{"id":40168,"date":"2026-08-26T03:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/DWCS-winner-Joseph-Kropschot-lands-UFC-debut-just-weeks-after-earning-contract-202532"},"modified":"2026-08-26T03:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:55:29","slug":"dwcs-winner-joseph-kropschot-lands-ufc-debut-just-weeks-after-earning-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dwcs-winner-joseph-kropschot-lands-ufc-debut-just-weeks-after-earning-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"DWCS winner Joseph Kropschot lands UFC debut just weeks after earning contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Joseph
\nKropschot<\/a> won’t have to wait long for his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

The
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> Season 10
\nWeek 1<\/a> contract winner has been booked to face Nick Klein<\/a>
\nat a UFC
\nFight Night on Oct. 31<\/a> at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Joseph Kropschot faces Nick Klein at UFC Fight Night on Oct.
\n31<\/h2>\n

Kropschot earned his UFC contract on Aug. 11, defeating Jonathan
\nKunneman<\/a> by unanimous decision after three rounds on the
\nopening episode of the 2026 Contender Series season. He boasts a
\n9-3 professional record in mixed martial arts and has won his last
\nfive fights. His contract-winning effort on DWCS marks the lone
\ndecision win of his career.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Klein owns a 6-3 professional record and has not
\ncompeted since a technical knockout loss to Andrey
\nPulyaev<\/a> in August 2025. He lost to Mansur
\nAbdul-Malik<\/a> in his UFC debut after earning a contract on DWCS
\nin 2024.<\/p>\n

The upcoming matchup gives Kropschot an opportunity to build on his
\nContender Series debut and officially begin his UFC tenure. For
\nKlein, it offers a chance to snap a two-fight losing streak and
\nrecord his first win in the UFC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Kropschot won’t have to wait long for his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut. The Dana White\u2019s Contender Series Season 10 Week 1 contract winner has been booked to face Nick Klein at a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 31 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Joseph Kropschot faces Nick Klein at UFC Fight Night on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}