The latest season of
Dana White’s Contender Series
is just around the corner.

The five-bout lineup for
Week 1
of the Contender Series was announced during the
UFC
303
broadcast on Saturday night. The card will be headlined by
a middleweight clash between Mansur
Abdul-Malik
and Wesley
Schultz
and takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Aug.
13. The Contender Series airs on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

The other four bouts confirmed the the event are as follows:
Meng
Ding
vs. Islam
Dulatov
at welterweight; Mikheil
Sazhiniani
vs. Bruno Lopes
at light heavyweight; Icaro Brito
vs. Ernie
Juarez
at featherweight and Lone’er
Kavanagh
vs. An Tuan Ho
at flyweight.

The Contender Series debuted in 2017 and rewards fighters who
impress Dana White with UFC contracts. The format has been popular
and has become a talent pipeline for the promotion, with more
contracts being awarded with each passing season.

Abdul-Malik is undefeated in five professional outings and is
coming off a first-round knockout of Allan St-Gelaisat LFA 176 on
Feb. 9. He has finished all of his victories inside of a round.

Schultz is also an LFA veteran. He owns a 6-1 career mark and will
take a three-bout finishing streak into the matchup with
Abdul-Malik. Thus far in 2024 he has scored stoppages of Maurice
Morris
and Adland
Benson
under the LFA banner.

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