Week 3 of
Dana White’s Contender Series saw the biggest upset in the
history of the show.

Week 3 of the 10th season of DWCS went down at Meta Apex in Las
Vegas on Aug. 25. All five winners on the card walked away with

Ultimate Fighting Championship contracts.

Alex Apodaca defeats the -6000 favorite to cap DWCS 2026 Week
3

The main event of the card saw the biggest upset in the history of
DWCS. Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir’s
daughter Bella Mir
(4-1) was a -6000 favorite going into her bantamweight clash
against Alex
Apodaca (5-1). Apodaca outclassed Mir on the feet while holding
her own in wrestling exchanges to earn a unanimous decision
win.

White admits that while he is mostly unbiased in fights, he was
heavily biased towards Mir, having been a mentor to her. White
notes that Michael
Bisping had correctly expected Apodaca’s experience to play a
factor in the fight.

“Alex, what you had to face tonight… Now I’m very proud of myself
that in 10 years of doing this, I’ve never had any bias,” White
said while granting Apodaca a UFC contract. “I don’t know anything
about anybody coming in. I was overly biased in this fight. I’ve
known Bella for a long time. Four years ago we started mapping out
her plan and who she was gonna be… Michael Bisping said, ‘She might
be the biggest underdog in Contender Series history, but she has
the experience that Bella doesn’t: Deep waters.’ Bisping nailed it
on the head. Unbelievable upset. Congratulations, you’re in the
UFC.”

Nick
Galanti (8-1) opened the card in a middleweight clash against
Carlos
Petruzzella (15-2). Galanti made quick work of the Argentinian,
dropping him with a right hook and finishing him with
ground-and-pound in just 35 seconds. UFC CEO Dana
White commended Galanti’s flawless performance while awarding
him a contract.

“Nick, you couldn’t possibly open a show better than you did,”
White said. “And you couldn’t perform any better on this show than
you did. Congratulations, you’re in the UFC.”

Ronald
Humphrey (5-0) earned the second contract in Week 3 of DWCS
2026. Humphrey put on a dominant display of wrestling and striking
before making Alexis
Miranda (9-3) tap to a rear-naked choke in the first round.

White revealed that matchmaker Sean Shelby told him that it was
difficult to find an opponent for the undefeated welterweight on
DWCS. White told Shelby that it won’t be easy for him to find
Humphrey an opponent in the UFC as well.

“Ronald, you’re an animal,” White said. “I said to Sean, ‘This guy
is so well-rounded for having only four fights.’ And Sean said,
‘They couldn’t get anyone to fight him.’ I said, ‘You’re not gonna
be able to get anyone to fight him either.’ Congratulations,
welcome to the UFC.”


Cage Warriors interim welterweight champion Sean Clancy
Jr. (9-0) earned a UFC contract for his win over Gary
Balletto Jr. (11-4). White was impressed with the composure of
the 23-year-old Clancy Jr. as he dragged Balletto Jr. to the mat
and unleashed vicious elbows to secure the stoppage in the second
round.

“Sean, you’re only 23 years old, and you’re 9-0; it’s incredible,”
White said. “I love how technical and composed you are for such a
young guy. Saw a lot of great things from you in less than two
rounds. I’m really excited about your future in the UFC.”

Guilherme
Uriel (8-2) earned a UFC contract for his win over Mario
Piazzon (12-2). White admits that he was surprised by Uriel’s
guillotine attempt, which initially didn’t look threatening.
However, Uriel proved White wrong by forcing Piazzon to tap to a
guillotine in just 50 seconds.

“It was a weird fight,” White said. “I was surprised; I literally
said, ‘Why does he keep going for the choke? He’s not getting the
choke. What’s he doing?’ I was wrong. You got the choke, finished
it quickly… Welcome to the UFC.”

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