Season 8 of

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Week 1 – August 13

Background

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Mansur Abdul-Malik, Bruno Lopes, Jose Delgado, and Lone'er Kavanagh

Week 2 – August 20

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Andreas Gustafsson Berg, Rizvan Kuniev, Cortavious Romious, and Cody Haddon

Week 3 – August 27

Background

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Andrey Pulyaev, Bogdan Grad, Marco Tulio, and Malcolm Wellmaker

Week 4 – September 3

Background

Tommy McMillen was scheduled to face Austin Bashi in a featherweight bout at the event, but he withdrew due to injury and the bout was cancelled. Bashi instead faced Dorian Ramos.

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Ko Seok-hyun, Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos, Austin Bashi, Yuneisy Duben and Quillan Salkilld

Week 5 – September 10

Background

A lightweight bout between Quemuel Ottoni and Kody Steele was set for the card. Despite both men weighing in, Ottoni pulled out of the bout the day of the event. Kody Steele was paid his show and win money and was rebooked to fight Chasen Blair on Week 9 of DWCS.

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Navajo Stirling, Josias Musasa, and Nicolle Caliari

Week 6 – September 17

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *Elijah Smith, Talison Teixeira, Ateba Abega Gautier and Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada

Week 7 – September 24

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *Alexia Thainara, Kevin Vallejos, Kevin Christian, Daniel Frunza and Danylo Voievodkin

Week 8 – October 1

Background

A featherweight bout between Alberto Mondes and Robbie Ring was set for the card. However, Ring withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Carlos Calderon.

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *Jacobe Smith, Torrez Finney, David Martinez, Alberto Montes, and Diyar Nurgozhay

Week 9 – October 8

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: * Artem Vakhitov, Kody Steele, Mário Pinto, and Islam Dulatov

Week 10 – October 15

Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC: *Jonathan Micallef, Yadier del Valle, Luis Gurule, and Nick Klein

References

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