Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 10, Episode 6. Results & UFC Contracts

LAS VEGAS — Ten more fighters step into the Meta APEX on Tuesday, September 15, each with one shot at a UFC contract in front of UFC CEO Dana White.

The first half of Season 10 has already handed out 24 contracts. The Week 6 fighters need a statement performance to add their names to that list, and on this show a clean win isn’t always enough. White has passed on undefeated fighters before when the performance didn’t grab him.

Week 6 starts at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT and streams live on Paramount+ in the United States. Viewers outside the U.S. can check how to watch DWCS in your country.

For Pacific Islander fighters, the Contender Series has become one of the most direct routes into the UFC. It skips years of regional grinding and puts a fighter’s career on a single night. Island City Media Group is keeping track of every Islander who makes that walk this season.

This page will be updated live with official results, scorecards, highlights and a recap after each fight.

Mayton Perea def. Zevan Hunt by KO, 0:45 of Round 1 — Welterweight

Save the best for last? Try the fastest.

Mayton Perea closed Week 6 in the featured bout by knocking out Zevan Hunt in just 45 seconds.

Hunt came out looking to strike. Perea was happy to oblige. “The Lion” snapped out hard, straight punches, and one of them put “Cheese” on the canvas.

Hunt tried to wrestle his way out of trouble and got back to his feet. That only put him back in range. Perea teed off again, dropped him a second time, and finished it with a flurry.

In and out. Not just a win — a statement to end the night. Mayton Perea secured his UFC Contract.

Igor Cavalcanti def. Oscar Ravello by TKO (punches), 1:38 of Round 1 — Middleweight

Some fighters get one shot. Igor “Jacare” Cavalcanti got two, and he wasn’t wasting this one.

Two years after Contender Series heartbreak, the Brazilian middleweight stopped Peru’s Oscar Ravello in just 98 seconds.

[Video: Igor Cavalcanti Stops Ravello In Round 1 | Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 10]

Both men came out throwing heat. Cavalcanti landed first, and landed hardest. A big right hand put Ravello on the mat.

Ravello had other plans. He covered up, swung back from the bottom and hung in there longer than most would have. Respect.

It only delayed the finish. Cavalcanti kept the ground punches coming until referee Kevin McDonald stepped in and waved it off.

Career win No. 14. Two years in the making, and UFC contract signed!

Akbar Abdullaev Knocks Out Ednilson Santos in 19secs, RD1

Nineteen seconds.

That’s how long Akbar Abdullaev needed. And the scariest part? He said it would happen.

The unbeaten lightweight predicted a one-punch knockout before the fight. Then he walked out, touched Ednilson Santos with two jabs to measure the distance, and threw an overhand right that ended it on the spot. Santos was out before he hit the canvas.

Not just a finish — a Knockout of the Year contender, and one of the cleanest you’ll see anywhere.

It also explains the résumé. Abdullaev arrived in Las Vegas unbeaten with a finish in every win, most of them in the first round. Tuesday night showed exactly how he built it.

Called it. Landed it. Nineteen seconds.

Dana offered Akbar his UFC contract.

Luis Hernandez Submits Hugo Guillon via Rear Naked Choke

By day, Luis Hernandez works in law enforcement in South Florida. By night, he stole the show at the Meta APEX.

The unbeaten middleweight survived a knockdown and a near-finish to submit France’s Hugo Guillon in the second round. It was the kind of fight that doesn’t need selling.

It started at full speed. Hernandez punched his way inside and dragged Guillon down. Guillon got up and judo-threw him right back. From there it swung back and forth. Hernandez landed body kicks and a left that sent Guillon stumbling across the cage. Guillon answered with a right hand. Late in the round Hernandez slowed, Guillon pushed forward, and Hernandez came storming back anyway. That was just the first five minutes.

Then Round 2 almost ended it the other way. A short left dropped Hernandez. Guillon followed with knees, took him down and sank in an anaconda choke.

Hernandez didn’t tap. He fought his way out, took Guillon’s back and locked in the rear-naked choke. The tap came, and the APEX nearly lost its roof.

That makes it 8-0, with the fifth submission of his career. Not just a win — a statement, and a signed UFC contract.

Tyshawn Williams defeats Antonio Monteiro via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)

Tyshawn Williams walked in unbeaten and walked out the same way. He opened Week 6 by getting past Contender Series returnee Antonio Monteiro in a featherweight fight that got harder the longer it went.

The Xtreme Couture product set the tone early. A hard low kick to the lead leg, then a shot. Williams dragged Monteiro down twice in Round 1 and spent the final minute on top, dropping punches and elbows. The round was his, and it wasn’t close.

Round 2 was a different fight. Williams slammed Monteiro right away, but a low blow stopped the action. After the restart, the explosiveness was gone. Monteiro stuffed the next takedown, and you could see the belief come back into the Brazilian. He jumped on a guillotine. Then another. Neither one closed before the horn.

Consider the position. Williams won the early rounds with his wrestling and finished hanging on against a fighter who was only getting started.

Tyshawn was not offered a contract and will return to the DWCS to prove to Dana he can do it again!