Contender Series 2024: Week 4 returns on August 3 with an exciting lineup. We will take an in depth look at this week’s rosters and events in general.
Preview
The event returns with Igor Cavalcanti facing off against Seok Hyun Ko. This week we have a total of 5 bouts where the fighters will be facing off each other at the UFC Apex venue. Consisting of 4 main cards and one main event, there will be a great amount of variations among each event with fighters from different class weights and country facing off against each other.
For the main event we have Igor Cavalcanti from Brazil who is the moderate favorite for the fight while facing off against the moderate underdog Seok Hyun Ko from South Korea. Both of them belong to the Welterweight in their respective country.
Cavalcanti known as Jacre has a win streak of 9 fights, defeating Paulo Mauricio Junior in a knockout 5 months ago, retaining his undefeated title. He is the favorite one for the main event as he has better odds against his Korean opponent. Cavalcanti has a reputation of winning most of his games with knockouts with 78% of his winning coming from that method and for this particular event he is thought to have a 92.5% opportunity for KO.
Seok going by his stage name Incredible has had his 10th win by defeating Alwin Kincai in 2023. He is returning to the scene after taking 8 months of break, looking to reestablish his dominance. With 10 wins and 2 losses, Seok won the majority of his fights from knockouts leading to 60% of the wins.
Besides the main event we will have 4 other bouts that are main card fights. One of the cards has a female fight where Yuneisy Duben will face off against Shannon Clark. The event will also feature a middleweight fight where Will Currie will face off against Djorden Santos.
Time Schedule
- Date: Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series Week 4 will be held on August 3, 2024
- Time: The event will start on 08:00 PM ET
Where to Watch & Stream
TV Broadcast: As for watching on TV one can tune in during the fight on ESPN cable network where it will be broadcast live.
Livestream: Live Streaming is available through ESPN+ where the whole night will be live streamed. One can get the subscription to ESPN+ for just $10.99 a month.
List of Fight Cards
Let’s take a look at who will be facing off against who in the upcoming night.
Main Event
- Igor Cavalcanti vs Seok Hyun Ko
Main Card
- Quillan Salkilld vs Gauge Young
- Yuneisy Duben vs Shannon Clark
- Austin Bashi vs Dorian Ramos
- Will Currie vs Djorden Santos