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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SEPTEMBER 8, 2019: Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, at a news conference following a title unification bout between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier at the UFC 242 mixed martial arts tournament. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SEPTEMBER 8, 2019: Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, at a news conference following a title unification bout between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier at the UFC 242 mixed martial arts tournament. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
Dana White is one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, and he is responsible for the UFC’s current success. White has taken the UFC from rags to riches and has completely transformed the world of combat sports for MMA fans.
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Dana White created his own MMA series, which is complementary to the UFC- The Dana White’s Contender Series. The entire objective of this show is to discover new talent worthy of competing in the UFC. The show is presently in its fifth season and is doing extremely well. Through the Dana White’s Contender Series, White has successfully found many excellent fighters for the UFC roster.
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At the press conference of one of these events, Dana White made a claim. He stated that his contender series holds the second-best fight library in the world.
“I was thinking about this tonight. You know, we own a few libraries you know in combat sports. This is the second-best library in combat sports. I mean, you can make the argument for PRIDE because PRIDE had some classic unbelievable fights, but they had a lot of shi**y fights on there a lot of mismatches and things like that too but this thing in four seasons top to bottom I mean every single fight is excellent, it’s crazy. This is the second-best library in all of combat sports, it’s unbelievable,” said Dana White.
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Dana White’s Contender Series 45: Results
Dana White awarded UFC contracts to five fighters during the ninth week of the fifth season of the Dana White’s Contender Series. The outcomes were as follows.
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GLENDALE, AZ – JUNE 12: Dana White meets with the press following UFC 263 on June 12, 2021, at Gila River Arena in Glendale, AZ. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Gadzhi Omargadzhiev defeated Jansey Silva in the first round via a kneebar submission.
Christian Quinonez defeated Long Xiao by unanimous decision.
Manuel Torres defeated Kolton Englund in the first round via TKO.
Javid Basharat beat Oron Kahlon in the third round by submission.
Karine Silva defeated Yan Qihui by submission in the second round.
Olivier Murad beat Xie Bin via a split decision.
UFC contracts were awarded to Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, Christian Quinonez, Javid Basharat, Karine Silva, and Manuel Torres for their performances at the Dana White’s Contender Series.
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However, the focus will be on White’s claim about the UFC library. What is your take on the same?
