Sport · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Contender Series Week 4: UFC.com says all five winners received contracts
The File desk · Sep 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC
Status
Confirmed from UFC.com’s Week 4 results report dated Sept. 2, 2026.
UFC.com, in a Sept. 2, 2026 report on Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 4 (Meta APEX, Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2026), said the Season 10 contract-winner total rose to 20 after a “full house” of five contracts. Named: Adam Darby (Ireland), Silvestre Sanchez (Mexico), Adam Livingston (USA), Gabriel Lorenco and Modestino Rodrigues (Brazil). Official results on that page: Darby def. Patrick Rivera TKO (doctor stoppage) R3 2:42; Rodrigues def. Brandon Holmes TKO (punches) R1 0:15; Sanchez def. Liam McCracken TKO (punches) R3 2:44; Lorenco def. Charlie Cleveland KO (elbow and hammerfists) R1 2:02; Livingston def. Hunter Smith split decision.
UFC.com reported: “The running total of contract winners in Season 10 of Dana White’s Contender Series increased to 20 after Week 4 produced another full house of contract winners at Meta APEX.” The card was Sept. 1, 2026, at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. UFC.com named Adam Darby of Ireland, Silvestre Sanchez of Mexico, Adam Livingston of the USA, and Brazilians Gabriel Lorenco and Modestino Rodrigues as the five who earned contracts.
Official results on that UFC.com page: Adam Darby def. Patrick Rivera by TKO (doctor stoppage), Round 3, 2:42; Modestino Rodrigues def. Brandon Holmes by TKO (punches), Round 1, 0:15; Silvestre Sanchez def. Liam McCracken by TKO (punches), Round 3, 2:44; Gabriel Lorenco def. Charlie Cleveland by knockout (elbow and hammerfists), Round 1, 2:02. Adam Livingston def. Hunter Smith by split decision; the recap’s scorecards sentence lists 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
What is still unknown or disputed
- This file does not add a blow-by-blow beyond the official results UFC.com printed.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Week 4 Results + Scorecards | Dana White's Contender Series, Season 10
UFC.com · September 2, 2026
The running total of contract winners in Season 10 of Dana White’s Contender Series increased to 20 after Week 4 produced another full house of contract winners at Meta APEX. Ireland’s Adam Darby, Mexico’s Silvestre Sanchez, USA’s Adam Livingston and Brazilian duo Gabriel Lorenco and Modestino Rodrigues all earned UFC deals.
https://www.ufc.com/news/dana-whites-contender-series-season-10-week-4-results