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' Dana White's Opponent Collection': Season 8 outcomes, just how to check out and also more

.Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM ET" Dana White's Challenger Set" gains for Time 8 on Aug. 13. The show, which has been a pipe to the UFC for leading skill from all over the world, has actually assisted the UFC find out several of the best fighters in the sporting activity today consisting of bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and past lightweight heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill.There are also numerous leading leads who have discovered a house in the UFC with the program including Bo Nickal, Jack Della Maddalena, Payton Talbott, as well as Jailton Almeida. Will Time 8 of DWCS generate the sport's next potential star?Here are the fighters to check out, matches as well as arise from weekly: Laura Sanko's leading competitors to watchESPN talked with UFC analyst Laura Sanko to acquire a checklist of the fighters she is actually very most thrilled to find on this period of DWCS. "There is actually an emerging motif this year," Sanko told ESPN. "A lot of the fighters a definitely youthful, yet they appear to be ready for this stage. They pass the eye test more than the fighters in previous years." Austin Bashi, featherweightRecord: 12-0Age: 22Fighting out of: West Bloomfield Township, MichiganBashi is just one of the most effective leads in every of MMA. He enters into DWCS Time 8 having ended up each of his final 4 rivals (3 submissions, one KO). He has a fumbling history, but he has striking that his opponent must regard. Despite his age, Bashi has actually presently faced and also hammered top-level competitors. Merely 2 fights back, he sent Askar Askar yet another highly-touted possibility. Bashi possesses what it takes to be a champ one day.Artem Vakhitov, light heavyweightRecord: 2-1Age: 33Fighting out of: Prokopyevsk, RussiaVakhitov has little bit of expert mixed martial arts knowledge, yet he is a previous Grandeur kickboxing champ. Very most notably, Vakhitov was the last guy to trump UFC lightweight heavyweight champ Alex Pereira in kickboxing. Which's why he's making this technique, he's coming for Pereira.How to view the fightsWatch "Dana White's Competitor Collection" on ESPN+: Receive ESPN+ here.There's likewise FightCenter, which supplies stats and also analysis for every single UFC and DWCS card.' Dana White's Opponent Series' competitions as well as end results: Full week 1 leads: Welterweight: Rami Hamed def. Ding Meng by consensual selection * Featherweight: Jose Delgado def. Ernie Juarez by KO1 * Guys's flyweight: Lone'er Kavanagh def. An Tuan Ho through KO1 * Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Wesley Schultz by TKO2 * Lighting big-time: Bruno Lopes def. Mikheil Sazhiniani by TKO2 * Kavanagh, Delgado, Lopes as well as Abdul-Malik were actually each rewarded a UFC contractWeek 2 end results: * Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik by TKO2 * Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha by TKO1 * Guys's bantamweight: Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato by consensual decisionMiddleweight: Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston by consensual selection * Men's bantamweight: Cody Haddon def. Billy Label by SUB1 * Haddon, Romious, Kuniev and also Gustafsson were actually each granted a UFC contractWeek 3 results: * Featherweight: Bogdan Grad def. Michael Aswell by split selection * Males's bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker def. Adam Bramhald by KO1 ** Men's flyweight: Chip Piccininni def. Port Duffy by split selection * Middleweight: Andrey Pulyaev def. Liam Anderson through consentaneous choice * Middleweight: Marco Tulio def. Matthieu Duclos by TKO2 * Wellmaker, Tulio, Graduate and Pulyaev were actually each granted a UFC deal ** Piccininni as well as Duffy were actually provided a rematch at DWCS Season 8, Incident 10Week 4 end results: * Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko def. Igor Cavalcanti through consensual selection * Middleweight: Djorden Santos def. Will definitely Currie through unanimous choice * Featherweight: Austin Bashi vs. Dorian Ramos through SUB2 * Female's flyweight: Yuneisy Duben def. Shannon Clark by KO1 * Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld def. Gauge Youthful by unanimous selection * Salkilld, Duben, Bashi, Santos, and Ko were each awarded a UFC contractWeek 5 results: * Lightweight big-time: 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 by SUB1 * Caliari, Musasa and Stirling were actually each rewarded a UFC contractWeek 6 matchups: Males'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 big-time: Kevin Religious vs. Francesco MazzeoWeek 8 matchups: TBAWeek 9 competitions: TBAWeek 10 competitions: TBA.