DWCS 26 Live Results Tonight (Aug. 27)

The season finale of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series goes down tonight (Aug. 27). The UFC Apex in Las Vegas plays host to the 26th edition of DWCS. Headlining the card will be middleweight action as Dusko Todorovic meets Teddy Ash. Ta…

The season finale of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series goes down tonight (Aug. 27). The UFC Apex in Las Vegas plays host to the 26th edition of DWCS. Headlining the card will be middleweight action as Dusko Todorovic meets Teddy Ash. Taking the co-main event spot are also middleweights as Kailan Hill battles Impa […]

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DWCS 25 Highlights: Phil Rowe Finishes Leon Shabazyan

Things didn’t look good for Phil Rowe earlier on against Leon Shabazyan, but he took over in a big way. Rowe and Shabazyan collided inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shabazyan had great success in the opening frame. Rowe struggled to use …

Things didn’t look good for Phil Rowe earlier on against Leon Shabazyan, but he took over in a big way. Rowe and Shabazyan collided inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shabazyan had great success in the opening frame. Rowe struggled to use his reach effectively, but that changed in the second stanza. Rowe […]

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DWCS 25 Live Results Tonight (Aug. 20)

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series rolls along tonight (Aug. 20). The UFC Apex in Las Vegas plays host to the 25th edition of DWCS. Headlining the card will be welterweight action as Leon Shabazyan meets Phil Rowe. Taking the co-main eve…

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series rolls along tonight (Aug. 20). The UFC Apex in Las Vegas plays host to the 25th edition of DWCS. Headlining the card will be welterweight action as Leon Shabazyan meets Phil Rowe. Taking the co-main event spot are light heavyweights Marcos Brigagao and Jamal Pogues. Steve Garcia and Desmond […]

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Dana White Explains Why He Hands Out UFC Development Deals

UFC president Dana White is no stranger to development deals as he offered another one earlier this week to William Knight. Knight — who is 5-0 — defeated Herdem Alecabek at Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday. But instead of a full UFC contract, he received a development deal from the promotion. The reason? So […]

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UFC president Dana White is no stranger to development deals as he offered another one earlier this week to William Knight.

Knight — who is 5-0 — defeated Herdem Alecabek at Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday. But instead of a full UFC contract, he received a development deal from the promotion.

The reason? So he doesn’t get slaughtered in the UFC:

“You take a guy who’s fought for 15 months and throw him into the light heavyweight division in the UFC, that’s just (expletive) mean,” White told media (via MMA Junkie). “That’s just (expletive) mean, and we’ll move him the way we’ve done a lot of guys, including (Greg) Hardy.

“I wouldn’t want to bring a guy like that in just to get slaughtered. I’d rather let him go back out and fight in the smaller shows some more – get 10, 11 wins and see how he looks from there and try again. But we all agree that we felt that we should give him the shot.”

White: All About Exposure

As White mentioned, Hardy was given a development deal before being brought into the UFC on a full-time basis earlier this year.

Another benefit for these fighters, according to White, is that they can get exposure under the UFC before they officially fight for the UFC.

“Definitely, we could put guys in (‘The Ultimate Fighter’), we could have guys fighting on ‘(Dana White): Lookin’ for a Fight’ whenever we do a show,” White added. “The Contender Series, ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ ‘Lookin’ for a Fight’ – it’s all about getting these guys exposure.

“We take these guys that nobody knows and nobody’s ever seen or heard of before, tell their story, you watch them fight, and these things pull big numbers. Before they ever set foot in the UFC, (3.5) million people or whatever have seen them fight. That’s what these shows are designed to do: find and build talent.”

What do you think of the development deal concept?

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DWCS 24 Highlights: William Knight Pounds Out Herdem Alacabek

William Knight got the job done against Herdem Alacabek in the final frame. Knight and Alacabek did battle inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both men traded leather for nearly three full rounds. While Knight looked to have the fight slip his gr…

William Knight got the job done against Herdem Alacabek in the final frame. Knight and Alacabek did battle inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both men traded leather for nearly three full rounds. While Knight looked to have the fight slip his grasp, he landed a vicious knee that was the beginning of […]

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Brok Weaver Delivers Hilarious Pitch To Dana White For UFC Contract

Brok Weaver may just have a star quality to him that the UFC is looking for. Earlier tonight (Aug. 13), Weaver took on Devin Smyth on the 24th edition of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. Weaver earned the unanimous decision. While his…

Brok Weaver may just have a star quality to him that the UFC is looking for. Earlier tonight (Aug. 13), Weaver took on Devin Smyth on the 24th edition of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. Weaver earned the unanimous decision. While his skills inside the Octagon were high-level, his unique personality is what stole […]

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