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Roque Conceicao Moreira Junior made his second appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday, earning an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract with a first-round submission victory.

Moreira Junior (12-3) handed Alexander Chavez (9-1) his first professional loss in a flyweight matchup on Week 9 of DWCS Season 10 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Oct. 6. After holding his own in the striking exchanges, the Brazilian was slammed to the mat while securing a triangle choke but held onto the maneuver, forcing the tap at 3:37 of Round 1.

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Roque Conceicao Moreira Junior submits Alexander Chavez to earn UFC contract on DWCS The victory marked a successful return to DWCS for Moreira Junior, who suffered a first-round technical knockout loss to Imanol Rodriguez in Season 9 last year. He compared his second outing on the UFC recruitment show to competing in the World Cup.

“This is the best day of my life so far,” Moreira Junior said. “This is like bein…

Bare Knuckle Boxing returns to London on Nov. 14, with a world championship bout added to the BKB 61 lineup.

Reigning BKB bridgerweight champion Marko Martinjak will defend his title against former British cruiserweight champion Matty Askin at indigo at The O2. The bout will serve as the co-main event under Lee Selby vs. Ollie Sentance.

BKB bridgerweight champion Marko Martinjak will defend against Matty Askin in LondonAccording to BKB’s announcement Tuesday, Martinjak (13-2, 13 KOs) will return to action against Askin (1-0, 1 KO) in the title matchup.

Croatia’s Martinjak will look to continue his reign as BKB bridgerweight champion. Askin, meanwhile, enters his biggest bare-knuckle bout after winning his promotional debut. The matchup adds another former boxing champion to a BKB 61 card already headlined by Selby, a former IBF featherweight champion.

The promotion also announced a welterweight rematch between Aaron McCallum and Simey Doherty. Ash Devenport will …

Mateus Soares earned an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract Tuesday, stopping Ryuho Miyaguchi in just over a minute on Dana White’s Contender Series.

Soares (12-2) faced Miyaguchi (7-2) in a bantamweight matchup on Week 9 of DWCS Season 10 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The Brazilian dropped Miyaguchi with a right hand before following up with a barrage of strikes to force the stoppage 1:03 into the first round.

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Mateus Soares stopped Ryuho Miyaguchi in the first round at DWCS Week 9 Soares entered DWCS 2026 Week 9 looking to impress Dana White and the UFC matchmakers. The 22-year-old did just that, finishing his Japanese counterpart in a short but explosive bout. He was visibly emotional in his post-fight interview.

“I can't believe I'm here,” Soares said via an interpreter in his post-fight interview with Laura Sanko. “I've been dreaming of this since I was seven years old.”

When asked about White praising his fight and finish, Soares said…