Dana White’s Contender Series is back at the Meta APEX on Tuesday with a five-fight Season 10 card built for contracts. Episode 5 lands September 8, 2026 in Las Vegas, and the official UFC preview locks in the matchups before Dana White and the matchmakers decide who, if anyone, gets a UFC deal when the night is over.
Season 10 runs ten weekly Tuesday episodes on Paramount+, starting at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT from the Meta APEX. Each show typically stacks five bouts, then White reveals the contracts live.
Undefeated prospect Quentin Pasley (3-0), out of Fighting Arts Academy in New Haven, Connecticut, meets undefeated Arlind Berisha (5-0) of 038 Fight Club. Pasley, 24, has finished every pro fight in round one by knockout and went 7-0 as an amateur, all finishes. He has already come back from two ACL tears — the second cost him reconstructive surgery, six months of therapy, and a year away — and UFC says his knee is fully recovered. Berisha, 25, lives in Kosovo, fights as an Albanian, and has also finished every professional opponent in the first round, including a 31-second submission last time out. His amateur résumé includes IMMAF World Cup gold.
Isaac Moreno (8-0) of Primetime Headquarters takes on Reginaldo Junior (11-1) of Fighting Nerds in São Paulo. Moreno, 28, has five knockouts among his eight wins and an undefeated amateur run that also ended every fight early. A karate black belt and former world champion in point fighting and kickboxing, he calls his style methodical. Junior, 27, brings grappling as a listed strength and a one-loss pro ledger into the welterweight bout.
RFA champion Martin Kozák (6-0), the 24-year-old “CEO” from Mattix MMA in eastern Slovakia, faces Christian Echols (8-4). Kozák has four knockouts and two submissions. Echols, 28, holds a CFC middleweight title and a BJJ brown belt out of 10th Planet in Birmingham, Alabama.
At bantamweight, Kwon Won Il (14-6) meets Apollo Gomes (12-2). Won Il, 31, a PBoy MMA coach with 12 career knockouts, returns after a Contender Series loss by second-round knockout to Juan Dias and has not fought since. Gomes, 26, trains at Chute Boxe Diego Lima after moving to São Paulo to chase fighting full-time.
Colton Loud (7-1) of Skywalker 101 in Omaha closes the listed card against undefeated Christian Natividad (9-0) of MMA Lab in Arizona. Loud, 25, a Fort Worth native, karate black belt and BJJ purple belt, owns a 100% finish rate with six first-round finishes. Natividad, 29, grew up in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, has three first-round knockouts, and is chasing the same UFC path his brother Kevin already took. On the nickname that stuck in the LFA, Natividad told UFC: “everyone could throw a punch, but not everyone could throw a ‘Hawaiian Punch.’”
Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 5 — September 8, 2026 — Meta APEX, Las Vegas
- Quentin Pasley vs Arlind Berisha
- Isaac Moreno vs Reginaldo Junior
- Martin Kozák vs Christian Echols
- Kwon Won Il vs Apollo Gomes
- Colton Loud vs Christian Natividad
Watch on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
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