DWCS 78, the second week of 10 within the ninth season of Dana White’s Contender Sequence, 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 struggle in roughly 96 hours. The fighters competing this Tuesday evening on DWCS 78 already know that the stakes are excessive for them, in addition to any fighters who observe them in subsequent weeks.
As common, the 5 fights making up DWCS 78 might be seen through ESPN+ inside the USA and UFC Battle Cross internationally. Now that The Final Fighter tv sequence has aired its remaining program-length episode of the thirty third season, Contender Sequence is again to its common 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT broadcast time for the rest of the season.
DWCS 78 Primary Occasion: Manuel Exposito vs. Jose Delano
On the prime 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, primary occasion included.
Exposito, a former champion in each Demo Battle and Samurai Battle 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 3 times in a row.
After an lively yr in 2024, this marks his first struggle of 2025. Final November, he went to the scorecards in opposition to 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 search 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 sizzling streak going into DWCS 78, count on him to show the vitality up just a few notches as soon as the cage door shuts Tuesday evening.
DWCS 78 Co-Primary Occasion: Brandon Holmes vs. Cam Rowston
A common theme for DWCS 78 on Tuesday is one among 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 in opposition to Cam Rowston (11-3 MMA, 0-1 DWCS) within the latter’s second Contender Sequence struggle. The previous is available in having received 9 fights in a row courting again to his days in beginner competitors.
Final day trip, he completed Zach Borrego (6-6 MMA) with a third-round knockout proper earlier than Memorial Day on Might 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 evening.
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 best way, Cam Rowston, who had been booked to struggle Jon Kunneman (10-0 MMA) this week earlier than the latter needed to withdraw because of an injured rib, makes a return journey to the Tuesday evening MMA promotion with a document of 4-1 over the course of his 5 newest contests. Since dropping a unanimous determination to Torrez Finney in his first Contender Sequence look final August, he’s rattled off three consecutive wins.
A former champion in Stealth Battle League, he bested Alfred Stoddart (4-5 MMA) by means 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 will probably be making the stroll having final fought 10 months in the past in CFFC.
That evening, he punched his technique to a third-round knockout over Adamu Isah (5-2 MMA.) A deliberate April 19 struggle versus Fabriccio Robles (10-2 MMA) was scrubbed with no punch being thrown.
Saikumar boasts an 80 % end fee 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 courting again to his beginner 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 occasions earlier than, when a fighter is on a sizzling streak, he’s usually 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 evening of undefeated fighters, one query stays:
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