Dana White’s Contender Series returns to the Meta APEX on Tuesday with Season 10’s sixth episode, and contracts are again on the line. The five-bout card is set for September 15, 2026 in Las Vegas, with Dana White and the UFC matchmakers watching who, if anyone, walks out with a deal when the night is done.
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 fights, then White announces the contracts live.
Undefeated Zevan “Cheese” Hunt (7-0) of American Elite in Edmond, Oklahoma, meets Mayton “The Lion” Perea (8-3) of DC Team Ecuador in Machala. Hunt, 27, has finished five of his seven wins in the first round across 13 years of training and 23 combined amateur and pro bouts. (The official UFC card list spells his first name Zaven; the athlete bio uses Zevan.) Perea, 26, is a decorated Olympic wrestler and multiple-time national champion chasing what UFC calls a first Ecuadorian UFC contract. Raised in Ibarra, he is a double champion in Ecuador and an Inka FC titleholder.
Oscar “El Punisher” Ravello (13-3-1) of Team Capone and Team Sniper faces Igor Cavalcanti (13-2) of Infinity Fight Team. Ravello, from Peru, brings a Taekwondo, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu background into the Contender Series cage. Cavalcanti, 28, has stopped all 13 of his wins — 10 by knockout and three by submission — after growing up in Natal, Brazil, and later settling in Rio Grande do Sul.
Akbar Abdullaev is listed on the Episode 6 card against a TBD opponent. The UFC preview has not named a replacement yet.
Luis Hernandez (7-0), 30, of Freedom Fighters MMA and Kill Cliff FC, takes on Hugo “The White Walker” Guillon (7-1), 29, of Ghost Arena in Lyon, France. Hernandez owns a 100% finish rate with three knockouts and four submissions plus a Combat Night title at 185, and works as a deputy sheriff on the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department priority response team. Guillon has finished five of seven wins in round one after a decade of Judo and a late start in MMA at 21; he has sparred at CIT in South Africa for Dricus Du Plessis.
Tyshawn Williams, out of East Baltimore with wrestling from age five, closes the listed card against Antônio Monteiro (18-5), 31, of Nova União under Dedé Pederneiras. Williams trained in Liverpool before working with Eric Nicksick at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and counts Mansur Abdul-Malik as a friend and training partner. Monteiro, who moved from Amazonas to Rio, returns after a short-notice decision loss on the 2024 Contender Series and a promised second opportunity; he is driven by his wife and twin children.
Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 6 — September 15, 2026 — Meta APEX, Las Vegas
- Zevan Hunt vs Mayton Perea
- Oscar Ravello vs Igor Cavalcanti
- Akbar Abdullaev vs TBD
- Luis Hernandez vs Hugo Guillon
- Tyshawn Williams vs Antonio Monteiro
Watch on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
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