play0:40Baisangur Susurkaev improves to 9-0 after a 2nd round submissionBaisangur Susurkaev locks in the rear-naked chokehold on Eric Nolan to remain undefeated.
play1:16Cam Rowston gets big TKO win over Brandon HolmesCam Rowston puts on a nice performance in a TKO win vs. Brandon Holmes.
play1:00Ryan Gandra makes short work of Trent Miller with big 1st-round TKORyan Gandra knocks Trent Miller to the ground and earns a first-round TKO in the main event of Dana White’s Contender Series.
play0:47Samuel Sanches secures vicious KO win in 1st roundSamuel Sanches unloads a flurry of punches on Chasen Blair en route to a knockout victory in the first round.
Iwo Baraniewski needs just 20 seconds to knock out opponent (1:10)Iwo Baraniewski wastes no time sending his opponent to the floor with a ridiculous punch. (1:10)
Baisangur Susurkaev improves to 9-0 after a 2nd round submissionBaisangur Susurkaev locks in the rear-naked chokehold on Eric Nolan to remain undefeated.
Cam Rowston gets big TKO win over Brandon HolmesCam Rowston puts on a nice performance in a TKO win vs. Brandon Holmes.
Ryan Gandra makes short work of Trent Miller with big 1st-round TKORyan Gandra knocks Trent Miller to the ground and earns a first-round TKO in the main event of Dana White’s Contender Series.
Ryan Gandra knocks Trent Miller to the ground and earns a first-round TKO in the main event of Dana White’s Contender Series.
Samuel Sanches secures vicious KO win in 1st roundSamuel Sanches unloads a flurry of punches on Chasen Blair en route to a knockout victory in the first round.
Samuel Sanches unloads a flurry of punches on Chasen Blair en route to a knockout victory in the first round.
play0:34Mandel Nallo gets a big first-round TKOMandel Nallo gets a big first-round TKO
“Dana White’s Contender Series” Season 9 matchups and results:
The UFC’s best pipeline for talent is back, as “Dana White’s Contender Series” returned for Season 9 on Aug. 12.
The show wasted little time proving why it is the premiere path to the Ocatgon in Week 1 as Khamzat Chimaev’s Russian teammate Baysangur Susurkaev stole the show, knocking out Murtaza Talha with a vicious kick to the liver in Round 1 to earn a UFC contract.
Susurkaev immediately put his UFC contract to work, booking a spot on the UFC 319: Chimaev vs. Dricus Du Plessis undercard in Chicago just four days later. Susurkaev rode the hype wave all the way to his first win, a second-round rear naked choke submission of fellow debutante Eric Nolan.
Could there be another breakout fighter this season? Here are the matchups, results and fighters who earned a UFC contract from each week.
Baisangur Susurkaev improves to 9-0 after a 2nd round submission
Baisangur Susurkaev locks in the rear-naked chokehold on Eric Nolan to remain undefeated.
Middleweight: Ilian Bouafia def. Neemias Santana by unanimous decision Welterweight: Ty Miller def. Jimmy Drago by unanimous decision Middleweight: Baysangur Susurkaev def. Murtaza Talha by TKO1 Featherweight: Radley da Silva def. George Mangos by unanimous decision Middleweight: Yuri Panferov def. Christopher Ewert by unanimous decision
Cam Rowston puts on a nice performance in a TKO win vs. Brandon Holmes.
Featherweight: Jose Delano def. Manuel Exposito by unanimous decision Middleweight: Cam Rowston def. Brandon Holmes by TKO1 Men’s bantamweight: Louis Lee Scott def. Kaushik Saikumar by TKO3 Heavyweight: Josh Hokit def. Guilherme Uriel by TKO2 Featherweight: Ramiro Jimenez def. Tommy Cuozzi by TKO1
Ryan Gandra makes short work of Trent Miller with big 1st-round TKO
Light heavyweight: Ryan Gandra def. Trent Miller by TKO1 Featherweight: Marico Barbosa def. Damon Wilson by TKO1 Light heavyweight: Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Alik Lorenz by TKO1 Lightweight: Manoel Sousa def. Cristian Perez by TKO3 Heavyweight: Donte Johnson def. Darion Abbey by KO1
Mandel Nallo gets a big first-round TKOMandel Nallo gets a big first-round TKO
Welterweight: Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani def. Jack Congdon by KO1 Middleweight: Cezary Oleksiejczuk def. Theo Haig by KO1 Lightweight: Mandel Nallo def. Samuel Silva by KO1 Men’s flyweight: Eduardo Chapolin def. An Tuan Ho by unanimous decision Featherweight: Tommy McMillen def. David Mgoyan by majority decision
Heavyweight: Steven Asplund def. Anthony Guarascio KO1 Featherweight: Lerryan Douglas def. Cam Teague by KO1 Light heavyweight: Freddy Vidal def. Felipe Franco by SUB3 Lightweight: Samuel Sanches def. Chasen Blair by KO1 Women’s flyweight: Carol Foro def. Shanelle Dyer by unanimous decision
Foro, Dyer, Sanches, Douglas, and Asplund were given UFC contracts. Vidal will fight again on Week 10.
Bantamweight: Hecher Sosa def. Mackson Lee by unanimous decision Light heavyweight: Iwo Baraniewski def. Mahamed Aly by KO1 Lightweight: Thomas Gantt def. Adam Livingston SUB1 Middleweight: Paddy McCorry def. In Soo Hwang by unanimous decision Bantamweight: Cody Chovancek def. Raphael Uchegbu KO3
Middleweight: Mantas Kondratavičius def. Dani Barbir by TKO1 Featherweight: Murtazali Magomedov def. Brahyan Zurcher by TKO1 Women’s flyweight: Jeisla Chaves def. Sofia Montenegro by split decision Featherweight: Javier Reyes def. Justice Torres by TKO1 Light heavyweight: Rafael Tobias def. Jair de Oliveira by SUB1
Middleweight: Vitor Costa vs. Damian Pinas Men’s bantamweight: Louis Jourdain vs. Magno Dias Men’s flyweight: Rashid Vagabov vs. Paulo da Silva Featherweight: Kurtis Campbell vs. Demba Seck Catchweight: Johnathan Figueroa vs. Luis Felipe Dias Welterweight: Christopher Alvidrez vs. Eliezer Kubanza
Iwo Baraniewski needs just 20 seconds to knock out opponent (1:10)Iwo Baraniewski wastes no time sending his opponent to the floor with a ridiculous punch. (1:10)
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Jimenez, Hokit, Scott, Rowston and Delano were given UFC contracts.
Gandra, Yakhyaev, Sousa, Perez, Johnson and Barbosa were given UFC contracts.
Chovanchek, Gantt, Baraniewski and Sosa were given UFC contracts.
Tobias, Reyes, Chaves, Montenegro, Magomedov and Kondratavičius were given UFC contracts
Iwo Baraniewski wastes no time sending his opponent to the floor with a ridiculous punch. (1:10)