DWCS Dana's Contender Series 2025 thread

[The_Renaissance]

Jonathan Figueroa ("El Picante") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Jonathan "El Picante" Figueroa (12-1-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina and the #19th ranked Pro Mens Middleweight in Latin America. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

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His last two opponents were 0-1 and 0-2. He fought a guy who was 0-3 in 2023

Yeah massive can-crusher vibes.

 

[David Street]

Tapology posted only a few fights most confirmed:

Week 1 Aug/12/2025
1. (FW) Radley Da Silva 7-1 vs George Mangos 7-0
2. (MW) Yuri Panferov 8-1 vs. Christopher Ewert 7-0
3. (L HW) Ilian Bouafia 6-0 vs. Neemias Santana 7-2-1
4. (WW) Jimmy Drago 7-2 vs. Ty Miller 5-0

Week 2 Aug/19/2025
1. (MW) Jon Kunneman 10-0 vs. Cam Rowston 11-3
2. (FW) Tommy Cuozzi (8-0) vs. Ramiro Jimenez 10-0
3. (FW) Manuel Exposito 13-2 vs. José Delano 15-3
4. (HW) Josh Hokit 5-0 vs. Guilherme Uriel 6-1

Week 3 August 26/2025
1. (L HW) Alik Lorenz 6-1 vs. Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev 6-0
2. (L HW) Vitor Costa 8-1 vs. Ryan Gandra 7-1

Week 4 September/2/2025
1. (FlyW) Frank Silva 7-0-1 vs. An Tuan Ho 7-1

Week 5 September/9/2025
1. (W FlyW) Shanelle Dyer 6-0 vs. Carol Foro 8-1
2. (L HW) Ivan Gnizditskiy 6-0 vs. Felipe Franco 8-0
3. (LW) Cam Teague 9-1 vs. Lerryan Douglas 12-5

Week 6 September/16/2025
1. (MW) In Soo Hwang 8-1 vs. Will Currie 13-4

Week 7 September/23/2025

Week 8 September/30/2025
1. (MW) Luis Felipe Dias 15-5 vs. Jonathan "El Picante" Figueroa 12-1

Week 9 October/7/2025

Week 10 October/14/2025

 

[Koala]

Tapology has a lot of fights with 90%-10% odds. I don't like that on DWCS, I will be rooting for the underdogs
Not surprised with Cam Teague and Rowston, who weren't really good last year

 

[MMAddict21]

Shah Kamali got knocked out today so I don’t think he’ll be on Contender this year lol. Maybe they’ll sign his opponent.

 

[Bubzeh]

Mr Bangladesh repping that glass chin.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Shah Kamali got knocked out today so I don’t think he’ll be on Contender this year lol. Maybe they’ll sign his opponent.

Definitely what they'll do and its the right decision . He's now 5-0 himself.

 

[David Street]

Shah Kamali got knocked out today so I don’t think he’ll be on Contender this year lol. Maybe they’ll sign his opponent.

Miha Frlic would be a good signing

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Vagabov is pretty good imo, team Khabib guy. Other guy is young, I thought he lost his LFA fight the other week but it was close. I would imagine Vagabov has him covered at this stage.

 

[MMAddict21]

Cage Warriors champ Samuel Silva vs. Bellator vet Mandel Nallo on September 2nd. What an odd fight to make.

 

[wufabufa]

Cage Warriors champ Samuel Silva vs. Bellator vet Mandel Nallo on September 2nd. What an odd fight to make.

Crazy seeing Nallo on the contender series. That guys been pretty good for a long time. Hopefully this is just a showcase fight for him.

 

[DamnSevern]

hell yeah lets go rat garbage

 

[DamnSevern]

 

[Ares Black]

Crazy seeing Nallo on the contender series. That guys been pretty good for a long time. Hopefully this is just a showcase fight for him.

Rat Garbage on the Contender Series is wild

 

[wufabufa]

Rat Garbage on the Contender Series is wild

I saw Hokit's name on the OP too. I know his resume is thin but he's gotta be one of the best HW prospects out there right now, no need to put him on a Pretender Series episode, the division needs him badly.

 

[Ares Black]

I saw Hokit's name on the OP too. I know his resume is thin but he's gotta be one of the best HW prospects out there right now, no need to put him on a Pretender Series episode, the division needs him badly.

Hokit is a perfect candidate for Contender Series.

Contender Series season is the best time of year for MMA fans.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I saw Hokit's name on the OP too. I know his resume is thin but he's gotta be one of the best HW prospects out there right now, no need to put him on a Pretender Series episode, the division needs him badly.

Hokit is fine. They've given him a shit Brazilian he'll absolutely steamroll and then he can come into the UFC with a bit of hype.

Teixeira came through CS and he's main eventing in his second proper UFC fight so being on here doesn't mean they won't strap a rocket to him.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Rat Garbage on the Contender Series is wild

Indeed, I like that guy.

 

[Ares Black]

Canadian BW prospect will appear on the Contender Series



He looked a little shaky in his last appearance but he's still one of the top prospects in the country. Interested to see who he's fighting.

 

[Thesnake101]

Crazy seeing Nallo on the contender series. That guys been pretty good for a long time. Hopefully this is just a showcase fight for him.

He's skilled but gets overwhelmed when guys don't just let him do his thing, probably happens again here tbh.

Don't know if it's posted but apparently Talha is fighting Damian Pinas in week 1. Hope Pinas wins, after seeing how Bellato has been in the UFC I don't really have any interest in Talha.

 

[Koala]

Good scraps, let's hope it's true (I like Cezary Oleks and Lebosnoyani but don't know mch about the other guys)