DWCS Dana's Contender Series 2025 thread

[Koala]

Donavon Hedrick, 6-0 WW is fighting Dias
All six wins within the first round, all six wins at Combat Night
He's part of Iridium, ex-American football player

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[David Street]

Next up:
Week 8 September/30/2025,
1. (L HW) Vitor Costa 8-1 vs. Damian Pinas 7-1
2. (BW) Louis Jourdain 8-3 vs. Magno Dias 6-1
3. (WW) Christopher Alvidrez 6-1 vs. Eliezer Kubanza 7-0
4. (FW) Kurtis Campbell 7-0 vs. Demba Seck 10-2
5. (FlyW) Rashid Vagabov 13-2 vs. Paulo da Silva 11-1

Week 8 Results, 4 UFC contracts:
1. (L HW) Damian Pinas 8-1 def. Vitor Costa 8-2
2. (BW) Louis Jourdain 9-3 def. Magno Dias 6-2
3. (WW) Christopher Alvidrez 7-1 def. Eliezer Kubanza 7-1
4. (FW) Kurtis Campbell 8-0 def. Demba Seck 10-3
5. (FlyW) Rashid Vagabov 14-2 def. Paulo da Silva 11-2

4 Contracts:
Damian Pinas
Louis Jourdain
Christopher Alvidrez
Kurtis Campbell

No contract for Vagabov who upset Dana by not taking is art serious enough though talented.

NEXT UP:
Week 9 October/7/2025,
1. (FlyW) Imanol Rodriguez 5-0 vs. Roque Junior 10-2
2. (BW) Adrian Luna Martinetti 16-1 vs. Mark Vologdin 12-3-1
3. (HW) Rafael Pergentino 5-0 vs. Luke Fernandez 5-0
4. (WW) Lucas Caldas 6-1 vs. Magomed Zaynukov 7-0
5. (WW) Donavon Hedrick 6-0 vs. Luis Felipe Dias 15-5

 

[Marko Atanasovik]

Week #9 Prospect to Watch: Luke Fernandez

No LHW fighter in the UFC has that level of ground game.

 

[STAY GOLD]

Week #9 Prospect to Watch: Luke Fernandez

No LHW fighter in the UFC has that level of ground game.

Imanol Rodriguez is the fighter to watch.

He's tailormade for what the UFC is currently looking for in a fighter.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Imanol Rodriguez is the fighter to watch.

He's tailormade for what the UFC is currently looking for in a fighter.

Caldas and Zaynukov both really good too imo but they might cancel each other out.

 

[Ares Black]

Imanol Rodriguez is the fighter to watch.

He's tailormade for what the UFC is currently looking for in a fighter.

I thought he won his semifinal fight on TUF and likely would have won the whole thing.

 

[burningspear]

vagabov trying to bs his way in lol

 

[The_Renaissance]

Apparently the final week sees HW's fight - Azamat Nufftilaev *(17-1) vs. Jovan Leka (10-2). No clue if any of them are any good, though.

 

[TCE]

Apparently the final week sees HW's fight - Azamat Nufftilaev *(17-1) vs. Jovan Leka (10-2). No clue if any of them are any good, though.

The last week also has 6 fights instead of the standard 5.

 

[Koala]

Apparently the final week sees HW's fight - Azamat Nufftilaev *(17-1) vs. Jovan Leka (10-2). No clue if any of them are any good, though.

Nuftillaev is a good but not great short JBG disciple through ground and pound

 

[The_Renaissance]

Nuftillaev is a good but not great short JBG disciple through ground and pound

Yeah, seems to have a very padded record - also, looks like Leka will be a fair bit bigger/taller.

 

[STAY GOLD]

PQD and Pegajoso are 2 of the fighters I'm excited for the most this season. They're both UFC ready.

As we're almost done with the season, these are the top 10 fighters I was mostly looking forward to watching this season and who I think are/were UFC ready:

1. Ramiro Jimenez (won and got signed)
2. Jose Mauro Delano (won and got signed)
3. Manoel Sousa (won and got signed)
4. Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev (won and got signed)
5. Eduardo Henrique (won, but didn't get signed)
6. Carol Foro (won and got signed)
7. Vitor Costa (lost)
8. Imanol Rodriguez (won and got signed)
9. Michael Oliveira (won and got signed)
10. Juan Diaz (won and got signed)

 

[Marko Atanasovik]

Week #10 Prospect to Watch: Michael Oliveira

Michael Morales 2.0

 

[Koala]

I think Carol Foro, Yahyaev, Luke Fernandez, Imanol Rodriguez, Marcio Ticoto, could reach the top 5 of their weight classes, maybe Damian Pinas (I haven't seen much of this guy), or Murtazali Magomedov

 

[David Street]

Rashid Vagabov 14-2 Student of Khabib Nurmagomedov not signed.. yet making him wait... as was too cocky.. but he did sign today another of his students from ONE Championship Saygid Izagakhmaev.