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🇺🇦🇨🇦 SerhiySidey picks up the win after a NASTY first round finish! #DWCS pic.twitter.com/SxCDXfq3dQ— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) September 6, 2023
Dana White's Contender Series closes out its seventh season with a bumper crop of a dozen Ultimate Fighting Championship hopefuls this Tuesday in Las Vegas.
The rare six-fight Contender Series card was bolstered by a matchup postponed from last week. After Lucas Rocha came in five pounds heavy for his scheduled flyweight clash with Davi Costa at DWCS 2023, Week 9 the two were rebooked for this week’s show, where they will now meet at 135 pounds.
Another Tuesday contestant who stands to benefit from a second chance is Ramon Taveras, who will make his second Contender Series appearance of the season when he squares off against Cortavious Ramos in the bantamweight closer. “The Savage” competed at Week 5 on Sept. 5, falling victim to a first-round TKO by Serhiy Sidey. Taveras and many observers—including White and his matchmakers, apparently—disagreed with the earliness of the stoppage, and the 29-year-old Floridian will receive a do-over of sorts this week.
DWCS 2023, Week 10 takes place on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams live to ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
A closer look at the DWCS 2023, Week 10 particulars:
THE LINEUP:
135: Ramon Taveras (8-2) vs. Cortavious Romious (5-1)125: Rickson Thai Zenidim Bueno (14-1) vs. Andre Lima (6-0)
145: Connor Matthews (6-1) vs. Jair Farias (10-0)
185: Yuri Panferov (6-0) vs. Torrez Finney (6-0)
155: Marquel Mederos (7-1) vs. Issa Isakov (12-3)
135: Davi Bittencourt (14-3) vs. Lucas Rocha (16-1)