Dana White's Contender Series season 3

Dana White's Contender Series
Season 3
Release
Original network	ESPN+
Original release	June 18 (2019-06-18) – August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27)
Season chronology
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In May 2018 it was confirmed that season 3 of Dana White's Contender Series would commence in June 2019 and in the US would be exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package.^[1] In April 2019, the schedule was elaborated, the series beginning on June 18, 2019 and ending on August 20, 2019.^[2] The promotion's name also got shortened from Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series to Dana White's Contender Series.^[3][4][5]

Dana White's Contender Series 17
Promotion	DWCS
Date	June 18, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[6]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Punahele Soriano	def.	Jamie Pickett	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Hannah Goldy	def.	Kali Robbins	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Brendan Loughnane	def.	Bill Algeo	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Yorgan De Castro	def.	Alton Meeks	TKO (leg kick and punches)	1	4:45

^[7]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[8]

• Punahele Soriano and Yorgan De Castro

Dana White's Contender Series 18
Promotion	DWCS
Date	June 25, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[9]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Tony Johnson	def.	Alton Cunningham	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Justin Gonzales	def.	Zach Zane	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Kyle Daukaus	def.	Michael Lombardo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Miles Johns	def.	Richie Santiago	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (178 lbs)	Miguel Baeza	def.	Victor Reyna	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]

^[10]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[11]

• Miles Johns and Miguel Baeza

Dana White's Contender Series 19
Promotion	DWCS
Date	July 9, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[12]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Joe Solecki	def.	Jesse Wallace	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:49
Light Heavyweight	Antonio Trócoli	vs.	Kenneth Bergh	No Contest (overturned by NSAC)	1	3:57	[a]
Bantamweight	Hunter Azure	def.	Chris Ocon	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Maki Pitolo	def.	Justin Sumter	TKO (punches)	1	1:37
Lightweight	Jonathan Pearce	def.	Jacob Rosales	TKO (punches)	3	1:50

^[13]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[14]

• Joe Solecki, António Trocoli,^[15] Hunter Azure, Maki Pitolo, and Jonathan Pearce

Dana White's Contender Series 20
Promotion	DWCS
Date	July 16, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[16]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Antônio Arroyo	def.	Stephen Regman	Submission (head and arm choke)	2	3:31
Bantamweight	Ode' Osbourne	def.	Armando Villarreal	Submission (armbar)	1	4:39
Heavyweight	Don'Tale Mayes	def.	Ricardo Prasel	TKO (punches)	1	4:49
Catchweight (152.5 lbs)	Kevin Syler	def.	Lance Lawrence	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]
Middleweight	Brendan Allen	def.	Aaron Jeffery	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:23

^[17]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[18]

• Antônio Arroyo, Ode' Osbourne, Don'Tale Mayes, and Brendan Allen

Dana White's Contender Series 21
Promotion	DWCS
Date	July 23, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[19]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Ramazan Kuramagomedov	def.	Jordan Williams	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Sean Woodson	def.	Terrance McKinney	KO (flying knee)	2	1:49
Lightweight	J.J. Okanovich	def.	Christian Lohsen	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Jamahal Hill	def.	Alexander Poppeck	TKO (punches)	2	4:29
Featherweight	Billy Quarantillo	def.	Kamuela Kirk	TKO (punches)	3	0:22

^[20]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[21]

• Sean Woodson, Jamahal Hill, and Billy Quarantillo

Dana White's Contender Series 22
Promotion	DWCS
Date	July 30, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card[22]
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Aleksa Camur	def.	Fabio Cherant	TKO (flying knee and punches)	2	0:48
Featherweight	Aalon Cruz	def.	Steven Nguyen	KO (flying knee)	3	4:36
Women's Flyweight	Tracy Cortez	def.	Mariya Agapova	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Daniel Rodriguez	def.	Rico Farrington	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Rodrigo Nascimento	def.	Michal Martínek	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	3:16

^[23]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[24]

• Aleksa Camur, Aalon Cruz, Tracy Cortez, and Rodrigo Nascimento

Dana White's Contender Series 23
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 6, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Omar Morales	def.	Harvey Park	TKO (punches)	2	1:06
Women's Flyweight	Lucrezia Ria	def.	Marilia Santos	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Herbert Burns	def.	Darrick Minner	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:29
Middleweight	André Muniz	def.	Taylor Johnson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:46
Bantamweight	Dwight Joseph	def.	Jay Perrin	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

^[25]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[26]

• Omar Morales, Herbert Burns, and André Muniz

Dana White's Contender Series 24
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 13, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	William Knight	def.	Herdem Alacabek	TKO (punches)	3	4:34
Welterweight	Brok Weaver	def.	Devin Smyth	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Women's Bantamweight	Sarah Alpar	def.	Shanna Young	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:55
Bantamweight	Tony Gravely	def.	Ray Rodriguez	TKO (punches)	3	2:16
Light Heavyweight	Julius Anglickas	def.	Karl Reed	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:25

^[27]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[28]

• Brok Weaver, Sarah Alpar, and Tony Gravely
• William Knight was signed to a development league contract

Dana White's Contender Series 25
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 20, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Philip Rowe	def.	Leon Shahbazyan	TKO (punches)	3	0:16
Light Heavyweight	Jamal Pogues	def.	Marcos Brigagão	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (139 lbs)	Steve Garcia	def.	Desmond Torres	TKO (punches)	1	4:35	[a]
Women's Strawweight	Mallory Martin	def.	Micol Di Segni	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Ricky Steele	def.	Phil Caracappa	Decision (split)	3	5:00

^[29]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[30]

• Philip Rowe

Dana White's Contender Series 26
Promotion	DWCS
Date	August 27, 2019
Venue	UFC Apex Centre
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Duško Todorović	def.	Teddy Ash	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Impa Kasanganay	def.	Kailan Hill	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Peter Barrett	def.	Sang Hoon Yoo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Ben Sosoli	vs.	Dustin Joynson	NC (eye poke)	1	2:08
Featherweight	T.J. Brown	def.	Dylan Lockard	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	3	2:59	[a]

^[31]

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:^[32]

• Duško Todorović, Peter Barrett, and T.J. Brown