DWCS 88 is the second Contender Series event at Meta Apex in the 10th anniversary season. We examine the card. <\/p>\n
DWCS 88 i<\/a>s upon us. Tuesday night, the second week of the 10th anniversary season of Dana White’s Contender Series <\/a>takes place at the renovated Meta Apex. A week ago, the season began with DWCS 87, a night during which four winners secured UFC <\/a>contracts.<\/p>\n One contract winner from last week’s show is now only days away from beginning his UFC tenure. This coming Saturday night during UFC Sacramento at Golden 1 Center, heavyweight Anthony Wint,<\/a> who secured his UFC deal with a first-round knockout of Matt Adams during the Aug. 11 main attraction, will fight Terrance Chatman.\u00a0<\/p>\n As far as this week’s event <\/a>is concerned, live coverage of DWCS 88 begins at the new start time of 7 pm ET\/ 4 pm PT on Paramount Plus<\/a> inside the United States. The customary five-fight card will be held inside the Apex facility. Among the 10 fighters booked to appear, five will be making a return visit to the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the top of the bill for DWCS 88, the welterweights vie for a UFC deal as Namo Fazil (10-1 MMA,) a veteran of both MVP and ONE Championship, battles former OKTAGON MMA Welterweight Champion Kaik Brito<\/a> (19-6 MMA, 0-1 DWCS,) who will be making his second appearance on the show. All fights are three rounds at five minutes per round.<\/p>\n Fazil enters DWCS 88 having gone 5-0 in his last five fights and has won seven consecutive contests. On May 16, he fought in MVP MMA 1 against Jake Babian (6-2 MMA,) winning by second-round submission via anaconda choke.\u00a0<\/p>\n Any time a fighter is on a hot streak, he can be dangerous once the cage door slams shut. Can Fazil secure a deal to MMA’s top promotion?<\/p>\n Kaik Brito Has Unfinished Business to Tend to in DWCS 88<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Kaik Brito enters DWCS 88 on Tuesday night with a record of 3-2 in his last five outings. Back on Feb. 14, he stopped Ronald Paradeiser (23-11 MMA) with a spinning backfist inside the third round to capture the then-vacant OKTAGON MMA Welterweight Championship.<\/p>\n Before being booked to appear on DWCS this summer, Brito was slated to defend the 170-lb belt in OKTAGON on Sept. 12 versus Amiran Gogoladze (18-3 MMA, 0-1 DWCS.) Gogoladze has since been rebooked to face off against Felix Klinkhammer (11-0 MMA) for the vacant welterweight title on Halloween in OKTAGON 96.\u00a0<\/p>\n Brito came to the then-UFC Apex three years ago to make a bid for a UFC contract, falling by way of majority decision to Oban Elliott. Expect Kaik Brito to fight with frustration in his second appearance on DWCS.<\/p>\n DWCS 88 Co-Main Event: Douglas Rodrigues vs. Trent Miller: Rodrigues in Search of Fourth Straight Knockout<\/p>\n
\nDWCS 88 Main Event: Namo Fazil vs. Kaik Brito: MVP, ONE Veteran Hunting for Eighth Straight Win<\/p>\n