# Dana White's Contender Series season 7

Season 7 of Dana White's Contender Series commences in August 2023 and in the US is exclusive to ESPN+, ESPN's new over-the-top subscription package.

## Week 1 – August 8
### Background

Joshua Van was expected to face Kevin Borjas in a flyweight bout at the event, but he was pulled in order to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov at UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria. He was replaced by Rickson Zenidim. However, Zenidim had visa issues and was replaced by Victor Dias.

### Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Kevin Borjas, Payton Talbott, Caio Machado, Tom Nolan, and César Almeida

## Week 2 – August 15

* ↑ Sonmez missed weight (147 lbs)

### Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Charalampos Grigoriou, Eduarda Moura, Hyder Amil, Ibo Aslan, and Abdul-Kerim Al-Selwady

## Week 3 – August 22
### Background

Edgar Chairez was expected to face Felipe dos Santos in a flyweight bout at the event, but he was pulled in order to face Tatsuro Taira at UFC 290. He was briefly replaced by Luciano Pereira. At the weigh-ins, Pereira did not step onto the scale due to a medical issue and the bout was scrapped entirely.

### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Luis Pajuelo, Oban Elliott, and Zachary Reese

## Week 4 – August 29
### Background

Val Woodburn was expected to face Marco Tulio Silva in a middleweight bout at the event, but he was pulled in order to face Bo Nickal at UFC 290. He was replaced by Yousri Belgaroui.

### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Bolaji Oki, Thomas Petersen, and Carlos Prates

## Week 5 – September 5
### Background

Corinne Laframboise was expected to face Rainn Guerrero in a women's flyweight bout at the event, but she was pulled after discovering she was pregnant during pre-fight medical screenings. She was replaced by Dione Barbosa. Cam Rowston was expected to face Chad Hanekom in a middleweight bout but was replaced by Dylan Budka for unknown reasons.

### Contract awards

The following fighters (all winners of the night) were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Dione Barbosa, Jean Silva, Dylan Budka, Serhiy Sidey, and Brendson Ribeiro

## Week 6 – September 12
### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* James Llontop, Jhonata Diniz, Steven Nguyen, Julia Polastri, and Jean Matsumoto

## Week 7 – September 19
### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Igor da Silva, Kaynan Kruschewsky, Stephanie Luciano, and Shamil Gaziev

## Week 8 – September 26
### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Vinicius de Oliveira, Ernesta Kareckaitė, Carli Judice, Danny Silva, Angel Pacheco, and Danny Barlow

## Week 9 – October 3
### Background

Lucas Rocha and Davi Bittencourt were scheduled to fight on this card in a flyweight bout. However, Rocha missed weight by five pounds and the bout was cancelled. The bout was rebooked for the following week.

### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Maurício Ruffy, Magomed Gadzhiyasulov, José Daniel Medina, Victor Hugo Silva, and Rodolfo Bellato

## Week 10 – October 10
### Contract awards

The following fighters were awarded contracts with the UFC:
* Lucas Rocha, MarQuel Mederos, Connor Matthews, André Lima, and Ramon Taveras