It was a landmark year for Dana White’s Contender Series.
The UFC’s prospect-search platform continued in 2022 with 10 weekly events between July-September. The totals for the 10 events: 49 total fights, 43 total UFC contracts handed out to winners and about two-thirds of the fights (32 of 49) ended with knockouts (22) or submissions (10).
The crazy thing is, the first event of 2022 looked bleak. UFC president Dana White handed out just one contract, to Joe Pyfer, and challenged fighters...