{"id":98956,"date":"2025-08-27T05:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98956\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:57:08","slug":"ufc-contender-series-results-live-coverage-and-full-fight-highlights-season-9-ep-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98956\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC \u2018Contender Series\u2019 results, live coverage and full fight highlights | Season 9, Ep. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s that time of year again!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-contender-series-dana-white\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contender Series<\/a> is back with 10 straight weeks of mixed martial arts (MMA) action. After two weeks of the show starting an hour earlier because of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), this week\u2019s show begins at 8 p.m. ET on <a href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/566982\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania&amp;subId2=[sb0822awD][383689][][][][][][][][][mmamania.com]\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For what it\u2019s worth, all five winners earned UFC contracts last week (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/383689\/ufc-contender-series-results-live-coverage-and-full-fight-highlights-season-9-ep-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">results here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In tonight\u2019s main event, Middleweight up-and-comers collide as knockout artist Trent Miller (8-2) takes on Brazil\u2019s Ryan Gandra (7-1). In the co-main event, Damon Wilson (9-2) fights Brazilian finisher, Marcio Barbosa (16-2). In the \u201cFeatured\u201d bout, one of the best prospects of the season, Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev (6-0), takes on Alik Lorenz (6-1) in a Light Heavyweight showcase. By far the best fight of the card takes place in the Lightweight division as Mexico\u2019s Cristian Perez (13-1) collides with Manoel Sousa (12-1). Finally, Heavyweights throw down on short notice when Darion Abbey (7-4) fights Donte Johnson (5-0).<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Contender Series\u2019 Quick Results:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Contender Series\u2019 Highlights &amp; Results:<\/p>\n<p>185 lbs: Trent Miller vs. Ryan Gandra<\/p>\n<p>145 lbs.: Damon Wilson vs. Marcio Barbosa<\/p>\n<p>205 lbs.: Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev vs. Alik Lorenz<\/p>\n<p>155 lbs.: Cristian Perez vs. Manoel Sousa<\/p>\n<p>265 lbs.: Darion Abbey vs. Donte Johnson<\/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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,50873,46671,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-98956","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98956","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=98956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}