Author:Gage Holder          Editor:Harrison Holder

Week one of this season of the Contender Series saw a bit of a mixed bag as a few of the fights and fighters underperformed as we saw only two fighters who won receive contracts. One was, of course, a bit of history as Khamzat Chimaev’s teammate Baisangur Susurkaev won his contender series fight by first-round KO and then proceeded to make his UFC debut just 4 days later on the UFC 319 PPV, which was headlined by his teammate and newly crowned Middleweight champion, Khamzat Chimaev. Baisangur won his UFC debut in the featured prelim via a second-round rear-naked choke in the quickest debut for a contender series alum ever! We had an alright start to the season on straight picks as we went 2-3, pushing our record on the site to 36-18 on straight contender series fight picks. We have another full five-fight episode coming for you this Tuesday your full card preview is down below👇🏻 enjoy fight fans!

*Bout Order, Odds and card subject to change*

*Full Fight Posters Via UFC IG*

Opening Bout Featherweight(145)

Tommy Cuozzi(8-0)(#19 FW Southeast)(+260 underdog) Vs Ramiro Jimenez(10-0)(#19 FW North America)(-350 favorite)

Second Bout Heavyweight(265)

Josh Hokit(5-0)(#8 HW US West)(-500 favorite) Vs Guilherme Uriel(6-1)(#24 HW Brazil)(+350 underdog)

Third Bout Men’s Bantamweight(135)

Louis Lee Scott(9-0)(#8 BW UK/Ireland)(-430 favorite) Vs Kaushik Saikumar(5-0)(#24 BW US Southeast)(+300 underdog)

Co-Main Event Middleweight(185)

Brandon Holmes(5-0)(#73 MW North America)(-160 favorite) Vs Cam Rowston(11-3)(#2 MW Australia/NZ)(+125 underdog) 

Main Event Featherweight(145)

Manuel Exposite(13-2)(#12 FW Latin America)(+340 moderate underdog) Vs Jose Delano(15-3)(#2 FW Brazil)(-500 favorite)

My Picks:Jimenez Via Second Round KO/TKO

Hokit Via First Round KO/TKO

Lee Scott Via Second Round KO/TKO

Holmes Via Second Round KO/TKO

Delano Via Third Round KO/TKO