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Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2025: Week 3

Aug 26, 2025

UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

8-1-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) win

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Middleweight VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY

8-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) loss

Match
5

Method
TKO (Punches)

Referee
Mark Smith

Round
1

Time
2:51

Match		Fighters		Method/Referee	R	Time
4	Marcio Barbosa win	Featherweight	Damon Wilson loss	TKO (Punches) Mike Beltran	1	4:14
3	Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev win	Light Heavyweight	Alik Lorenz loss	TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches) Mark Smith	1	0:30
2	Manoel Sousa win	Lightweight	Cristian Perez loss	TKO (Punches) Mike Beltran	3	3:00
1	Donte Johnson win	Heavyweight	Darion Abbey loss	TKO (Punches) Mark Smith	1	1:04

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