DWCS 78, the second week of 10 within the ninth season of Dana White’s Contender Collection, is upon us. Final week on the UFC Apex facility, solely two contestants secured UFC contracts.
A type of contract winners, Baisangur Susurkaev (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has already made his promotional debut, submitting Eric Nolan by second-round rear-naked choke to win his second battle in roughly 96 hours. The fighters competing this Tuesday night time on DWCS 78 already know that the stakes are excessive for them, in addition to any fighters who observe them in subsequent weeks.
As traditional, the 5 fights making up DWCS 78 may be seen by way of ESPN+ inside the US and UFC Combat Move internationally. Now that The Final Fighter tv sequence has aired its remaining program-length episode of the thirty third season, Contender Collection is again to its traditional 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT broadcast time for the rest of the season.
DWCS 78 Essential Occasion: Manuel Exposito vs. Jose Delano
On the high of the invoice for this midweek occasion, the featherweights take to the fabled Octagon to attempt to safe a UFC contract. Manuel Exposito (13-2 MMA) meets up with Jose Delano (15-3 MMA.) All fights on DWCS 78 are an marketed most of three rounds at 5 minutes per spherical, principal occasion included.
Exposito, a former champion in each Demo Combat and Samurai Combat Home, comes into Enterprise, NV having gone 3-2 in his final 5 journeys to an MMA cage. At present, he’s gotten his hand raised thrice in a row.
After an energetic 12 months in 2024, this marks his first battle of 2025. Final November, he went to the scorecards towards Antonio Ramirez (14-11 MMA), successful by unanimous determination.
With over 9 months away from the cage forward of DWCS 78, how a lot ring rust does he have going into this contest? Watch on Tuesday to seek out out the reply.
In the meantime, Jose Delano is sporting a mark of 4-1 in his final 5 fights, successful three consecutive bouts. An alumnus of and former titleholder within the Legacy Combating Alliance, he’s scored two stoppages in a row earlier than the bell tolled to finish the opening spherical.
Again on Feb. 7, he stopped Abu Muslim Alikhanov (7-1 MMA) with a punch throughout LFA 201 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With Delano on a scorching streak going into DWCS 78, count on him to show the power up just a few notches as soon as the cage door shuts Tuesday night time.
DWCS 78 Co-Essential Occasion: Brandon Holmes vs. Cam Rowston
A common theme for DWCS 78 on Tuesday is certainly one of undefeated fighters. Six of the ten combatants preventing on this week’s present have but to lose as professionals. The co-main occasion of the night takes place at middleweight.
Brandon Holmes (5-0 MMA) touches down in Nevada for a tilt towards Cam Rowston (11-3 MMA, 0-1 DWCS) within the latter’s second Contender Collection battle. The previous is available in having received 9 fights in a row relationship again to his days in novice competitors.
Final trip, he completed Zach Borrego (6-6 MMA) with a third-round knockout proper earlier than Memorial Day on Could 25. Holmes was presupposed to have fought this previous weekend versus Elias Urbina (5-2 MMA) in Fury FC 107 earlier than being booked to battle Rowston on Tuesday night time.
He’s had a fast rise to get to the place he’s now, having solely turned professional in December of 2023. Will he money in with a UFC contract this week?
Throughout the way in which, Cam Rowston, who had been booked to battle Jon Kunneman (10-0 MMA) this week earlier than the latter needed to withdraw attributable to an injured rib, makes a return journey to the Tuesday night time MMA promotion with a report of 4-1 over the course of his 5 newest contests. Since dropping a unanimous determination to Torrez Finney in his first Contender Collection look final August, he’s rattled off three consecutive wins.
A former champion in Stealth Combat League, he bested Alfred Stoddart (4-5 MMA) by the use of unanimous determination late final winter. Will Rowston’s second probability to impress UFC CEO Dana White go higher than his first?
DWCS 78: Kaushik Saikumar vs. Louis Lee Scott
Additionally on DWCS 78, you’ll be handled to a bantamweight showcase between Kaushik Saikumar (5-0 MMA), who went 2-0 in Cage Fury Combating Championships, and Louis Lee Scott (9-0 MMA), a onetime champ in France’s Ares FC. Saikumar might be making the stroll having final fought 10 months in the past in CFFC.
That night time, he punched his technique to a third-round knockout over Adamu Isah (5-2 MMA.) A deliberate April 19 battle versus Fabriccio Robles (10-2 MMA) was scrubbed with no punch being thrown.
Saikumar boasts an 80 % end charge forward of this week’s card. Anticipate him to hunt for the stoppage on Tuesday.
Within the different nook, Louis Lee Scott has received 10 fights straight relationship again to his novice profession. On Valentine’s Day, he submitted Youssouf Binate (5-1 MMA) with an armbar contained in the opening spherical.
Like we’ve talked about so many instances earlier than, when a fighter is on a scorching streak, he’s typically at his most harmful contained in the cage. Can the streak proceed?
Remainder of the Card
Two different fights happen on DWCS 79 this Tuesday, a heavyweight showcase matching Josh Hokit (5-0 MMA) with Guilherme Uriel (6-1 MMA) and a featherweight affair between Tommy Cuozzi (8-0 MMA) and Ramiro Jimenez (10-0 MMA.) On this night time of undefeated fighters, one query stays:
Which battle or fights are you trying ahead to? Tell us within the feedback.
