This thread is to keep community members updated on their favorite prospects from the regional scene and matchups or names rumored to be on the contender series. Open to anyone who enjoys seeing fighters rise through the ranks. Open to discussing the matchups as well.
Credit to @AyyLmaonnaise The following names have been added to the roster and thus are likely to appear on DWCS. A few have been confirmed. Middleweights Mansur Abdul-Malik (5-0) Liam Anderson (6-2) Matthieu Duclos (6-2) Will Currie ( 12-3) Djorden Santos (9-1) Wes Schultz (6-1) Dominik Humburger (8-1) Andrey Pulyaev (8-2)
Men's Flyweight Lon'er Kavanaugh (6-0) An Tuan Ho (6-0) Jack Duffy (7-0) Mitch Raposo (9-1)
Women's Flyweight Shannon Clark (5-0) Yuneisy Duben (5-0)
Featherweights Icaro Brito (7-1) Michael Imperato (12-6)
Welterweights Pat Pytlik (9-1)
Light Heavyweights MikheilSazhiniani (13-2) Bruno Lopes ( 12-1)
Heavyweight Hugo Cunha (8-1)
Again, user @AyyLmaonnaise was the first to bring these names to attention. Roster watching will be done unless an official announcement of any name or matchup is announced through social media or any other source.
@taiga he got a shot on dwcs (allegedly) after winning as a +900 dog in front of Dana. Totally undeserving but he’s just gonna get fed to someone good
Also he was signed to the ufc a long time ago but got dropped before his debut for some racist stuff. Kinda shocked he’s getting another chance but I’m sure he will get destroyed
* Edited at 05.03.2024, 5:55 PM ET *
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
Prospects unconfirmed but I hope to see are : Austin Bashi, Luis Gurule, Vanessa Machado, Alexia Thainara, Torrez Finney, Fatima Kline, Kody Steele, Rafael Tobias.
Anyone that you all are really hoping UFC can grab this season?
I heard Kline might be rose’s opponent, but can’t confirm it atm. But I’m 100% positive she will be on this season. Kody Steele I know for a fact has a dwcs contract (Adrian yanez said he had one before his last fight but decided to fight anyways)
Machado will most likely be on, especially with how many people we see coming from A1 combat these days. Finney and Bashi fight soon so I imagine they will also get shots
Edit: finney fights today in combat night lol, plenty of time to fight later this year with a win
* Edited at 05.04.2024, 11:49 AM ET *
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
Very nice! Surprised he got out of his PFL contract. Ufc always goes for at least one person every year who beat someone who made it in the UFC. Last year was Cesar Almeida.
I'll update the list once there are a fee more confirmations to avoid it getting too repetitive.
Yeah I remember pfl made a big deal about signing him as well (because of the poatan win) so weird that they cut him. He did pull out of 3 fights with them tho, so that could be why they cut him
* Edited at 05.07.2024, 11:32 AM ET *
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
Middleweight Will Currie (12-3) vs Djorden Santos (9-1)
Flyweight Lon'er Kavanaugh(6-0) vs An Tuan Ho (6-0) Mitch Raposo (9-1) vs Jack Duffy (7-0) Middleweight Mansur Abdul-Malik (5-0) vs Wes Schultz (6-1) Light Heavyweight Bruno Lopes (12-1) vs Mikheil Sazhiniani (13-2)
@ bestfightpicks on Twitter posted saying " Malcolm Wellmaker news coming soon". Potentially a DWCS rumour as he is 7-0 and has been making some noise recently.
Middleweights Mansur Abdul-Malik (5-0) Liam Anderson (6-2) Matthieu Duclos (6-2) Will Currie ( 12-3) Djorden Santos (9-1) Wes Schultz (6-1) Dominik Humburger (8-1) Andrey Pulyaev (8-2) Torrez Finney (8-0) Andreas Gustafson (10-2) * Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (8-0)
Men's Flyweight Lon'er Kavanaugh (6-0) An Tuan Ho (6-0) Jack Duffy (7-0) Mitch Raposo (9-1)
Women's Strawweight Rose Conceiçao (7-0) Fatima Kline (6-0)
Women's Flyweight Shannon Clark (5-0) Yuneisy Duben (5-0) Alice Ardeline (9-5) Nicole Caliari (7-2)
Women's Bantamweight Klaudia Sygula (6-1)
Bantamweight Otar Tanzilov(9-0) Vitaliy Yakimenko (8-1) * Austin Bashi (11-0) * Adam Bramhald (13-2) Billy Brand (5-1) Louis Lee Scott (8-0) Malcolm Wellmaker (7-0)
Featherweights Icaro Brito (7-1) Michael Imperato (12-6) Ernie Juarez (8-0) Tommy McMillen (6-0) Josias Musasa (6-0) Michael Aswell (9-1) Bogdan Grad (13-2)
