For those unfamiliar, Dana White’s Contender Series is the dramatic audition show of the fight world. On the brightest stage they’ve had in their careers, young fighters duke it out in an all-out war to finish their opponent and hopefully earn a contract to fight for the UFC. Whether that measly contract is worth fighting
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To close out this year’s Contender Series run, we got a fun episode with a rough ending. There were a couple wars and a couple good finishes, but sadly, the current best fighter of the episode couldn’t earn himself a contract to end the season. Overall, this was a solid season that brought some really
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29-year-old Daniel “Daniboy” Felipe is an interesting lightweight prospect out of São Paulo, Brazil. Training out of Fight Leste, Felipe began his combat sports career in kickboxing, winning multiple titles, including a K-1 championship in 2016. He transitioned to MMA in 2023 and has competed twice a year since 2024. Before going any further, I
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Tale of the Tape Davi Cabral Douglas Da Lapa Record 7-0 6-0 Age 27 27 Height 5’9″ 6’3″ Reach ? 74.0″ Hometown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Combined Opp. Record 28-43-2 14-4 Gym War Room Kickboxing & MMA Clayton Mangueira Team Championships N/A N/A Shawn Bitter- I used to think
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Tale of the Tape Roque Conceição Alexander Chavez Record 11-3 9-0 Age 26 25 Height 5’4″ 5’6″ Reach 67.0″ ? Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil Lima, Peru Combined Opp. Record 51-25 46-34 Gym Revira Black Team Pitbull Martial Arts Center Championships Demo Fight, Ragnarok Inka FC Shawn Bitter- This is a very fun fight, and
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Getting his UFC debut on a numbered card is Anthony “The Bull” Romero. He’s coming off his last performance, winning the UNF bantamweight championship, and improving his record to 7-2-1. The 29-year-old lives in Los Angeles, California, and trains out of Black House MMA. Romero is 3-1 with 1 No Contest in his last five
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Fury FC’s Bruce Whitehead is getting this fight because I imagine the UFC is having a hard time booking Jacobe Smith fights. Whitehead is 29-years-old from Houston, Texas, training out of the WAT Training Center. He’s 8-2 on a two-fight win streak and 4-2 in the last three years. I can see the appeal
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Unfortunately, week eight of Contender Series lost the Bulaid vs Visconde fight a little over an hour before the card started. This left us with four fights. As a result, this felt like a 50/50 night. We got to see two of the top prospects outside the UFC get awesome finishes and earn UFC contracts.
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ARES FC 43 this Friday is genuinely a can’t-miss event for prospect nerds and major league talent scouts alike. Almost every fight has a fighter with an obscenely high ceiling; thus, the card has been dubbed ARES 43 – “La Nouvelle Génération”. A new generation it is, of fighters looking to make their mark in
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This Saturday, September 19th, a big WMMA bout is happening that many people don’t even know about. In Turku, Finland, Ice Cage Fighting is hosting a solid card. In the main event, former UFC fighter Andre Fialho faces prospect Brayan Aspegren for the middleweight title. All eyes go to the co-main, which is also a
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