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This is what we know about Dana White’s Contender Series season 7

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26 maj 2023

Tobias Lindkvist

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Josefine Knutsson will fight at Dana White’s Contender Series. Photo: Sweep Productions

The seventh season of Dana White’s Contender Series is coming to place as more and more fighters are booked.

Six shows with some of the most interesting talents around will take place between August 6 and September 12.

Swedish strawweight Josefine ”Thunder” Knutsson is scheduled to appear in the show that produced UFC stars like Sean O’Malley, Jamahal Hill and Johnny Walker.

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* This story will be updated when more matchups are announced.

Episode 1 – August 8

Payton Talbott fights on Dana White’s Contender Series. Photo via Instagram (@paytontalbott)

Flyweight: Kevin Borjas (8-1) vs. Rickson Zenidim (14-1)
Bantamweight: Junior Cortez (7-2) vs. Payton Talbott (5-0)
Heavyweight: Caio Machado (7-1-1) vs. Kevin Szaflarski (11-1)
Middleweight: Lucas Fernando (9-1) vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA

Comment: Undefeated Payton Talbott made his pro debut in November 2021 and so far pulled off five stoppage wins in five fights. If he continues in the same fashion there might be a UFC contract coming his way.

Episode 2 – August 15

Eduarda Moura. Photo via Twitter @EduardaMouraUFC)

Women’s strawweight: Eduarda Moura (8-0) vs. Janaina Silva (5-0)
Bantamweight: Charalampos Grigoriou (7-3) vs. Cameron Smotherman (8-3)
Heavyweight: Paulo Renato Jr. (12-2) vs. TBA
Featherweight: Hyder Amil (7-0) vs. Emrah Sonmez (14-4)
Lightweight: Abdul-Kerim Al-Selwady (14-3) vs. George Hardwick (12-1)

Comment: The second episode features two bouts where undefeated fighters will put their flawless records on the line. Extra interesting are brazilian strawweight Eduarda Moura, who has seven finishes in eight wins, and middleweight Zach Reese who has five first-round stoppages in five fights.

Episode 3 – August 22

Josefine Knutsson. Photo: Johan Widholm / Johnathon Michael – Frontkick.online

Featherweight: Luis Pajuelo (7-1) vs. Robbie Ring (6-0)
Women’s strawweight: Josefine Knutsson (5-0) vs. Isis Verbeek (4-1)
Flyweight: Edgar Chairez (10-4) vs. Felipe Dos Santos (7-0)
Middleweight: Eli Aronov (6-0) vs. Zach Reese (5-0)
Welterweight: Kaik Brito (16-4) vs. TBA

Comment: The third episode features one of the absolute hottest Swedish prospects around in undefeated Josefine Knutsson. ”Thunder” fought in promotions like FCR and UAE Warriors as well as appearing in ’Road to UFC’ in 2022.

Episode 4 – August 29

Marco Silva. Photo via YouTube (UFC) and Tapology

Middleweight: Marco Silva (9-1) vs. TBA
Featherweight: Timmy Cuamba (6-1) vs. TBA
Welterweight: Carlos Prates (16-6) vs. Mitch Ramirez (7-0)
Lightweight: Bolaji Oki (7-1) vs. Dylan Salvador (5-1)
Heavyweight: Chandler Cole (10-3) vs. TBA
Featherweight: Mateo Vogel (8-2) vs. TBA

Comment: Brazil’s Marco Silva has six stoppage wins in nine fights. He made his pro debut back in 2017. After his sole loss in 2018, he had a three-year lay off.

Episode 5 – September 5

Corinne Laframboise. Photo via Instagram (@corinnelaframboise)

Women’s flyweight: Corinne Laframboise (8-4) vs. TBA
Light heavyweight: Bruno Lopes (11-0) vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Featherweight: Jean Silva (10-2) vs. Kevin Vallejos (11-0)
Women’s bantamweight: Rainn Guerrero (5-1) vs. TBA
Bantamweight: Serhiy Sidey (9-1) vs. TBA

Comment: Undefeated Brazilian light heavyweight Bruno Lopes has six straight stoppage wins.

Corinne Laframboise faced top ranked UFC flyweight Manon Fiorot as well as Swedish fighters Cornelia Holm, Elin Öberg and Malin Hermansson.

Episode 6 – September 12

Jhonata Diniz fights on Dana White’s Contender Series. Photo via Instagram (@jhonythai)

Heavyweight: Jhonata Diniz (5-0) vs. Eduardo Neves (7-1)
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA
TBA vs. TBA

Comment: Jhonata Diniz has five stoppages in five fights. Parallel to his MMA career the Brazilian also competed in kickboxing where won numerous titles. If Diniz keeps his habit of stopping fighters in the first round, he could very well get a UFC contract soon.