Dana White’s Contender Series Results & Highlights (Season 8, Week 2)

Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series continued on Tuesday, August 20, with 10 fighters entering the Octagon to compete for UFC contracts on Week 2.

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Week 2 of DWCS featured several fighters that were returning to the show for the second time, including a couple that failed to earn UFC contracts in their first appearances even though they earned stoppage-wins.

The action will kicked off with a bantamweight bout between Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat standout Billy Brand and HEX Fight Series Interim Bantamweight Champion Cody Haddon, followed by a middleweight matchup between Cam Rowston and the returning Torrez Finney.

Things moved back to the bantamweight division with dangerous finishers Coravious Romious and Michael Imperato before Rizvan Kuniev made his second DWCS appearances against LFA Heavyweight Champion Hugo Cunha, and the night’s featured bout was a welterweight matchup that will saw Unified MMA veteran Pat Pytlik take on Andreas Gustafsson.

Stoppage-wins saw Haddon, Kuniev and Gustafsson all earn UFC contracts. White also signed Cortavious Romious following his unanimous decision victory, but Finney’s own decision-win against Rowston wasn’t enough to convince the UFC CEO that “The Punisher” deserved to join the promotion’s middleweight division.

Cody Haddon def. Billy Brand

Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston

Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato

Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha

Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik

• Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Pat Pytlik via TKO: R2, 3:20

• Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha via TKO: R1, 4:59

• Bantamweight: Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato via Unanimous Decision (30-27×3)

• Middleweight: Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)

• Bantamweight: Cody Haddon def. Billy Brand via Submission (Rear Naked Choke): R1, 3:09

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