Nick
Galanti worked with a
Dana White's Contender Series alum ahead of his appearance on
the show.

Galanti (8-1) opened the action on
Week 3 of DWCS 2026 in a middleweight clash against Carlos
Petruzzella (15-2). While Galanti is known for his wrestling,
he floored Petruzzella with a right hook and finished him with
ground-and-pound in just 35 seconds.

Nick Galanti credits Karl Roberson after knocking out Carlos
Petruzzella

Galanti later revealed that he has been working with former

Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Karl
Roberson to develop his striking. While he originally hoped for
a head-kick knockout, he is just as happy to have earned a UFC
contract with a right hook.

“Everyone says I'm just a grappler, but I have been working with my
guy Karl Roberson, UFC vet, Glory vet; he had one of the fastest
knockouts,†Galanti said in his post-fight interview. “The whole
time I was calling that right hook. I love that right hook in open
stances. I was hoping for a head-kick knockout, but I think it got
hooked up.â€

Roberson had earned his UFC contract with a 15-second knockout of
Ryan
Spann in the first season of DWCS in 2017. Galanti's teammate
Luke
Fernandez, who also trains with Roberson, scored the fastest
knockout in last season of DWCS in 15 seconds as well.

DIDN’T TAKE LONG AT ALL â°

Nick
Galanti corks a right hand into GNP to earn the knockout!

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August 25, 2026

The right hook was right there 👊

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August 25, 2026

Guilherme
Uriel believes he made a mistake by not using his jiu-jitsu in
his first
Dana White's Contender Series appearance last year.

Uriel (8-2) made his second DWCS appearance on Aug. 25 in a
heavyweight matchup against Mario
Piazzon in
Week 3 of Season 10. Uriel made Piazzon tap to a standing
guillotine in 50 seconds to earn an
Ultimate Fighting Championship contract.

Guilherme Uriel explains the jiu-jitsu adjustment that helped
earn his UFC contract

Uriel had previously suffered a knockout loss against Josh Hokit
in his first DWCS opportunity last year. He believes he shouldn't
have abandoned his jiu-jitsu against Hokit. Uriel knew that
Piazzon, being a product of the
Galpao Da Luta gym, would inevitably grapple and hence worked
on his takedown defense and fence work ahead of their DWCS
bout.

“One of the things from last time, it was my sin not to use my
jiu-jitsu,†Uriel said in his post-fight interview. “And with all
due respect to Galpao Da Luta, that’s a great gym. We know they’re
tough people, but we trained all that, all the time. We knew that
jiu-jitsu was going to happen, and we, all the takedown defenses,
just make sure that everything was against the fence. And when that
neck was there, I said, ‘I’m taking that home. I’m not going to let
that go.'â€

Uriel has finished all eight of his career wins in the first
round.

TAP TAP TAP 👋

Guilherme
Uriel takes home the submission win via the gilly!

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August 26, 2026

Dana White is resourceful and looks out for those in his good
graces.

Content creator Nina Marie-Daniele, who covers several TKO events,
recently revealed how White helped her deal with a stalker.
Daniele's phone number was once leaked on the internet, leading to
numerous calls from unknown numbers. However, one stalker got
really persistent and wouldn't stop bothering Daniele until White
intervened.

Dana White got Nina Drama's stalker added to no-fly list

Daniele claims the stalker used to send her videos of cartel
beheadings. She then approached the
Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO for help. Daniele says she
got a call from counter terrorism within a couple of minutes after
calling White.

Counter terrorism found the stalker's details within a day and put
him on a no-fly list so that he couldn't come to Las Vegas.

“I got a stalker,†Daniele said on her Kick stream. “The stalker
was crazy, he was out of his f*cking mind and he wouldn't stop
harassing me. He was sending me cartel beheadings and all these
kind of stuff. So, I told Dana. And Dana was like, ‘Hold on, babe,
one minute.' And then two seconds later, I had counter terrorism
call me and they showed up at my house. And they took all my
information and by the next morning they found my stalker. And they
put him on a no-fly list so that he could never come to Vegas.â€

A couple of years ago I had a crazy stalker
and I called Dana White for help and he sent the counter terrorism
team to my home and the next day they found the stalker and put him
on a no fly list. Freaking love Dana… he don't mess around pic.twitter.com/qAtplsqDBN

— Nina-Marie Daniele (@Ninadrama)
August 25, 2026