It\u2019s that time of year again!<\/p>\n
Contender Series<\/a> is back with 10 straight weeks of mixed martial arts (MMA) action. This week\u2019s show starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+<\/a> (because of The Ultimate Fighter 33 final episodes), and then things switch back to the usual 8 p.m. ET time slot moving forward.<\/p>\n In the main event, Middleweights collide as France\u2019s Ilian Bouafia (6-0) fights Brazil\u2019s Neemias Santana (7-2-1). The co-main event sees Ring of Combat (ROC) Welterweight champion, Jimmy Drago (7-2), take on undefeated Ty Miller (5-0). In the \u201cFeatured\u201d bout, Murtaza Talha (7-1) returns for a second shot at a UFC contract against knockout artist, Baysangur Susurkaev (8-0). Two of the best Featherweight prospects on the regional scene also collide as Radley Silva (7-1) fights George Mangos (7-0). Finally, the fight that kicks off the show may have the biggest stakes as Middleweight Yuri Panferov (8-1) returns for a second chance at a contract and Chris Ewert (7-0) \u2014 who was cut from UFC for missing weight<\/a> \u2014 looks for redemption.<\/p>\n \u2018Contender Series\u2019 Quick Results:<\/p>\n \u2018Contender Series\u2019 Highlights & Results:<\/p>\n 185 lbs: Ilian Bouafia vs. Neemias Santana<\/p>\n 170 lbs: Jimmy Drago vs. Ty Miller<\/p>\n 185 lbs: Murtaza Talha vs. Baysangur Susurkaev<\/p>\n 145 lbs: Radley Silva vs. George Mangos<\/p>\n 185 lbs: Yuri Panferov vs. Chris Ewert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of year again! Contender Series is back with 10 straight weeks of mixed martial arts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,50873,46671,1396,6656],"class_list":{"0":"post-63613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-contender-series","15":"tag-ufc-live-stream","16":"tag-ufc-news","17":"tag-ufc-results"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}