Contender Series Season 10 on Pace to Set UFC Graduates Record

Season 10 of Dana White’s Contender Series is on track to produce the most UFC graduates in the show’s history, according to www.ufc.com. With two weeks and 11 fights remaining, all four of last week’s victorious competitors claimed contracts, pushing the season total to 38 through eight weeks.

That puts the current campaign ahead of the pace set by every previous season, though the exact record number of graduates the series is chasing is not stated in the source.

This week’s Episode 9 is the penultimate episode of the season. It brings another chance for the men’s bantamweight division to finally get a fighter onto the UFC roster after being shut out so far this year, per www.ufc.com.

The card also features the second women’s bantamweight featured bout of the season, along with a returning flyweight hopeful. One undefeated competitor on the card is reportedly well known to UFC CEO Dana White from his time at the Meta APEX.

That combination has the promotion billing Episode 9 as “a fun little penultimate episode of the season.”

With 11 fights still to come across the final two weeks, the record appears well within reach.

WHAT HAPPENED

Week 8 delivered a clean sweep. All four victorious competitors on Dana White’s Contender Series earned UFC contracts, per www.ufc.com.

That moved the season total to 38 contracts through eight weeks, putting Season 10 on pace to set the series record for most graduates.

The math is straightforward: two weeks and 11 fights remain. Every bout from here carries added weight, with the record reportedly within reach.

Episode 9 closes out with a women’s bantamweight bout between Summer Onley and Alivia Bierley, per www.ufc.com. Both enter with designs on joining the UFC roster, six weeks after Alex Apodaca punched her ticket on Episode 3.