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Contender Series Weigh-in Results: All Fighters Hit Contracted Marks for Week 3

The stage is set for the third week of Dana White’s Contender Series, as all 10 competitors made weight without issue on Monday.

The Contender Series takes place on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The evening’s featured contest is a middleweight affair pitting Trent Miller (184) against Ryan Gandra (184).

Anchored at Xtreme Couture, Miller has competed for a variety of regional organizations including Tuff-N-Uff, Legacy Fighting Alliance and Cage Fury Fighting Championships. He is 2-0 thus far in 2025 and is coming off a third-round TKO of Said-Magomed Abdulgaziev at Tuff-N-Uff 144 on May 22.

Brazil’s Gandra has won six consecutive professional outings — five inside the distance. Most recently, “Problema” knocked out Vladimir Calvo Marrero in the opening stanza of their encounter at LFA 197 this past November.

Contender Series Weigh-in Results:

Trent Miller (184) vs. Ryan Gandra (184)
Damon Wilson (145.5) vs. Marcio Barbosa (145.5)
Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev (206) vs. Alik Lorenz (206)
Cristian Perez (155) vs. Manoel Sousa (155.5)
Donte Johnson (209) vs. Darion Abbey (226.5)

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com


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