Dana White's Contender Series start time: Where to watch, live stream Week 9 and the full fight card — SkimNews
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- Sal Everett, a former UFC mailroom worker and Dana White's personal runner who learned he'd be fighting while stocking a fridge, meets Ozzy Martin as a -135 welterweight favorite on the Week 9 card
- Nell Ariano, a former French National Team judo black belt who suffered a stroke four years ago, is a -535 favorite over Preston LaGrange at light heavyweight, fighting for his father who is currently battling cancer
- Summer Onley (-166) headlines the women's bantamweight slot against Alivia Bierley (+140); she trains under UFC veteran Pete Spratt, who fought Carlos Newton, Robbie Lawler, and Georges St-Pierre in consecutive bouts
- Roque Conceicao returns to Contender Series as a -102 underdog against Alexander Chavez (-118), with his 2024 loss to Imanol Rodriguez 'aging well' after Rodriguez scored a first-round KO at UFC 332
- Ryuho Miyaguchi (+310) tries again after a Road to UFC tournament loss against heavy bantamweight favorite Mateus Soares (-395)
- Week 9 streams exclusively on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET on Oct. 6 from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, part of UFC's seven-year exclusive rights deal running through 2033
Why it matters: As the penultimate episode of the season, Week 9 is one of the last shots fighters have at earning UFC contracts before the finale — and with Paramount+ locked in as UFC's exclusive U.S. home through 2033, every Contender Series episode now doubles as a streaming subscriber draw at $8.99/month or $89.99/year.
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