With the fifth season of the Dana White’s Contender Series winding down to the last couple of episodes, we saw another nice week again last week, more contracts were given out as three of the five winners punched their tickets to the big show. That now brings the total to 33 out of 42 winners receiving contracts this season, as well as one loser. We have a stacked six-bout event going down this Tuesday and with only two episodes remaining will see how much everyone pushes for these last handful of contracts.
The full Dana White’s Contender Series event preview is below:
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Opening bout men’s featherweight (145)
Olivier Murad (5-0)- 12th ranked featherweight Florida (+195 slight underdog) vs. Bin Xie (8-2)- unranked worldwide (-195 slight underdog).
Second bout lightweight (155)
Manuel Torres (11-2)- 9th ranked lightweight Mexico (+130 slight underdog) vs. Kolton Englund (-150 slight favorite).
Third bout women’s flyweight (125)
Qihui Yan (11-3)- 2nd ranked flyweight China (+175 slight underdog) vs. Karine Silva (13-4)- 4th ranked flyweight Brazil (-210 moderate favorite).
Featured bout catchweight (139)
Javid Basharat (10-0)- 17th ranked lightweight UK/Ireland (-185 slight favorite) vs. Oron Kahlon (16-0)- unranked lightweight worldwide (+145 slight underdog).
Co-main event men’s bantamweight (135)
Christian Quinonez (15-3)- 1st ranked bantamweight Mexico (-320 heavy favorite)
vs. Long Xiao (16-6)- 6th ranked bantamweight China (+250 moderate favorite).
Main event middleweight (185)
Jansey Silva (7-1)- 62nd ranked middleweight Brazil (+375 heavy underdog)
vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (12-0)- 49th ranked middleweight Russia (-510 huge favorite).
Who will get contract on tonight's episode of Dana White's Contender Series?
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— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) October 26, 2021
My picks: Xie via second-round submission
Englund via second-round KO/TKO
Silva via decision
Basharat via third-round KO/TKO
Xiao via Decision
Omargadzhiev via first-round KO/TKO