{"id":41003,"date":"2026-10-07T02:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/DWCS-2026-Week-9-4-fighters-earn-UFC-contracts-203099"},"modified":"2026-10-07T02:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:56:37","slug":"dwcs-2026-week-9-4-fighters-earn-ufc-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dwcs-2026-week-9-4-fighters-earn-ufc-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"DWCS 2026 Week 9: 4 fighters earn UFC contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> added four new fighters to its
\nroster Tuesday, including a UFC employee.<\/p>\n


\nWeek 9<\/a> of
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> Season 10 went down Oct. 6 at
\nMeta Apex in Las Vegas, where four finishes resulted in as many
\ncontracts.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dana White signs Mateus Soares, Roque Conceicao, Salhahuddin
\nEverett and Preston LaGrange<\/h2>\n

Alivia
\nBierley<\/a> (6-1) and Summer
\nOnley<\/a> (6-1) kicked off the action, going the distance in their
\nbantamweight bout. Bierley walked away with a unanimous decision
\nwin in a lackluster affair, and Dana White didn\u2019t see enough to
\ngrant her a UFC contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had it 1-1 going into the third round,\u201d White said. \u201cAnd I felt
\nlike neither girl tried to really get in there and impose their
\nwill and really show they wanted to win that fight. I didn\u2019t see
\nthat in that third round, and that\u2019s what made me make my decision.
\nSo unfortunately, not tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

While White was disappointed with the first fight, the second gave
\nhim everything he was looking for. Mateus
\nSoares<\/a> (12-2) needed just over a minute to knock out Ryuho
\nMiyaguchi<\/a> (7-2) in their bantamweight bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoares, you\u2019re exactly what I was looking for,\u201d White said while
\ngiving Soares a UFC contract. \u201cThat\u2019s what I wanted to see tonight.
\nYou\u2019re an absolute killer at 22 years old. And I\u2019m excited to see
\nyour career in the UFC. Congratulations, welcome to the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRoque Conceicao Moreira Junior<\/a> (12-3) took on Alexander
\nChavez<\/a> (9-1) in a flyweight tilt. Conceicao held his own on the
\nfeet against Chavez before being slammed. He capitalized on the
\nmaneuver by locking in a triangle choke and forcing a tap in the
\nfirst round.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an incredible fight,\u201d White said while awarding Conceicao
\na UFC contract. \u201cBoth of you guys were killers. Nasty kicks, great
\nexchanges, then the slam right into the triangle. What I loved
\nabout your fight was everything. We got to see you in a lot of
\ndifferent areas – striking, kicking, taking kicks, taking strikes,
\nand winning by submission impressively. Welcome to the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salhahuddin
\nEverett<\/a> (5-0), who works as UFC CEO Dana White\u2019s personal
\nrunner, made his bid for a fighter contract in a welterweight
\nmatchup against Ozzy Martin<\/a>
\n(4-1). White had acknowledged before the fight that he was rooting
\nfor his employee. The UFC CEO said he had rarely heard the Apex as
\nloud as it was during Everett\u2019s bout.<\/p>\n

White also revealed that his friends from Boston had warned him
\nEverett would be in trouble. However, Everett needed less than two
\nminutes to put Martin to sleep with a vicious combination. White
\nheaped praise on Everett\u2019s personality while awarding him a UFC
\ncontract. He also suggested the unbeaten welterweight might now
\nhave to leave his UFC day job to focus on training full time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got title fights in here; I don\u2019t know if it has ever been as
\nloud as tonight during your fight,\u201d White said. \u201cAnd listen,
\neverybody in the UFC loves you. You\u2019re a great kid. Forget about
\nthe whole fighting and the contract; you\u2019re a great human being.
\nThis could not have happened to a better person. You\u2019ve worked your
\nway from the bottom up. And let me tell you what – all the Boston
\nguys were texting me on my phone tonight, saying, \u2018Your boy is in
\ntrouble. This guy is a real guy he\u2019s fighting tonight. He\u2019s in
\ntrouble.\u2019 And you could not have won more impressively. It\u2019s kind
\nof weird cause you\u2019re already in the UFC, but Sal, welcome to the
\nUFC\u2026 This is a life-changing contract. So, I highly doubt he needs
\nto show up at the UFC headquarters every day unless he\u2019s training
\nat the P.I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Preston
\nLaGrange<\/a> (7-1) and Nell Ariano<\/a>
\n(6-1) closed out the card in a light heavyweight showdown. LaGrange
\nbegan getting the better of Ariano, who then chose to engage in a
\nslugfest.<\/p>\n

LaGrange knocked out Ariano with a right hand in a significant
\nupset. White admitted he sympathized with the fighters before the
\nbout because it would be difficult to outshine Everett\u2019s
\nperformance in the previous matchup. However, the +400 underdog\u2019s
\nfirst-round knockout was enough to impress White.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreston, when I was at the back before your fight came up, I said,
\n\u2018I feel bad for Preston now that they have to come out after Sal
\njust did what he did,\u2019\u201d White said while giving LaGrange a UFC
\ncontract. \u201cBut holy sh*t, 4-1 underdog, that\u2019s all I have to say.
\nGet your *ss over here. Congratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mateus
\nSoares<\/a> earns a UFC contract \ud83d\udc4f \ud83d\udcfa: #DWCS on @paramountplus
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/wtG91YutwP<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nOctober 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Roque Conceicao, welcome to the UFC! \ud83d\udcfa:
\n#DWCS on @paramountplus https:\/\/t.co\/XsiOr1iwv9<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nOctober 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dana White is smiling ear to ear giving his
\nemployee Sal Everett a UFC contract \u2764\ufe0f “It’s kind of weird, because
\nyou are already at the UFC… but Sal, welcome to the UFC!” \ud83d\udcfa:
\n#DWCS on @paramountplus https:\/\/t.co\/s2rz5UShEs<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nOctober 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n

Preston
\nLaGrange<\/a>, welcome to the UFC! \ud83d\udcfa: #DWCS on @paramountplus
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/hZQ2MKjO92<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nOctober 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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