With the next season of Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS) rapidly approaching, it feels fitting that this space is dedicated to highlighting a trio of recent graduates that will be making the walk this weekend at UFC 318.
Through its first eight seasons, the annual talent search series has been an unequivocal success, and anyone arguing otherwise at this point is simply overlooking the massive numbers of quality talents that have matriculated to the Octagon year-after-year. Have there been some misses and some seasons that were more successful and productive than others? Of course, but through eight seasons, Dana White’s Contender Series has produced two champions, multiple title challengers, numerous contenders, and introduced people to The Fighting Nerds, with the two most recent classes of grads still in the early stages of their UFC journeys, but already showing promise.