Overview
- Dana White awarded UFC contracts to the five Week 4 winners at Meta APEX, including Adam Darby, Modestino Rodrigues, Silvestre Sanchez, Gabriel Lourenco, and Adam Livingston.
- The card on Sept. 1 produced four stoppages and one split decision, highlighted by Rodrigues’ 15-second TKO and Darby’s third-round doctor stoppage in the main event.
- Darby beat Patrick Rivera by TKO (doctor stoppage), Sanchez knocked out Liam McCracken late in round three, and Lourenco finished Charlie Cleveland in the first round to earn deals.
- Season 10 has now added roughly 20 fighters after four weeks, continuing a trend of signing nearly every weekly winner and rewarding emphatic finishes as the clearest path to a contract.
- The rapid influx of signees raises questions about how quickly the UFC will activate new fighters and manage roster size, and Week 4 included a disputed early stoppage that underlined recurring debates over referee and doctor calls.