In May 2018 it was confirmed that season 3 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 ...

would commence in June 2019 and in the US would be exclusive to

ESPN+ ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

, ESPN's new

over-the-top An over-the-top (OTT) media service is a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms: the types of companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors ...

subscription package. In April 2019, the schedule was elaborated, the series beginning on June 18, 2019 and ending on August 20, 2019. The promotion's name also got shortened from ''Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series'' to ''Dana White's Contender Series''.

Week 1 - June 18

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Punahele Soriano Punahele Michael Soriano (born November 22, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background As a senior at Kahuku High School in Laie, Hawaii, on the North Sho ...

and

Yorgan De Castro Yorgan De Castro (born December 19, 1987) is a Cape Verdean professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). He is most notable for fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U ...

Week 2 - June 25

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Miles Johns Miles Xavier Johns (born March 30, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also formerly competed for Legacy Fighting ...

and

Miguel Baeza Miguel Baeza (born August 23, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Baeza was born in Davie, Florida to a Puerto Rican family. Baeza ...

Week 3 - July 9

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Joe Solecki Joseph Anthony Solecki (born August 27, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist. Solecki currently competes in the Lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Solecki began training Brazilian Ji ...

, Antonio Trocoli

Hunter Azure Hunter Dean Azure (born March 2, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Azure was born on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in P ...

Maki Pitolo Maki Ikaika Maleko Pitolo (born November 24, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. A professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Pitolo has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and B ...

, and Jonathan Pearce

Week 4 - July 16

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Antônio Arroyo João Antônio Barbosa Arroyo (born 1 July 1989) is a Brazilian male mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. He has formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background After graduating with a business ...

Ode' Osbourne Ode’ Omaani Osbourne (born January 9, 1992) is a Jamaican mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Osbourne lived primarily with his grandmoth ...

Don'Tale Mayes Don'Tale O'Neil Mayes (born January 16, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Born and raised in Kentucky, Mayes begun tr ...

, and

Brendan Allen Brendan Allen (born December 28, 1995) 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 Legacy Fighting Alliance w ...

Week 5 - July 23

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Sean Woodson Sean Woodson (born June 7, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Growing up in North County, Sean Woodson’s dad was the driving in ...

Jamahal Hill Jamahal Hill (born May 19, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of December 6, 2022, he is #7 in the UFC light heavyweight ...

, and

Billy Quarantillo Billy Quarantillo (born December 8, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the former King of the Cage Lightweight Champion. Mixed martial arts ...

Week 6 - July 30

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Aleksa Camur, Aalon Cruz,

Tracy Cortez Tracy Cortez (born December 10, 1993) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of March 7, 2023, she is #14 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings. Background Of Mexi ...

, and

Rodrigo Nascimento Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira (born November 26, 1992) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Born in Belo Horizonte, Nascimento met his mentor, Everton Rabel ...

Week 7 - August 6

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Omar Morales,

Herbert Burns Herbert Burns (born February 2, 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the younger brother of fellow UFC fighter, Gilbert Burns. Background Burns w ...

, and

André Muniz André Muniz de Aguiar (born February 17, 1990) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of December 6, 2022, he is #11 in the UFC middleweight rankings. Backgroun ...

Week 8 - August 13

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Brok Weaver Brok Mitchell Weaver (born December 5, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of PFL. A professional since 2013, he has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career ...

, Sarah Alpar, and

Tony Gravely Tony Gravely (born September 28, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Gravely's father was a Tae Kwon Do instructor for over 25 years, so he started ...

* William Knight was signed to a development league contract

Week 9 - August 20

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Philip Rowe Philip Rowe (born July 18, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Rowe went to Daytona State College, eventually becoming a Well Logging Engineer befo ...

Week 10 - August 27

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *

Duško Todorović Duško Todorović (born May 19, 1994) is a Serbian mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Todorović started training taekwondo around the age of eight, continuing u ...

, Peter Barrett, and

T.J. Brown Trenton Joseph "T.J." Brown (born May 22, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Brown made his MMA debut in 2013 at Cage Com ...

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