Through each of the first seven seasons of Dana White’s Contender Series, the number of contracts awarded has gone up each successive season, building from 16 contracts over eight events in the inaugural season to a record 46 last year on Season 7.
In total, there have been 234 athletes that have graduated to the UFC roster from the 66 combined weeks of fights, plus 11 competitors from the three-week All-Brazilian season that took place in the summer of 2018. Included in those graduating ranks are current bantamweight champ Sean O’Malley, former light heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill, current contenders like Jack Della Maddalena and Maycee Barber, and dynamic rookies Jean Silva and Carlos Prates.