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The second episode of the Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) season 6 took place on August 2 at the Apex in Las Vegas. The night saw five fighters walk away with a UFC contract.
All the winners of the night's five featured bouts seemed to have impressed the promotion's president Dana White. Fighters Chris Duncan, Vinicius Salvador, Francis Marshall, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Billy Goff are the contract recipients.
In the main event, Chris Duncan overcame a highly aggressive Charlie Campbell by delivering a first-round KO. The Scotsman is a returning DWCS competitor. Duncan lost his first outing in the 2021 edition of the competition via a second-round KO.
Vinicius Salvador delivered a second-round TKO against Shannon Ross to pave his way to the UFC. With this win, the flyweight is currently on a four-fight win streak.
In the only fight of the card that went the distance, the undefeated Francis Marshall clinched a comfortable unanimous decision over fellow featherweight Connor Mathews.
In the heavyweight division, Waldo Cortes-Acosta mesmerized White with his first-round TKO victory against Danilo Suzart. The 30-year-old will enter the UFC as a 7-0 undefeated athlete.
Contract winner Billy Goff impressively finished his opponent at 3:37 in the very first round. The American secured a TKO stoppage against fellow welterweight Shimon Smotritsky to earn the UFC president's nod.
Dana White was clearly blown away by week two of the UFC feeder program after a rather lackluster opening night. The UFC president made it a point to express his delight regarding the event in the post-fight press event.
"This is what this show is all about" an impressed Dana Whites talks about week two of DWCS season six
In the post-fight presser of the DWCS week two, the UFC president heaped praise on the night's highly entertaining performances. White stated that the fight card was trending worldwide.
According to the 53-year-old, the night's impressive showings summed up perfectly what the series was all about. The UFC president further criticized the opening night for its lack of action and boring fights:
"[Dana White's Contender Series] is trending world wide for the first time ever. No.2 in the United States, No.1 in the UK. No.6 in Canada. The list goes on and on of the trends worldwide. This is what this show is all about... When I came up with this concept, this was what the concept was supposed to be, not last weekend."
Watch Dana White talk about week two of the competition below:
In an interview with Laura Sanko after the event, Dana White labeled the fight card as one of the best DWCS cards of all time.
The lackluster opening weekend of the competition saw only Joe Pyfer getting his hands on the ever elusive contract among the featured bouts.
