After being one the most pleasant surprises of 2017, Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series has returned. Free from the constraints of reality TV nonsense like The Ultimate Fighter (not to mention the constant weight cuts and horrid pace), and without the traveling and shenanigans from Lookin’ For a Fight, fighters get a full camp to prepare and compete in hopes of snagging a UFC contract.
The approach is simple: fighters off the regional circuit fight each other, and some of the winners get a shot at the UFC. Please not that not everyone gets a deal with a win; that’s just how it is.