.Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM ET" Dana White's Opponent Series" returns for Period 8 on Aug. 13. The show, which has been actually a pipeline to the UFC for leading ability coming from all over the world, has actually helped the UFC find a number of the best competitors in the sporting activity today including bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and former lightweight big-time champ Jamahal Hill.There are actually also many top customers who have discovered a house in the UFC with the show such as Bo Nickal, Jack Della Maddalena, Payton Talbott, and Jailton Almeida. Will Time 8 of DWCS make the sport's following future star?Here are actually the fighters to check out, matchups as well as results from each week: Laura Sanko's leading fighters to watchESPN talked to UFC expert Laura Sanko to get a listing of the fighters she is actually most delighted to see on this time of DWCS. "There is an emerging theme this year," Sanko said to ESPN. "Much of the competitors an actually younger, but they look prepared for this stage. They pass the eye exam more than the fighters in previous years." Austin Bashi, featherweightRecord: 12-0Age: 22Fighting away from: West Bloomfield Town, MichiganBashi is just one of the most effective potential customers in each of mixed martial arts. He enters into DWCS Season 8 having completed each of his final four enemies (3 submittings, one KO). He possesses a wrestling history, yet he possesses striking that his opponent has to respect. In spite of his age, Bashi has presently dealt with as well as hammered top-level competitors. Only two fights ago, he provided Askar Askar one more highly-touted prospect. Bashi has what it takes to be a champ one day.Artem Vakhitov, light heavyweightRecord: 2-1Age: 33Fighting away from: Prokopyevsk, RussiaVakhitov possesses little qualified mixed martial arts adventure, however he is a previous Grandeur kickboxing champ. Most notably, Vakhitov was actually the final fella to beat UFC lightweight big-time champ Alex Pereira in kickboxing. Which's why he is actually creating this move, he's coming for Pereira.How to watch the fightsWatch "Dana White's Competitor Set" on ESPN+: Obtain ESPN+ here.There's also FightCenter, which supplies statistics as well as study for every UFC and also DWCS memory card.' Dana White's Challenger Series' competitions and outcomes: Full week 1 leads: Welterweight: Rami Hamed def. Ding Meng through consensual choice * Featherweight: Jose Delgado def. Ernie Juarez through KO1 * Men's flyweight: Lone'er Kavanagh def. An Tuan Ho through KO1 * Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Wesley Schultz through TKO2 * Lighting heavyweight: Bruno Lopes def. Mikheil Sazhiniani by TKO2 * Kavanagh, Delgado, Lopes and also Abdul-Malik were each rewarded a UFC contractWeek 2 outcomes: * Welterweight: Andreas Gustafsson def. Rub Pytlik through TKO2 * Top Cat: Rizvan Kuniev def. Hugo Cunha by TKO1 * Men's bantamweight: Cortavious Romious def. Michael Imperato by unanimous decisionMiddleweight: Torrez Finney def. Cameron Rowston by consentaneous choice * Males's bantamweight: Cody Haddon def. Billy Label through SUB1 * Haddon, Romious, Kuniev and also Gustafsson were each granted a UFC contractWeek 3 outcomes: * Featherweight: Bogdan Graduate def. Michael Aswell by split decision * Guys's bantamweight: Malcolm Wellmaker def. Adam Bramhald by KO1 ** Guys's flyweight: Scar Piccininni def. Jack Duffy by split decision * Middleweight: Andrey Pulyaev def. Liam Anderson by consentaneous selection * Middleweight: Marco Tulio def. Matthieu Duclos through TKO2 * Wellmaker, Tulio, Graduate and also Pulyaev were actually each rewarded a UFC agreement ** Piccininni and also Duffy were actually used a rematch at DWCS Period 8, Episode 10Week 4 results: * Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko def. Igor Cavalcanti by consensual selection * Middleweight: Djorden Santos def. Will certainly Currie through consensual choice * Featherweight: Austin Bashi vs. Dorian Ramos through SUB2 * Women's flyweight: Yuneisy Duben def. Shannon Clark through KO1 * Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld def. Determine Young by unanimous selection * Salkilld, Duben, Bashi, Santos, and Ko were actually each rewarded a UFC contractWeek 5 outcomes: * Light heavyweight: Navajo Stirling def. Phil Latu TKO2Middleweight: Yousri Belgaroui def. Taiga Iwasaki by TKO3 * Featherweight: Josias Musasa def. Otari Tanzilovi by split choice * Women's flyweight: Nicolle Caliari def. Corinne Laframboise through SUB1 * Caliari, Musasa as well as Stirling were actually each granted a UFC contractWeek 6 matches: Men's bantamweight: Aaron Tau vs. Elijah SmithHeavyweight: Talisson Teixeira vs. Arthur LopesWelterweight: Joey Hart vs. Benjamin BennettMiddleweight: Ateba Gautier vs. Yura NaitoLightweight: Ahmad Hassanzada vs. Dylan MantelloWeek 7 matches: Top cat: Bailey Schoenfelder vs. Danylo VoievodkinWelterweight: Daniel Frunza vs. Vadym KutsyiLight big-time: Kevin Christian vs. Francesco MazzeoWeek 8 matches: TBAWeek 9 matchups: TBAWeek 10 competitions: TBA.