DWCS 80, often known as week 4 in season 9 of Dana White’s Contender Sequence, is upon us. After an MMA-free weekend over the Labor Day vacation interval, the world of aggressive violence is buzzing as soon as once more because the final weeks of the summer season schedule play out.
Final week’s present on the UFC Apex introduced extra pleasure to the Tuesday evening MMA promotion. 5 extra prospects acquired UFC offers from CEO Dana White on the finish of this system.
Reside protection of week 4 is seen inside the USA at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN+. Internationally, DWCS 80 might be accessible by UFC Battle Move. As typical, 5 fights will happen contained in the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, NV.
DWCS 80 Major Occasion: Jack Congdon vs. Jean-Paul Lesbosnoyani
On the high of the invoice on Tuesday evening, the welterweights go to the fabled Octagon for a battle matching Jack Congdon (7-1 MMA,) a veteran of Cage Titans, with Jean-Paul Lesbosnoyani (8-2 MMA), an alumnus of the LFA. All fights are a most of three rounds at 5 minutes per spherical.
Congdon might be making the stroll this Tuesday having gone 4-1 in his final 5 fights. At present, he’s gained three fights in succession courting again to Sept. 14 of final 12 months. This previous Might, he scored a second-round knockout victory over Zack Davis (9-8 MMA) in Cage Titans 71.
Jack Congdon is on a sizzling streak heading into DWCS 80 on Tuesday night. As we’ve talked about earlier than in these items, a fighter on a sizzling streak is usually a fighter who’s most harmful when the cage door shuts on a given night. Will he win his fourth battle in a row on Tuesday evening?
In the meantime, Jean-Paul Lesbosnoyani might be sporting a 4-1 file himself going into this week’s foremost occasion. In the mean time, he’s gained three straight fights.
On the evening of April 11, Lesbosnoyani stopped Kegan Gennrich (9-5 MMA) with a first-round submission by means of a rear-naked choke throughout LFA 206’s foremost occasion in Prior Lake, MN on UFC Battle Move.
Numerically talking, each contestants on this foremost occasion have mixed for 10 wins inside the gap forward of DWCS 80 on Tuesday evening. Who emerges victorious right here?
DWCS 80 Co-Major Occasion: Theo Haig vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk
Instantly beforehand, middleweights do battle when Theo Haig (6-0 MMA) takes on Cezary Oleksiejczuk (15-3 MMA.) Haig, a veteran of each the late Bellator MMA and the LFA, has but to lose as a fighter. Again on Jan. 10, he completed Stated-Magomed Abdulgaziev (7-10 MMA) with a first-round rear-naked choke in LFA 199.
Abdulgaziev has since misplaced 5 fights in a row, together with a defeat by the hands of Trent Miller, who competed on DWCS 79 final week. Haig hasn’t fought in near eight months’ time, so how a lot ring rust does he have going into DWCS 80?
Throughout the way in which, Cezary Oleksiejczuk might be making the stroll for the nineteenth time as knowledgeable competitor with a mark of 4-1 in his previous 5 appearances contained in the cage. In February, he bested Tom Breese (20-6 MMA) in simply 90 seconds throughout FNC 21 in Zadar, Croatia.
This can be a man who’s a seasoned vet of the game of MMA with 18 skilled fights already accomplished heading into this midweek tussle. Can he rating a UFC deal by evening’s finish Tuesday?
DWCS 80: Mandel Nallo vs. Samuel Silva
Earlier on the cardboard, you’ll be seeing a light-weight confrontation matching Mandel Nallo (13-3, 1 NC MMA) with Samuel Silva (13-4-1 MMA.) Nallo, a former Samourai MMA Tremendous Light-weight Champion, has posted a file of 4-1 over the previous 5 contests.
He’s on a four-fight profitable streak forward of DWCS 80, however hasn’t fought in a 12 months. Final August, he took the then-vacant tremendous light-weight championship with a first-round submission by means of rear-naked choke towards Robert Seres (8-6 MMA) in Samourai MMA Chapter 11’s co-main occasion of the night on UFC Battle Move.
By the point the cage door closes this Tuesday evening, 368 days can have elapsed for the Mandel Nallo camp. Can he finish his yearlong hiatus with a fifth consecutive victory?
Within the different nook, Samuel Silva, a veteran of Cage Warriors, Oktagon MMA, and the LFA, has gone 5-0 in his final 5 fights going again to July of 2023. On March 21, he unseated George Hardwick (13-3 MMA, 0-1 DWCS) because the Cage Warriors Light-weight Champion by means of unanimous determination after 25 minutes of motion within the Cage Warriors 186 featured prelim.
Defeating a tricky fighter like George Hardwick appears to be like good on Samuel Silva’s resume, however can he take down one other champion in Mandel Nallo? Tune in and discover out.
Remainder of the Card
Two different fights will happen on DWCS 80 this Tuesday evening, a flyweight showcase between An Tuan Ho (6-1 MMA) and Eduardo Chapolin (14-2 MMA) and a featherweight contest pairing Tommy McMillen (8-0 MMA) with David Mgoyan (7-0 MMA.)
Which battle or fights are you trying ahead to this coming week? Tell us within the feedback.
