List of Dana White's Contender Series alumni

Dana White's Contender Series is a talent‑scouting program produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), featuring fighters competing for the opportunity to earn promotional contracts. Since its debut in 2017, the series has served as a major feeder system for the UFC, producing numerous ranked contenders, title challengers, champions, and long‑tenured roster members.

This list of Dana White's Contender Series alumni includes fighters who are considered notable for achieving significant milestones in their professional mixed martial arts careers after appearing on Dana White's Contender Series. Such milestones may include winning or challenging for UFC championships, appearing in the UFC's official divisional rankings, earning multiple performance bonuses (at least three), headlining UFC events, holding divisional or promotional records, or securing notable wins over high‑profile opponents.

Notable wins are generally understood as victories over opponents who have achieved significant recognition in major mixed martial arts promotions. This may include former champions, former title challengers, fighters who have appeared in the UFC's official top‑15 rankings, or opponents with widely acknowledged accomplishments such as long UFC tenure, divisional records, or multiple performance bonuses.

Bold - Active UFC fighters

Updated as of September 19, 2026 after DWCS S10E07.

S Fighter Div. Ep. Date Outcome Notes 1 Kurt Holobaugh LW S01E01 2017-07-11 Signed via DWCS 1 Sean O'Malley BW S01E02 2017-07-18 Signed via DWCS 1 Thanh Le FW S01E02 2017-07-18 Never signed with UFC 1 Casey Kenney BW S01E02 2017-07-18 Later signed with UFC 1 Jason Jackson WW S01E03 2017-07-25 Never signed with UFC 1 Geoff Neal WW S01E03 2017-07-25 Signed via DWCS 1 Dan Ige FW S01E03 2017-07-25 Later signed with UFC 1 Kyler Phillips BW S01E04 2017-08-01 Later signed with UFC 1 Alex Perez FLW S01E05 2017-08-08 Signed via DWCS 1 Ricky Simón BW S01E05 2017-08-08 Later signed with UFC 1 Grant Dawson LW S01E06 2017-08-15 Signed via DWCS 2 Alonzo Menifield LHW S02E01 2018-06-12 Signed via DWCS 2 Chris Curtis WW S02E01 2018-06-12 Later signed with UFC 2 Greg Hardy HW S02E01 2018-06-12 Later signed with UFC 2 Montel Jackson BW S02E01 2018-06-12 Later signed with UFC 2 Kevin Holland MW S02E01 2018-06-12 Later signed with UFC 2 Anthony Hernandez LHW S02E02 2018-06-19 Signed via DWCS 2 Ryan Spann LHW S02E02 2018-06-19 Signed via DWCS 2 Giga Chikadze FW S02E02 2018-06-19 Later signed with UFC 2 Emiliano Sordi LHW S02E02 2018-06-19 Never signed with UFC 2 Julian Erosa FW S02E03 2018-06-26 Later signed with UFC 2 Jamall Emmers FW S02E03 2018-06-26 Later signed with UFC 2 Jalin Turner LW S02E04 2018-07-10 Later signed with UFC 2 Maycee Barber W-SW S02E05 2018-07-17 Signed via DWCS 2 Edmen Shahbazyan MW S02E05 2018-07-17 Signed via DWCS 2 Jimmy Crute LHW S02E06 2018-07-24 Signed via DWCS 2 Sodiq Yusuff FW S02E06 2018-07-24 Signed via DWCS 2 Chase Hooper FW S02E06 2018-07-24 Later signed with UFC 2 Ian Heinisch FW S02E07 2018-07-31 Signed via DWCS 2 Kennedy Nzechukwu LHW S02E08 2018-06-19 Signed via DWCS Brazil Mayra Bueno Silva W-BW S02E09 2018-08-10 Signed via DWCS Brazil Augusto Sakai HW S02E09 2018-08-10 Signed via DWCS Brazil Taila Santos W-FLW S02E10 2018-08-11 Signed via DWCS Brazil Johnny Walker LHW S02E10 2018-08-11 Signed via DWCS Brazil Marina Rodriguez W-SW S02E10 2018-08-11 Signed via DWCS Brazil Thiago Moisés LW S02E11 2018-08-11 Signed via DWCS 3 Punahele Soriano MW S03E01 2019-06-18 Signed via DWCS 3 Brendan Loughnane FW S03E01 2019-06-18 Never signed with UFC 3 Bill Algeo FW S03E01 2019-06-18 Later signed with UFC 3 Kyle Daukaus MW S03E02 2019-06-25 Later signed with UFC 3 Miles Johns BW S03E02 2019-06-25 Signed via DWCS 3 Miguel Baeza WW S03E02 2019-06-25 Signed via DWCS 3 Brendan Allen MW S03E04 2019-07-19 Signed via DWCS 3 Ramazan Kuramagomedov MW S03E04 2019-07-19 Never signed with UFC 3 Sean Woodson MW S03E04 2019-07-19 Signed via DWCS 3 Terrance McKinney LW S03E04 2019-07-19 Signed via DWCS 3 Jamahal Hill LHW S03E04 2019-07-19 Signed via DWCS 3 Billy Quarantillo LW S03E04 2019-07-19 Signed via DWCS 3 Tracy Cortez W-FLW S03E06 2019-07-30 Signed via DWCS 3 Daniel Rodriguez W-FLW S03E06 2019-07-30 Later signed with UFC 3 André Muniz MW S03E07 2019-08-06 Signed via DWCS 3 Steve Garcia BW S03E09 2019-08-20 Later signed with UFC 4 Dustin Jacoby LHW S04E01 2020-08-04 Signed via DWCS 4 Uroš Medić LHW S04E01 2020-08-04 Signed via DWCS 4 Jordan Leavitt LW S04E01 2020-08-04 Signed via DWCS 4 Dustin Stoltzfus MW S04E02 2020-08-11 Signed via DWCS 4 Adrian Yañez BW S04E02 2020-08-11 Signed via DWCS 4 Impa Kasanganay MW S04E02 2020-08-11 Signed via DWCS 4 Gregory Rodrigues MW S04E07 2020-09-15 Signed via DWCS 4 Carlos Ulberg LHW S04E08 2020-11-04 Signed via DWCS 4 Ignacio Bahamondes LW S04E08 2020-11-04 Signed via DWCS 4 Danny Sabatello BW S04E09 2020-11-10 Never signed with UFC 5 Azamat Murzakanov LHW S05E01 2021-08-31 Signed via DWCS 5 Joanderson Brito LHW S05E01 2021-08-31 Signed via DWCS 5 Diego Lopes LHW S05E01 2021-08-31 Later signed with UFC 5 Chidi Njokuani MW S05E02 2021-09-07 Signed via DWCS 5 Jailton Almeida LHW S05E03 2021-09-14 Signed via DWCS 5 Jack Della Maddalena WW S05E03 2021-09-14 Signed via DWCS 5 Jasmine Jasudavicius W-FLW S05E03 2021-09-14 Signed via DWCS 5 Michael Morales WW S05E04 2021-09-21 Signed via DWCS 5 Daniel Zellhuber LW S05E05 2021-09-28 Signed via DWCS 5 Rizvan Kuniev HW S05E05 2021-09-28 Signed via DWCS 5 Mike Malott WW S05E06 2021-10-05 Signed via DWCS 5 Valesca Machado W-SW S05E08 2021-10-19 Later signed with UFC 5 Caio Borralho MW S05E08 2021-10-19 Signed via DWCS 5 Karine Silva W-FLW S05E09 2021-10-26 Signed via DWCS 5 Manuel Torres LW S05E09 2021-10-26 Signed via DWCS 6 Joe Pyfer MW S06E01 2022-07-26 Signed via DWCS 6 Chris Duncan MW S06E02 2022-08-02 Signed via DWCS 6 Waldo Cortes-Acosta HW S06E02 2022-08-02 Signed via DWCS 6 Bo Nickal MW S06E10 2022-09-27 Signed via DWCS 6 Esteban Ribovics LW S06E04 2022-08-16 Signed via DWCS 6 Nazim Sadykhov LW S06E04 2022-08-16 Signed via DWCS 6 Mick Parkin LW S06E05 2022-08-23 Signed via DWCS 6 Denise Gomes W-SW S06E05 2022-08-23 Signed via DWCS 6 Mateusz Rębecki LW S06E06 2022-08-30 Signed via DWCS 6 Vitor Petrino LHW S06E07 2022-09-06 Signed via DWCS 6 Gabriel Bonfim WW S06E07 2022-09-06 Signed via DWCS 6 Farid Basharat BW S06E08 2022-09-13 Signed via DWCS 6 Ikram Aliskerov MW S06E08 2022-09-13 Signed via DWCS 6 Raul Rosas Jr. BW S06E09 2022-09-20 Signed via DWCS 7 Tom Nolan LW S07E01 2023-08-08 Signed via DWCS 7 Payton Talbott BW S07E01 2023-08-08 Signed via DWCS 7 Carlos Prates WW S07E04 2023-08-29 Signed via DWCS 7 Jean Silva FW S07E05 2023-09-05 Signed via DWCS 7 Shamil Gaziev HW S07E07 2023-09-19 Signed via DWCS 7 Talita Alencar W-SW S07E07 2023-09-19 Signed via DWCS 7 Vinicius Oliveira BW S07E08 2023-09-26 Signed via DWCS 7 Maurício Ruffy LW S07E09 2023-10-03 Signed via DWCS 8 Lone'er Kavanagh FLW S08E01 2024-08-13 Signed via DWCS 8 Rizvan Kuniev HW S08E02 2024-08-20 Signed via DWCS 8 Quillan Salkilld LW S08E04 2024-09-03 Signed via DWCS 8 Navajo Stirling LHW S08E05 2024-09-10 Signed via DWCS 8 Kevin Vallejos FW S08E07 2024-09-24 Signed via DWCS 8 David Martínez BW S08E08 2024-10-01 Signed via DWCS 8 Mário Pinto HW S08E09 2024-10-08 Signed via DWCS 9 Josh Hokit HW S09E02 2025-08-19 Signed via DWCS 9 Tommy McMillen FW S09E04 2025-09-02 Signed via DWCS 9 Iwo Baraniewski LHW S09E06 2025-09-16 Signed via DWCS 9 Imanol Rodríguez FLW S09E07 2025-10-07 Signed via DWCS 10 Anthony Wint HW S10E01 2026-08-11 Signed via DWCS

Other DWCS alumni This section lists additional Contender Series alumni who have standalone Wikipedia articles but do not meet the notability criteria used above. This is sorted in chronological order of appearance. Bold - Active UFC fighters

Sidney Outlaw Daniel Spohn Karl Roberson Julian Marquez Phil Hawes Brandon Davis Austin Arnett John Castañeda Mike Rodríguez Julio Arce Charles Byrd Martin Day Benito Lopez Steven Peterson JP Buys Mike Santiago Jordan Espinosa Matt Frevola Bevon Lewis Lauren Mueller Allen Crowder Don'Tale Mayes Austen Lane Jordan Wright Dwight Grant Antonina Shevchenko Josh Parisian Jordan Williams Kevin Aguilar Domingo Pilarte Vince Morales Austin Vanderford Nick Newell Mike Davis Jeff Hughes Josh Appelt Roosevelt Roberts Jordan Griffin Juan Adams Devonte Smith Bobby Moffett Rogério Bontorin Antônio Arroyo Henrique da Silva Raulian Paiva Allan Nascimento (†) Vinicius Moreira John Allan Luana Carolina Dayana Silva Jamie Pickett Hannah Goldy Yorgan De Castro Joe Solecki Hunter Azure Maki Pitolo Jonathan Pearce Ode' Osbourne Don'Tale Mayes Jordan Williams Aleksa Camur Mariya Agapova Omar Morales Herbert Burns Darrick Minner William Knight Brok Weaver Shanna Young Tony Gravely Julius Anglickas Philip Rowe Mallory Martin Micol Di Segni Duško Todorović T.J. Brown Jerome Rivera Cory McKenna Vanessa Demopoulos Cheyanne Vlismas Rafael Alves Jeff Molina Melsik Baghdasaryan Cody Brundage Tafon Nchukwi Phil Hawes Muhammad Naimov Danyelle Wolf Taneisha Tennant Luis Saldaña Jared Vanderaa Mariusz Książkiewicz Natan Levy Luana Pinheiro Stephanie Frausto Nick Maximov Gloria de Paula Pauline Macias Victoria Leonardo Chelsea Hackett C. J. Vergara Martin Buday Armen Petrosyan Cristian Quiñónez Javid Basharat Anvar Boynazarov Édgar Cháirez Cameron Saaiman Rayanne dos Santos Daniel Marcos Nurullo Aliev César Almeida İbo Aslan Hyder Amil Zachary Reese Josefine Lindgren Knutsson Yousri Belgaroui Dylan Salvador Jhonata Diniz Igor Severino André Lima Nick Piccininni Tallison Teixeira Ateba Gautier Artem Vakhitov Islam Dulatov Magomed Zaynukov Kwon Won-il Akbar Abdullaev Norbert Növényi Jr. Damian Piwowarczyk Ilias Bulaid Aline Pereira Smilla Sundell

See also

Dana White's Contender Series List of current UFC fighters List of UFC champions List of male mixed martial artists List of female mixed martial artists

References