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Dana White's Contender Series Week 5 Results & Highlights

Find out who earned UFC contracts on Week 5 of DWCS.

Drew Beaupre

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Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series kept rolling on Tuesday (September 10), as 10 fighters entered the Octagon in Las Vegas, NV to fight for UFC contracts on Week 5.

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Dana White's Contender Series Week 5 Live Results & Highlights
Corrine Laframboise vs. Nicolle Caliari. / (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

The action kicked off in the women’s flyweight division when Nicolle Caliari submitted Corrine Laframboise in the opening round, followed by a high-paced bantamweight tilt that saw Josias Musasa best Otar Taznilov via split decision.

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Dana White's Contender Series Week 5 Live Results & Highlights
Josias Musasa vs. Otari Tanzilov. / (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Yousri Belgaroui also made his second appearance on DWCS when he met Taiga Iwasaki, and after coming up short last year the former GLORY kickboxer stopped Iwasaki with a brutal barrage of strikes in the third round.

Dana White's Contender Series Week 5 Live Results & Highlights
Taiga Iwasaki vs. Yousri Belgaroui. / (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

The event was supposed to feature Fury FC standout Kody Steele taking on Quemuel Ottoni before Ottoni withdrew during the event, and in the night's final bout Navajo Stirling closed out the four-fight card with a violent knockout against Phil Latu.

Dana White's Contender Series Week 5 Live Results & Highlights
Navajo Stirling vs. Philip Latu. / (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

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Musasa secured a UFC contract with his hard-fought victory, and the finishes from Stirling and Caliari also saw both fighters join the UFC roster.

You can catch highlights from all the action below, followed by full results for every fight at DWCS: Season 8, Week 5.

Nicolle Caliari def. Corinne Laframboise

Josias Musasa def. Otar Tanzilov

Yousri Belgaroui def. Taiga Iwasaki

Navajo Stirling def. Phillip Latu

Dana White's Contender Series Season 8, Week 5 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

• Light Heavyweight: Navajo Stirling def. Phillip Latu via KO: R1, 2:21

• Lightweight: Kody Steele vs. Quemuel Ottoni*

• Middleweight: Yousri Belgaroui def. Taiga Iwasaki via TKO: R3, 2:34

• Bantamweight: Josias Musasa def. Otar Tanzilov via Split Decision (29-28x2, 28-29)

• Women’s Flyweight: Nicolle Caliari def. Corinne Laframboise via Verbal Submission (Armbar): R1, 4:45

*This fight was scrapped mid-card when Ottoni withdrew

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Drew Beaupre
DREW BEAUPRE

Drew is an MMA writer that regularly watches regional events in addition to major promotions such as the UFC, PFL, Bellator, and ONE Championship. He joined MMA Knockout when it was founded in 2023.

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