Overview

• Radley Da Silva will meet Australian prospect George Mangos on the opening episode of Season 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas.
• A win in the series guarantees a UFC contract and paves the way for Da Silva’s hoped-for promotional debut on the UFC Vancouver card in October.
• The 30-year-old BFL featherweight champion boasts a seven-fight winning streak, including a spinning-heel-kick knockout last September and a January title defense.
• Mangos arrives undefeated at 7-0 as the reigning HEX Series featherweight champion and represents one of the Contender Series’ top emerging talents.
• Da Silva’s unorthodox striking is rooted in a lifelong capoeira lineage, bolstered by jiu-jitsu and wrestling training since childhood.