Dana White’s Contender Series 8 Week 6 Results And Highlights

After week 6 of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series last night four more fighters were awarded UFC contracts. Elijah Smith, Tallison Teixeira, Ateba Gautier and Ahmad Hassanzada all fought their way into the promotion following their victories, while Benjamin Bennett missed out after failing to impress Dana White enough with his split-decision ...

After week 6 of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series last night four more fighters were awarded UFC contracts.

Elijah Smith, Tallison Teixeira, Ateba Gautier and Ahmad Hassanzada all fought their way into the promotion following their victories, while Benjamin Bennett missed out after failing to impress Dana White enough with his split-decision win.

Though Smith’s victory was the only one of the new UFC recruits to go to the judges scorecards he grabbed the most attention on the night due to the fact that his father Gilbert ‘Chocolate Thunder’ Smith is a former UFC fighter who competed on two seasons of TUF. Thanks to last night’s win Elijah and Gilbert are now only the second ever father-son duo to have competed in the UFC in the history of the promotion.

Elijah Smith def. Aaron Tau via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Tallison Teixeira def. Arthur Lopes via knockout (punch) — R1, 1:57

Benjamin Bennett def. Joey Hart def. via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Ateba Gautier def. Yura Naito via TKO (punches) — R2, 4:00

Ahmad Hassanzada def. Dylan Mantello via submission (rear-naked choke) — R3, 2:41

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