview and predictions.
Loai Abushaar returned from a 13-month layoff at CFFC 136 and needed just 3:09 to submit Joe Boerschig with a rear-naked choke. Rewatch the 2024 finish before Abushaar meets unbeaten George Staines in their Dana White’s Contender Series Week 8 fight.
Rewatch the infamous 2014 brawl between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier and their Nevada Athletic Commission hearing. Jones was fined $50,000 and Cormier $9,000 after the UFC 178 media-day melee, months before they finally fought for the light heavyweight title at UFC 182.
Luca Borando produced one of his strongest Cage Warriors performances against Caique Araujo at CW 204, scoring a second-round stoppage at Rome's PalaPellicone. The Italian featherweight later extended his winning run again and now meets unbeaten Ian Escuza in their Dana White's Contender Series matchup.
Watch Karlos Vémola return from retirement against unbeaten submission specialist Frederic Vosgröne at OKTAGON 94. The former two-division champion handed “The Neanderthal” his first professional MMA defeat, finishing the 5-0 German prospect with ground-and-pound at 4:50 of Round 2 in Frankfurt.
Joseph edged Alain Majorique by split decision in June, while Godogo stopped Dauda Rajabu with ground-and-pound at 2:42 of Round 3. Their October 10 meeting opens the PFL Morocco main card, with the winner of Joseph vs. Godogo reaching the bantamweight tournament final.
Go inside the camps before EFC 138 as undefeated Terrence Born prepares to face two-time champion Matunga Djikasa for the vacant heavyweight title. ENGAGED also follows Walker-Hadebe and Goncalves-Bembe ahead of the October 1 card. Read MMAtown's full EFC 138 preview for the complete matchup breakdown.
UFC Vegas 121 fighters meet face-to-face before the September 26 card in Las Vegas. Watch Raul Rosas Jr. and Raoni Barcelos close out the staredowns ahead of their bantamweight main event, plus Dumont-Perez, Rinya Nakamura vs. Brady Hiestand and the rest of the 12-fight lineup.
OKTAGON MMA returns to Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park on September 26, with Eckerlin-Kozma, Coga-Jungwirth and Vémola-Vosgröne all set after the official weigh-ins. Before the stadium card, revisit the story behind Max Coga vs. Christian Jungwirth and Coga’s long comeback from injury.
Cage Warriors returns to Dublin with CW 210 at the RDS. Watch Paddy McCorry and Gustavo Sousa make weight for their middleweight championship main event, plus Maximus Lally, João Saldanha and Ger Harris. Revisit Paddy McCorry's road to the Cage Warriors title before fight night.
Watch the ARES FC 43 ceremonial weigh-ins ahead of Friday's event in Paris. Featherweight champion Josh O'Connor and interim champion Fabacary Diatta come face-to-face before their title unification fight. See the full ARES FC 43 preview and fight card for more on the September 25 event.
From winning on Dana White's Contender Series without receiving a UFC contract to becoming Cage Warriors middleweight champion, Paddy McCorry shares his story of struggle and sacrifice. Watch his journey before he defends his title against Gustavo Sousa at CW 210 Dublin on September 26, 2026.
Dana White's Contender Series Week 7 made history with six UFC contracts, including deals for losing fighters Callum Connor and Jaden Ortega. Main-event winner Norbert Novenyi Jr. was the only victorious fighter not signed, while four other winners joined the UFC.
Watch the DWCS 93 weigh-ins ahead of Contender Series 2026 Week 7. Middleweight headliners Norbert Novenyi Jr. (185.5 lbs) and Theo Haig (184 lbs) both cleared the scale. All five bouts are official as 10 prospects prepare to compete for UFC contracts in Las Vegas.
Rewatch Emilio Quissua vs. Juscelino Ferreira from UAE Warriors 57 on January 17, 2025, at Space42 Arena in Abu Dhabi. Quissua extended his unbeaten professional record to 6-0 with a three-round decision victory before his eventual Contender Series matchup against Damian Piwowarczyk.
Watch the story behind Max Coga vs. Christian Jungwirth at OKTAGON 94. This documentary follows Coga's nearly two-year recovery from a broken hand, Jungwirth's defeat to Christian Eckerlin and his training in Brazil before their September 26 welterweight showdown in Frankfurt.
Watch Akbar Abdullaev's knockout highlights, from his five finishes in ONE Championship to his 19-second KO of Ednilson Santos at DWCS 2026 Week 6. The unbeaten Kyrgyz lightweight earned a UFC contract and extraordinary praise from Dana White after improving his professional record to 14-0.
The UFC 331 fighters meet face-to-face before the September 19 card at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. See Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja ahead of their flyweight championship rematch, plus Tsarukyan-Ruffy and the tense Gable Steveson vs. Sean Sharaf staredown.
