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Rodrigues earns UFC contract after controversial 15-second KO at Contender Series
Modestino Rodrigues dropped Brandon Holmes and finished him with follow-up shots just 15 seconds into their DWCS Week 4 middleweight bout. Despite debate over an early stoppage, Dana White awarded the 22-year-old Brazilian a UFC contract.
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Darby earns UFC contract eight years after writing 'UFC or nothing else' in his notes app
Adam Darby (8-1) stopped Patrick Rivera via third-round TKO at Dana White's Contender Series Week 4 on September 1 to earn a UFC deal — fulfilling a goal he had written down as an amateur in 2018.
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Sanchez knocks out McCracken at DWCS to earn UFC deal and hail Mexico P.I. talent
Silvestre Sanchez stopped Liam McCracken with a left hook in the final round of their lightweight bout at Dana White's Contender Series 2026 Week 4, earning a UFC contract and crediting the UFC's Mexico City Performance Institute for producing finish-hungry fighters.
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Hooker reveals career-high payday for Parnasse debut and jokes he'd fight Ngannou for the same fee
Dan Hooker says his UFC Paris clash with debutant Salahdine Parnasse on 5 September is the biggest payday of his career, adding that the fee is large enough he would even take on Francis Ngannou.
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All five fighters earn UFC contracts on a chaotic DWCS Season 10 Week 4
Dana White awarded UFC contracts to all five winners at Dana White's Contender Series Week 4 on September 1 in Las Vegas, a card that featured a controversial 15-second stoppage, a first-round heavyweight demolition, and a split-decision thriller White admitted he could not score.
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Bella Mir explains mother's viral social media outburst after historic DWCS upset loss
Bella Mir has spoken out about her mother Jennifer's viral social media reaction following Bella's unanimous decision loss to Alex Apodaca on Dana White's Contender Series — the biggest upset in the show's history. Bella attributed the outburst to emotion and alcohol, noting Jennifer later apologised.
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New Yorker Livingston earns UFC deal on DWCS and demands MSG main card slot in November
Adam Livingston secured a UFC contract on his second Contender Series appearance, outworking Hunter Smith over three rounds at lightweight. The 25-year-old New Yorker immediately called for a main card opener at UFC's Madison Square Garden event in November, claiming he can sell out the arena alone.
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Lourenco earns UFC contract with predicted first-round knockout at DWCS Week 4
Gabriel Lourenco stopped Charlie Cleveland inside two minutes at Dana White's Contender Series Week 4, landing the right hand he had identified through tape study as Cleveland's key vulnerability.
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Dana White hands all five winners UFC contracts after DWCS Season 10 Week 4 finishes
Dana White awarded UFC contracts to every winner at DWCS Season 10, Week 4 on Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Four of the five bouts ended in stoppages, highlighted by Modestino Rodrigues's 15-second knockout of Brandon Holmes.
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Rivera and Darby collide in DWCS welterweight main event with six-fight win streaks on the line
Patrick Rivera and Adam Darby, both riding six-fight winning runs, headline Dana White's Contender Series at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, with a UFC contract the ultimate prize.
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Shogun Rua reverses retirement stance to demand Teixeira rematch after boxing defeat
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua lost a decision to Glover Teixeira at Spaten Fight Night in São Paulo on Saturday, then immediately called for a rematch — despite having said he would retire after the bout. Former teammate Anderson Silva urged Rua to switch to jiu-jitsu instead.
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Tsarukyan targets five lightweight title defenses to surpass Makhachev's UFC record
Arman Tsarukyan has set his sights on breaking Islam Makhachev's record of four UFC lightweight title defenses, saying he wants at least five before considering a move to welterweight or retirement. First, he must get past Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 331 on Sept. 19.
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Chimaev targets Strickland rematch and three other middleweights for UFC comeback
Khamzat Chimaev has publicly called out Sean Strickland, Dricus du Plessis, Nassourdine Imavov, and Caio Borralho as he seeks his first fight since losing the UFC middleweight title at UFC 328 in May.
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Allen and Duncan stake unbeaten streaks in UFC Vegas 122 middleweight main event
Brendan Allen and Christian Leroy Duncan will headline UFC Vegas 122 on October 10 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, with both middleweights riding significant win streaks heading into the bout.
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BKFC president says Perry shoulder injury clouds return after shock TKO loss to late replacement
Mike Perry dislocated his shoulder and suffered a TKO loss to late replacement Brandon Jenkins at Saturday's Duel Arena event after original opponent Dillon Danis withdrew. BKFC president David Feldman says he will assess the injury before discussing Perry's return to bare-knuckle fighting.
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Matt Brown defends Usman Nurmagomedov over Song Yadong clash at UFC Shanghai
Retired UFC welterweight Matt Brown has come to the defence of Usman Nurmagomedov following a brief post-fight altercation with Song Yadong at UFC Shanghai, arguing that Usman's only instinct was to reach his knocked-out brother Umar.
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Borralho dismisses Chimaev's title claims and backs Imavov to face Strickland next
Caio Borralho has ruled out Khamzat Chimaev as a worthy middleweight title contender, arguing that Nassourdine Imavov — the only man to beat him in the UFC — deserves the next shot at Sean Strickland's belt.
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Weidman, Masvidal and Poirier reveal their most chaotic USADA testing encounters
Chris Weidman, Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier swapped stories on the Deep Waters podcast about surprise USADA visits, near-misses on missed testing windows, and testers showing up at golf courses, car dealerships and after brutal training sessions.
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Mendez pinpoints Nurmagomedov's takedown error in shock KO loss to Song Yadong
American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez has broken down how an off-centre head position during a takedown attempt left Umar Nurmagomedov exposed to Song Yadong's uppercut at UFC Shanghai — the Russian's first career knockout defeat.
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