Overview
- Season 9 concluded Oct. 14 with DWCS 86, a six-bout slate streamed on ESPN+ from Las Vegas.
- Wes Schultz tapped Mario Mingaj in Round 1 with a Suloev Stretch, one of MMA’s rare submissions.
- Michael Oliveira dropped Victor Valenzuela repeatedly before a Round 2 stoppage in their welterweight bout.
- Marwan Rahiki scored a second-round KO of Ananias Mulumba, and Juan Díaz finished Won Il Kwon with a spinning back elbow.
- Season summaries and live reports indicated a new high for finishes across the 10-week run, with tallies cited at 34.