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Dana White's Contender Series 2025: Season 9 - Week 1 - Santana vs. Bouafia is a mixed martial arts event to take place on August 12, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Middleweight Ilian Bouafia vs. Neemias Santana
Welterweight Ty Miller vs. Jimmy Drago
Middleweight Damian Pinas vs. Murtaza Talha
Featherweight Radley da Silva vs. George Mangos
Middleweight Christopher Ewert vs. Yuri Panferov
Background
The ninth season of Dana White’s Contender Series gets underway in August. The full season runs from August 12 through October 14 and features five fights per card. At stake in each contest is a UFC contract.
Last year, in Season 8 of the DWCS , UFC CEO Dana White awarded 42 UFC deals. Through the history of the DWCS, 287 UFC contracts have been awarded.
Three fighters have become UFC champions after appearing on a DWCS card: Sean O’Malley, Jamahal Hill, and Jack Della Maddalena.
