Contender Series Weigh-in Results: All 10 Fighters Cleared for Competition
The final installment of Season 4 of Dana White’s Contender Series
is now official, as all 10 athletes slated for competition hit
their contracted marks on Monday.
The Contender Series takes place on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The card is headlined by a flyweight showdown pitting J.P. Buys against Jacob Silva. Buys tipped the scales at 125.5 pounds for the bout, while Silva checked in a 125 pounds.
Buys has won four consecutive outings since falling to Joby Sanchez on Season 1 of the Contender Series in August 2017. Most recently, the 24-year-old Fortis MMA product scored a 73-second TKO of Cristian Rodriguez at LFA 78 in November 2019.
Silva, meanwhile, will be competing on his second Contender Series show of 2020 after dropping a unanimous verdict against Jeff Molina on Aug. 25. That setback snapped a six-bout winning streak for the former Fury Fighting Championship title holder.
Nick Maximov (209) vs. Oscar Cota (263.5)
Pauline Macias (115) vs. Gloria de Paula (115.5)
Sherrard Blackledge (155) vs. Tucker Lutz (155.5)
Victoria Leonardo (125) vs. Chelsea Hackett (126)
The Contender Series takes place on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The card is headlined by a flyweight showdown pitting J.P. Buys against Jacob Silva. Buys tipped the scales at 125.5 pounds for the bout, while Silva checked in a 125 pounds.
Buys has won four consecutive outings since falling to Joby Sanchez on Season 1 of the Contender Series in August 2017. Most recently, the 24-year-old Fortis MMA product scored a 73-second TKO of Cristian Rodriguez at LFA 78 in November 2019.
Silva, meanwhile, will be competing on his second Contender Series show of 2020 after dropping a unanimous verdict against Jeff Molina on Aug. 25. That setback snapped a six-bout winning streak for the former Fury Fighting Championship title holder.
Dana White’s Contender Series Weigh-in Results:
J.P. Buys (125.5) vs. Jacob Silva (125)Nick Maximov (209) vs. Oscar Cota (263.5)
Pauline Macias (115) vs. Gloria de Paula (115.5)
Sherrard Blackledge (155) vs. Tucker Lutz (155.5)
Victoria Leonardo (125) vs. Chelsea Hackett (126)
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