Dana White’s Contender Series 66: Grading the winners

MMA Junkie fight analyst Dan Tom takes a closer look at the performances of the six winners from Dana White’s Contender Series 66.

Week 10 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2023) took place on Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the six-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 the UFC matchmakers can use to fill their roster for future events. With that trend in mind, I once again will be taking a look at the winning fighters, regardless of whether or not they won a UFC contract, and grading their performances in regard to their probability of returning to a UFC stage.