Dana White's Contender Series Results & Highlights (Season 8, Week 2)

Find out which fighters earned UFC contracts on Week 2 of Dana White's Contender Series.

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Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series continued on Tuesday, August 20, with 10 fighters entering the Octagon to compete for UFC contracts on Week 2.

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Familiar Faces at DWCS Season 8, Week 2

Week 2 of DWCS featured several fighters that were returning to the show for the second time, including a couple that failed to earn UFC contracts in their first appearances even though they earned stoppage-wins.

The action will kicked off with a bantamweight bout between Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat standout Billy Brand and HEX Fight Series Interim Bantamweight Champion Cody Haddon, followed by a middleweight matchup between Cam Rowston and the returning Torrez Finney.

Finney (right) will got a second crack at earning a UFC contract following his DWCS win last year. / (Ken Hathaway/MMA Junkie)

Things moved back to the bantamweight division with dangerous finishers Coravious Romious and Michael Imperato before Rizvan Kuniev made his second DWCS appearances against LFA Heavyweight Champion Hugo Cunha, and the night’s featured bout was a welterweight matchup that will saw Unified MMA veteran Pat Pytlik take on Andreas Gustafsson.

Kuniev (left) fought on DWCS in 2021 and is unbeaten dating back to 2017. / (Ken Hathaway/MMA Junkie)

Stoppage-wins saw Haddon, Kuniev and Gustafsson all earn UFC contracts. White also signed Cortavious Romious following his unanimous decision victory, but Finney's own decision-win against Rowston wasn't enough to convince the UFC CEO that "The Punisher" deserved to join the promotion's middleweight division.

Cody Haddon def. Billy Brand

Cody Haddon wasted no time tonight 💪

[ #DWCS | Streaming on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/hzduJ8hfFT

— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2024

Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston

Torrez Finney is leaving with the W 👏

[ #DWCS | Streaming on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/NcaDnABL9B

— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2024

Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato

Cortavious Romious get the UD victory 😤

[ #DWCS | Streaming on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/BlXepP7zTJ

— UFC (@ufc) August 21, 2024

Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha

AT THE BUZZER 🚨

Rizvan Kuniev gets the finish with just one second to go in the first round! #DWCS pic.twitter.com/ZkuEyBPoMc

— UFC (@ufc) August 21, 2024

Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik

Back to back knees to finish him off 💥

Do you think that was enough to earn Andreas Gustafsson a contract? #DWCS pic.twitter.com/cJ44st7W3D

— UFC (@ufc) August 21, 2024

Dana White's Contender Series Season 8, Week 2 (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

• Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik via TKO: R2, 3:20

• Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha via TKO: R1, 4:59

• Bantamweight: Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato via Unanimous Decision (30-27x3)

• Middleweight: Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston via Unanimous Decision (29-28x3)

• Bantamweight: Cody Haddon def. Billy Brand via Submission (Rear Naked Choke): R1, 3:09

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