Season Two of
Dana White's Contender Series
Dana White's Contender Series, formerly named Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, is an American mixed martial arts promotion. In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold the competition weekly on UFC Fight Pass (It has since been move ...
commenced on June 12, 2018.
Week 1 - June 12
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Alonzo Menifield
Alonzo Menifield (born October 18, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2015, he has formerly fought in Bellator and the ...
and
Greg Hardy
Gregory McKarl Hardy (born July 28, 1988) is an American former football defensive end, mixed martial artist and professional boxer who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons, primarily with the Carolina Panthers. He played ...
Week 2 - June 19
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Matt Sayles
Matt Sayles (born February 21, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2014, he has also competed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Xplode MMA, World Ser ...
,
Anthony Hernandez,
Ryan Spann
Ryan Jamari Spann (born August 24, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2013, he has also fought for the Legacy Fight ...
, and
Dwight Grant
Dwight Lamont Grant (born September 14, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) who competes in the welterweight division. He had previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Born and raised in the Bedfor ...
Week 3 - June 26
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko (russian: Антонина Анатольевна Шевченко; born ) is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist currently competing in the flyweight division of the UFC. She is the older sis ...
and Te'Jovan Edwards
Week 4 - July 10
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Bevon Lewis
Bevon Kareem Lewis (born May 5, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for Professional Fighters League (PFL), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ...
and
Jordan Espinosa
Jordan Andrew Espinosa (born November 8, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division. He is most notable for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Espinosa wrestled with the West Mesa High S ...
Week 5 - July 17
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Maycee Barber
Maycee Kaye Barber (born May 18, 1998) is an American mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of November 15, 2022, she is #12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
...
,
Domingo Pilarte, and
Edmen Shahbazyan
Edmen Shahbazyan (born November 20, 1997) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Edmen Shahbazyan fights out of Glendale, California. His older brother, ...
Week 6 - July 24
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Jimmy Crute
Jimmy Crute (born 4 March 1996) is an Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Crute was the former Australian Hex Fight Series Light Heav ...
,
Sodiq Yusuff
Sodiq Olamide Yusuff (born May 19, 1993) is a Nigerian–American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Featherweight division. As of December 13, 2022, he is #12 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
...
, and
Jeff Hughes
*
Chase Hooper
Chase Alan Hooper (born September 13, 1999) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Mixed martial arts career
Hooper began his amateur MMA career while he wa ...
was signed to a development league contract
Week 7 - July 31
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Roosevelt Roberts
Roosevelt Roberts (born February 11, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) who competed in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Roberts was born in Miami, Florida in 1994. After his mother le ...
,
Ian Heinisch
Ian Edward Heinisch (born August 5, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for the World Series of Fightin ...
,
Jordan Griffin
Jordan Griffin (born February 23, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2011, he has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Legacy Fighting Alliance and Ki ...
, and
Juan Adams
Juan Alejandro Arcienego-Adams (born January 16, 1992) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and currently competes in the heavyweight division of the PFL. Adams formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Backgroun ...
Week 8 - August 7
Contract awards
The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
*
Devonte Smith
Devonte Smith (born July 30, 1993) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Smith started training mixed martial arts around the age of 14 after seeing Quin ...
,
Kennedy Nzechukwu
Kennedy Nzechukwu (born June 13, 1992) is a Nigerian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Nzechukwu moved from Nigeria to the United States with ...
, and
Bobby Moffett
Robert "Bobby" Thomas Moffett (born June 1, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) who competes in the Featherweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL). A professional since 2013, he has also competed for the Ultimate Fig ...
References
{{2018 in mixed martial arts
Ultimate Fighting Championship television series