Dana White’s Contender Series 44: Grading the winners

MMA Junkie fight analyst Dan Tom takes a closer look at the performances of the DWCS 44 winners.

Week 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2021) took place on Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the fivs-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex.

With a simple but digestible format that has had the MMA fanbase responding, this series has shown to have legs in multiple ways while serving as a crockpot for contenders whom the UFC matchmakers can use for future events. So, with that trend in mind, I will once again be taking a look at the winning fighters regardless of whether or not they won a UFC contract, grading their performances in regards to their probability of returning to a UFC stage.