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The X-Men have gotten a reputation for dark stories over the years. Comics like The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past threw brutal endings at readers, but honestly they mostly made sense for the stories they were in. X-Men stories since those two have often gone in pretty dark directions, but most of the time it made perfect sense because they were built up to be dark stories. That’s not the case with all of them, though.

Some X-Men stories start out normal and suddenly take a turn into the darkest territory by the end. Readers didn’t expect them to become as bleak as they did, and their endings gave readers a rather visceral surprise. These stories had stark endings that often changed the way readers thought about the characters and the X-Men.

10 New X-Men: Planet X

By Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning, Simon Coleby, Chris Chuckry, and Chris Eliopolous

Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run was quite philosophical, but it could also get visceral. New X-Men: Planet X is a great example of that. This was a Magneto story filtered through Grant Morrison’s mind, big stakes superheroism that kicked off with the team at their lowest ebb and eventually saw them triumphantly save the day. Then Magneto hit Jean Grey with a planetary scale stroke, Wolverine cut off his head, and everyone started crying and screaming.

The last page was a century time jump, which was sort of a balm, but this entire ending wasn’t what anyone was expecting at all. Up until the end, Planet X was a pretty standard Magneto story, but Morrison went from zero to a thousand miles per hour real quick. It was the last glimpse of readers got of the entire present day cast of New X-Men before Morrison left, and it was a doozy.

9 X-Men: Omega

By Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, Bud Larosa, Tim Townsend, Karl Kesel, Harry Candelario, Scott Hanna, Al Milgrom, Steve Buccellato, Electric Crayon, Richard Starking, and Comicraft

It seems weird to find the end of The Age of Apocalypse surprisingly dark, but X-Men: Omega took the cake. The comic told the story of the last battle against Apocalypse, as Magneto’s X-Men stormed Apocalypse’s palace both to rescue the mutant master of magnetism and to use the M’Kraan Crystal to send Bishop back in time to stop this terrible timeline from happening. X-Men died and there was an oncoming nuclear holocaust, but readers had hoped there would be some kind of happy ending.

Instead, there was unremitting misery. Instead of letting the AoA end on a high note, with the triumphant X-Men fading away as their timeline ended, the nuclear holocaust killed everyone. The Age of Apocalypse was a grim story, but there was no reason to end it with everyone dying. However, it was the ’90s and happy endings weren’t always in the cards.

8 Avengers Vs. X-Men

By Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, John Romita Jr, Olivier Coipel, Adam Kubert, Scott Hanna, Mark Morales, John Dell, Larry Molinar, Laura Martin, and Chris Eliopolous

Everyone expected Avengers vs. X-Men to get pretty crazy, but no one expected it to end with Cyclops saying all the death was worth it. The story ending with a big Dark Phoenix battle wasn’t exactly a shock, and Cyclops being the one to fall to the power of the Phoenix also wasn’t a surprise. However, Cyclops telling Wolverine and Captain America that he felt like he won, despite killing Xavier and becoming the villain was a shock.

Cyclops spent the Utopia Era of the X-Men getting darker and harder, and the fact that he had no regrets over what he did just because mutants were repowered was something that made his story even darker. It’s one thing for a Phoenix host to regret losing control and hating what they became. Cyclops felt the exact opposite – he felt completely justified and that ended the story on a pitch black note.

7 Sins Of Sinister

Sins of Sinister broke the Marvel Universe and then built it back up again. Running through two bookend issues and three three-issue miniseries, Sins of Sinister saw Mister Sinister-fied Xavier, Emma Frost, Hope Summers, and Exodus, who Sinister had killed knowing that their resurrections would change them, take control of Krakoa, and then the world. Sinister decides that things have gone far enough, but when he goes to his Moira Machine to reset time, he finds it stolen. The story then takes place in ten years in the future, a hundred, and then a thousand, following Sinister, a group of Nightcrawler assassins, and Storm’s Brotherhood as they battle the Empire of the Red Diamond.

The last issue sees Sinister, Rasputin IV, and Moira MacTaggert reset time. Back in the present, Sinister warns everyone about what happened in the future to Xavier, Emma, Hope, and Exodus because of him. Sinister is put in the Pit but then so are Xavier, Emma, Hope, and Exodus despite them not being Sinister-fied. It completely changed the tenor of the Krakoa Era.

6 X-Men: The Hellfire Gala (2023) #1

By Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, Matteo Lolli, Luciano Vecchio, Javier Piña, Russell Dauterman, Kris Anka, R.B. Silva, Pepe Larraz, Rain Beredo, Ceci De La Cruz, Matthew Wilson, Marte Gracia, Erick Arciniega, and Virtual Calligraphy

X-Men: The Hellfire Gala (2023) #1 kicked off Fall of X. The Hellfire Gala had become a yearly institution in the Krakoa Era. The first one ended with the terraforming of Mars and the planet becoming the mutant world of Arakko. The second Gala was uneventful beyond naming the new X-Men team, and readers probably expected more of the same from the third one. However, that was the exact opposite of what they got.

About halfway through the issue, Orchis attacked. The new X-Men team was slaughtered, Iceman and Jean Grey were killed, and Professor X was forced to surrender. Doctor Stasis ordered Xavier to sent the mutants of Krakoa through the Gates, which Orchis had taken over. Several mutants were able to resist him and escaped to the basement of the Hellfire Club. Rogue saved Xavier, who blamed himself, and wanted to be left on the empty island of Krakoa. No one would have expected to Gala to end in such a terrible way, setting the stage for Fall of X.

5 X-Men: Schism

By Jason Aaron, Carlos Pacheco, Frank Cho, Daniel Acuña, Alan Davis, Mark Farmer, Mark Roslan, Cam Smith, Jason Keith, Frank D’Armata, and Jared Fletcher

X-Men: Schism broke the X-Men. Most readers knew that coming in, but just how dark everything got was astounding. Wolverine and Cyclops fighting wasn’t something that was unexpected to X-Men fans, despite them having years of stories that centered around their friendship at that point. However, making their fight over Cyclops wanting to make young mutants into child soldiers, and the X-Men endangered by a group of children that made up the new Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle, added to that.

Wolverine and Cyclops got down and dirty in their battle, hitting each other with their fists and words. They stopped their fight long enough to save Krakoa, but their relationship wasn’t mended. The two of them split the X-Men in half, endangering the mutant race when it didn’t need it. The story was destined to be dark, but the book shocked readers with its darkness.

4 X-Men: Deadly Genesis

By Ed Brubaker, Trevor Hairsine, Mike Perkins, Pete Woods, Brad Anderson, Nelson, Kris Justice, Val Staples, Artmonkey Studios, and Dave Lanphear

X-Men: Deadly Genesis got pretty dark from the beginning, as a secret enemy who seemed to know about something terrible in the X-Men’s past took the team apart. However, the end got even darker as it revealed that the secret enemy was Vulcan, who happened to be Gabriel Summers, the third Summers brother. Then, it got even worse when it was revealed what Professor X knew about the terrible situation.

Professor X had sent a group of mutants trained by Moira MacTaggert to Krakoa to save the captured X-Men before the All-New, All-Different team. However, that team was beaten allowing Cyclops time to escape and Xavier thought the whole team had died. Xavier ended up mindwiping every one of their existence. Professor X had always been shady, but this story shocked readers with how dark the ending was.

3 Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous

By Joss Whedon, John Cassaday, Laura Martin, and Chris Eliopolous

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous started like a standard X-Men story – the Danger Room gaining sentience and attacking the X-Men – and took it to a very dark place. Danger was searching for Professor X, but no one really knew why. However, the last issue of the story would drop a huge bombshell on readers – that Xavier had known about Danger the whole time and had enslaved Danger so the computer would continue to help train the X-Men.

Xavier has long been a complicated mentor figure, but him enslaving an entity so that it would do his bidding was a giant leap from what he had been before. To say that readers never expected this kind of thing was an understatement. It made Xavier persona non grata at his ancestral home and changed the way readers saw him forever.

2 Uncanny X-Force: Final Execution

By Rick Remender. Mike McCone, Phil Noto, Julian Totino Tedesco, David Williams, John Lucas, Frank Martin Jr., Rachelle Rosenberg, Justin Ponsor, Dean White, and Cory Petit

Uncanny X-Force had been through some wars, but few of them were as drastic as their last. Wolverine’s son Daken gathered his own Brotherhood and kidnaped the Apocalypse clone Evan Sabah Nur, holding him hostage, and daring X-Force to come get him. It was a trap, of course, one meant to finally kill Wolverine, but X-Force couldn’t take the chance. X-Force fought their way through the Brotherhood, leading to a final showdown between Wolverine and Daken.

Wolverine drowned his son. Wolverine killing isn’t a huge shock. Wolverine killing his own children has seen been before, so even that wasn’t unprecedented. What made this so surprisingly dark was as Wolverine was killing his son, he thought of all the good times he missed with Daken. The ending took a typical X-Force story and dialed it up to eleven with the darkness and heartbreak.

1 X-Men: Mutant Genesis

By Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Joe Rosas, Tom Orzechowski

The ’90s were the X-Men’s decade, with the departure of Chris Claremont changing the book’s forever. Claremont’s last story was a Magneto blockbuster that took place in X-Men (Vol. 2) #1-3, collected as X-Men: Mutant Genesis. The story saw Magneto form the Acolytes and discover that Moira MacTaggert had literally changed his mind when he was de-aged into a child. Magneto captured Xavier, Moira, and the Blue Team, forcing Moira to use her mind changing method on the X-Men.

The story ended with a showdown between the Blue and Gold team, but Moira’s conditioning broke down once they used their powers. Everyone learned that Acolyte Fabian Cortez betrayed Magneto and S.H.I.E.L.D. was about to destroy Asteroid M because of him. The X-Men escaped, with Magneto and the Acolytes staying behind. Magneto and his followers basically committed suicide, something that fans were not expecting.

They waded across the Rio Grande holding hands to form a human chain as frustrated Texas National Guard members shouted warnings in Spanish from behind stacked-up coils of razor wire.

“Go back! You’re breaking the law!”

“The current is too strong! Don’t risk your lives!”

A voice came from the river: “We have children! Help us!”

The official admonitions were to no avail. Worried that the migrants ascending the muddy riverbank into Texas could tumble back into the swift current, U.S. Border Patrol agents used pliers to cut open a passage through the thickets of barbed wire.

Litbirhec Correa, 21, from Maracay, Venezuela, clambered through with her two young children.

“Finally, we are here!” she declared.

Scenes like this unfold day and night here in Eagle Pass and across much of the 2,000-mile U.S. border with Mexico.

Some 93,000 migrants traveling as families were taken into custody in August — the most ever recorded in a month — as overall Border Patrol apprehensions were up 82% compared with June.

September totals have not been released, but sources familiar with Border Patrol data said that apprehensions — including detentions of many men crossing solo — have been climbing rapidly, topping 8,000 on several recent days.

The number of Venezuelans in particular has been spiking. U.S. border officials apprehended more than 11,000 people from Venezuela in July and 22,000 in August — and the September total is expected to be even higher. With detention space limited — especially for families — many are being released while they wait for judges to consider their asylum claims.

The chaotic border scenario has become a crisis for President Biden, who is facing criticism not only from his usual Republican enemies but also from some Democrats who say their communities cannot afford the costs of absorbing the newcomers.

Following the expiration of Title 42, U.S.-bound migrants are still arriving at Mexico’s southern border to travel north, in a chaotic scene.

May 22, 2023

Rolando Salinas, the Democratic mayor of Eagle Pass, recently declared a “state of disaster,” lamenting on Facebook that his border town, home to 28,000 people, had been “abandoned” by the Biden administration.

His city has become an especially popular crossing spot.

“We are so thankful to be here,” Correa said, clutching her daughter, Leoneli, 4, and her son, Joeli, 6. “We’ve been walking for two days. All we had to eat were crackers. We must thank God.”

Shortly after she and others passed through the razor wire, National Guard troops rolled out fresh loops to patch the hole — even though it would soon have to be reopened.

The razor wire is part of Operation Lone Star, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott dubs his controversial campaign to deter migrants.

Further upriver, a row of shipping containers blockading entry form what Abbott calls a “steel wall.” The federal government is suing Texas for another impediment — a line of wrecking-ball-sized orange buoys positioned in the middle of the Rio Grande.

None of the tactics have worked. If border agents don’t cut the wire, crossers deploy blankets and items of clothing to climb over the obstruction, or tunnel through it, often ending up bloodied.

A study published in Science estimated that Mexican cartels recruit about 360 workers each week to replace those lost to violence or incarceration.

Sept. 21, 2023

Multicolored remnants of torn fabric cling to the jagged barbs, blowing in the breeze like tattered flags along a shoreline littered with discarded shoes, backpacks, jeans and other detritus from the odysseys to the United States.

Word of mouth and online chats have led them to this juncture in Eagle Pass, across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Piedras Negras.

“We’ve heard there’s no kidnappings here, no cartels,” said Luis Villalobos, 33, one of a large group of exhausted Venezuelans taking a break outside a grocery store in Mexico on their way to the border crossing. They still had about 30 miles to walk beneath a blazing sun in 100-degree-plus temperatures.

Francys Lira, 42, a mother of four, was accompanied by her 14-year-old son.

“They say it’s easier to get in with kids,” said Lira, repeating what has become conventional wisdom. By court order, the U.S. government cannot detain families with children for more than 20 days.

U.S. officials recorded 100,441 encounters with migrants at the border last month — nearly triple the total in February 2020.

March 20, 2021

Though most of the migrants claim asylum, nearly all of those interviewed near the border cited economic opportunity, not political persecution, as their motivation for coming.

“We are 11 people, all from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela,” said Maxina Cereño, 57, after she and the others tossed their backpacks over the barbed labyrinth and crawled through an opening. “We have heard from family and friends that life is better here, so we decided to come as well. What future do we have in our country?”

Like so many others, Cereño carried a small sheet of paper with a handwritten name and telephone number — of her son, who now lives in Florida. That’s where she and the others were headed.

She recounted the group’s long journey: from Venezuela to Colombia and on foot into Panama through the Darien Gap, a once-treacherous strip of rainforest that has become a well-organized and relatively safe migrant corridor — with a record 80,000-plus people, the majority of them Venezuelans, traversing it in August.

Migrants from Haiti and around the world are camped out in northwest Colombia, a staging ground for the harrowing trip to the United States.

Oct. 22, 2021

Then Cereño and her group moved on to Central America and Mexico, eventually covering more than 3,000 miles through jungles, mountains, cities and deserts, dodging thieves, crooked cops, extortionists and kidnappers.

The river currents here present another hazard. On a recent morning, a woman from Mexico clung to her infant daughter mid-river, too scared to move.

A pair of Venezuelan men strung together ropes and belts collected from other men to create a safety line for the woman. They carried 1-year-old Olga to the shore.

“I’m very grateful,” the woman, Wendy Pacheco, 24, said later as National Guard troops hoisted her and her child over a metal container barrier and handed them over to the Border Patrol.

Relatively few migrants are seen on the streets of Eagle Pass, despite the mayor’s public complaints. Federal officials have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep the migrants mostly out of sight.

The Border Patrol has set up a makeshift processing center in the shadow of an international bridge just a few yards from the river. Generators power strobe lights and other equipment.

1. A man carefully grips razor wire as he emerges from the Rio Grande. 2. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) 3. A man hands a child to a Border Patrol agent after passing through barbed wire on the Rio Grande. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Here, migrants are herded into lines and are soon put in buses or vans, headed to shelters or holding facilities.

Once allotted court dates, asylum-seekers fan out throughout the United States. Abbott recently dispatched chartered buses to Eagle Pass and El Paso to ferry migrants to what he called “self-declared sanctuary cities,” including New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles.

For the Biden administration, immigration has been a fraught issue as the president has sought to convey a more compassionate approach than his predecessor, Donald Trump, while still endeavoring to avoid televised takes of border turmoil.

There was a surge in illicit crossings this spring in anticipation of the lifting of Title 42 — a public-health rule invoked by Trump that effectively cut off the right to asylum for most migrants, subjecting millions to quick expulsion.

Then came what experts called a “wait and see” period, during which many appeared to hold off attempting to cross illegally.

The Biden administration was worried border crossings would surge after Title 42 expired. Officials, experts and migrants help explain why numbers have fallen instead.

May 18, 2023

The numbers have been climbing steadily since July.

So many migrants are riding boxcars that Mexico’s largest rail operator, Ferromex, temporarily suspended service on 60 northbound trains last month. The company cited a half-dozen recent injuries or deaths.

The Biden administration says that since May it has removed more than 250,000 people who were in the United States illegally.

But migrants from Venezuela, which has seen more than 7 million people flee economic collapse in recent years, cannot be easily deported, because the two countries lack formal diplomatic relations.

Venezuelans with passports and financial sponsors in the United States are eligible for entry under a humanitarian parole program. The program, which is also open to Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans, is capped at a total of 30,000 migrants a month — which falls short of the demand.

In addition, the U.S. government recently granted “temporary protected status” — a designation for immigrants whose countries are deemed unsafe because of war, civil strife or natural disasters — to 472,000 Venezuelans in the United States as of July 31, allowing them to work legally.

In interviews, Venezuelans said that while they didn’t necessarily understand the details of U.S. policy, they believed they would be allowed to enter the country if they could reach the border.

“Every day, more people are setting off for the Darien, risking their lives, risking the lives of their children,” said Maria Garza, 28, part of a group of young Venezuelans gathered on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande on a recent evening.

Hope is spreading among the tens of thousands of Venezuelans trapped in Mexico that the United States will soon start letting them in again.

Dec. 9, 2022

Her destination was Washington, D.C., where she has relatives. She also has a sister who recently arrived in Texas.

“We are fleeing because we live in a dictatorship,” said Garza, 28, a college graduate. “Because we don’t earn enough to buy food. Because, as young people, we have no future.”

It had been a month since Garza and her traveling companions left Venezuela. They peered across the river into the United States.

Glints of orange-tinted light from the Border Patrol installation in Eagle Pass rippled on the water. Generators hummed. A freight train rumbled above on the rust-hued Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge. Spectral figures paced back and forth in the dark.

“We want to get this over with,” Garza said. “To move on.”

She and the others began to place backpacks and belongings in plastic trash bags to keep them dry.

A few of the men took off their jeans and stripped down to shorts. Everyone wondered about the shoe question.

“Better go barefoot,” said a figure on the dark shore, not one of the group. “Your sneakers will slip on the rocks. It’s like ice.”

Soon, they were off, a procession of individuals holding hands and stepping gingerly in the water. Several stragglers, including a Honduran man on crutches, picked up the rear. The group quickly reached a small island split between the two countries. The narrow stretch provided a respite before stepping into the capricious current on the U.S. side.

It seems everybody has a close relative in the United States. The exodus is driven by economics.

The Mexican peso is one of the world’s strongest currencies. That’s bad news for citizens who rely on dollars.

Sept. 5, 2023

In a few minutes, they joined a group already lining up along the shoreline, below the coils of razor wire. However tentatively, they were on U.S. soil.

Behind them were tens of thousands of Venezuelans and other migrants, trekking across the Darien Gap and into Central America, riding atop boxcars through Mexico, on their way.

McDonnell reported from Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Mexico. Aleaziz reported from Healdsburg, Calif.

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After 9 debate sessions, the Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians (GCYP) issued a conference declaration for the first time. According to Vuong Dinh Hue, Chairman of the National Assembly, this shows the determination, high consensus and strong commitment of young global parliamentarians.

Let the dream come true

The declaration is themed “The Role of Youth in Promoting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through Digital Transformation and Innovation”, showing the determination, high consensus and strong commitment of young parliamentarians in promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale.

Duarte Pacheco, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), expressed his appreciation to the Vietnamese National Assembly for the thoughtful, positive and respectful reception of the delegations and the work of organizing the conference.

“When the Vietnamese National Assembly proposed to host the GCYP, we accepted without hesitation because we had a very good experience when Vietnam hosted the IPU 132 Conference in 2015, also at this National Convention Center,” said Pacheco.

IPU President Pacheco said he would like to say five words of thanks, first and foremost, to the National Assembly of Vietnam for the extremely thoughtful and positive organization and respectful reception of the delegations.

“All of Vietnam’s efforts helped make the conference a success. Nothing naturally falls from the sky except rain, and the rest requires effort. Thanks to the efforts of Vietnam and the Chairman of the National Assembly, Vuong Dinh Hue, we have achieved a lot,” he said.

Second, Pacheco thanked the speakers for their great efforts and hard work, which helped the conference to have lively discussions and produce meaningful results.

Pacheco also thanked the delegates who participated in the talks, saying their vast knowledge and experience were inspiring.

His fourth thanks went to the interpreters who helped make the conference a success, but “whose role is sometimes forgotten,” he said.

Finally, he thanked the parliamentarians from 65 countries around the world, including those who braved flights of up to 30 hours to come here to participate in IPU activities.

“Thanks to them, we have the political base and the determination to do our work well. We have more work to do after the Conference,” he said.

Commenting on the conference declaration, Pacheco said it was only the first step in solving global problems.

“Through this declaration, we have seen the path, but it can be said that the conference results are only on paper, the next step is important. That is how young parliamentarians will implement the contents of the Declaration in their countries,” he said.

Duarte Pacheco said the world faces many challenges in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

“We must be determined to fulfill our commitments, and young parliamentarians must become leaders, not just politicians,” Duarte Pacheco said.

Vietnam leads the way

Assessing the results of the conference, the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Martin Chungong, said that the conference was successful beyond expectations. In particular, the conference had the largest number of delegates ever: More than 300 delegates from 65 countries around the world.

The reason is a good impression that Vietnam has left after the success of the 132nd IPU General Assembly in 2015. On the other hand, Vietnam is an attractive destination that everyone is interested in.

“The conference was held in the beautiful country of Vietnam, which has made significant and reliable progress in many areas, including sustainable development and the application of high technology. Especially in terms of innovation, Vietnam is a ‘beacon’ for empowering young people,” he said.

According to Martin Chungong, from 2015 to 2023, the IPU has a consistent theme of promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the GCYP conference declaration also has content in line with the spirit of the Hanoi Declaration issued in 2015.

“Parliaments are committed to promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing inclusive policies, young people must be empowered, women must be fully represented in institutions. The IPU has an obligation to promote the development of member parliaments, to monitor and push for the implementation of the contents agreed in this conference declaration,” said Martin Chungong.

Dan Carden, Chair of the IPU Forum of Young Parliamentarians, agreed.

He said that youth make up 50% of the world’s population, but only 2.8% of parliamentarians are under the age of 30. That’s why parliamentary activities sometimes fail to connect with young people. Therefore, improving institutional capacity and creating opportunities for young people to raise their voices will help parliaments connect closely with the community and the people.

With less than seven years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, Dan Carden said that currently, only 12% of the goals are well implemented, while up to 50% of the goals are still facing moderate to severe delays.

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene reporting live from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 64 event.

Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC CEO Dana White on hand to make the decisions.

The eighth episode of Season 7 will see 10 fighters compete for their shot at a UFC contract. A welterweight contest between Danny Barlow (6-0) and Raheam Forest (7-1) serves as the featured matchup of the five-bout lineup.

The UFC Apex hosts Tuesday’s card, which streams live on ESPN+ and begins at 8 p.m. ET.

Full results of Dana White’s Contender Series 64 include:

Continue reading below for more details about each fight.

Vinicius Oliveira vs. Victor Madrigal

Result: Vinicius Oliveira def. Victor Madrigal via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:02
Photos :Vinicius Oliveira def. Victor Madrigal at DWCS 64: Best photos
Records: Oliveira (19-3), Madrigal (15-5)
Division: Bantamweight
Broadcast: ESPN+
Referee: Mark Smith

Oliveira attacked the legs of Madrigal with hard kicks to start the fight, prompting a takedown attempt from his opponent. Oliveira was intent on throwing absolute heaters, and he tagged Madrigal with a stiff uppercut just over a minute in. Madrigal displayed good composure, but Oliveira showed no hesitation in continuing to push with all the strikes in his arsenal. He loaded up with an absolutely savage left hook that immediately shut the lights off on Madrigal and left him stiff on the canvas.

Carli Judice vs. Ernesta Kerackaite

Result: 
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Records: Judice (2-0), Kerackaite (4-0-1)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Broadcast: ESPN+
Referee: 

Angel Pacheco vs. Danny Silva

Result: 
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Records: Pacheco (7-1), Silva (7-1)
Division: Featherweight
Broadcast: ESPN+
Referee: 

Mario Piazzon vs. Alexander Soldatkin

Result: 
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Records: Piazzon (7-0), Soldatkin (14-3)
Division: Heavyweight
Broadcast: ESPN+
Referee: 

Danny Barlow vs. Raheam Forest

Result: 
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Records: Barlow (6-0), Forest (7-1)
Division: Welterweight
Broadcast: ESPN+
Referee: 

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Dana White’s Contender Series is down to its final three weeks of the seventh season with tonight marking the eighth week of the show.

Last week, the show experienced its first draw of the season and despite the draw, Stephanie Luciano was selected for a UFC contract. She was one of four fighters to get picked for a contract on last week’s show.

Now tonight, five more fights are set to go down inside of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Tonight’s main event would have been taken place for the vacant CFFC welterweight title, but instead Danny Barlow and Raheem Forest will fight it out for a UFC contract tonight.

Barlow enters the matchup with a perfect 6-0 record and four of those victories come by way of a first-round stoppage. Meanwhile, Forest is once-beaten as pro, with that loss coming two fights back in a title defense against recent UFC 293 winner Charles Radtke.

In the co-main event, heavyweights will share the octagon with Brazil’s Mario Piazzon facing off with German Alexander Soldatkin.

Piazzon is an undefeated 25-year-old that has only gone past the first round once in his professional career. He teammates with recent DWCS winner Eduarda Moura and Season 5 standout Jailton Almeida.

Soldatkin is known for finishing fights as he carries an 11-fight winning streak and 14-3 mark overall into the cage this week, having earned each of his last seven victories inside the distance. He was born in Russia before moving to Germany.

One another fight to keep an eye on is the opener tonight where a pair of veterans in Vinicius Oliveira (18-3) and Victor Madrigal (15-4) square off.

Tonight’s fights will be streamed on ESPN+ starting at 8 p.m. ET and a he broadcast will be also be available on ESPN+.

A full list of results from Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 7, Week 8 are listed below:

Danny Barlow defeated Raheem Forest by TKO (punches) – Round 1 (1:19)

Mario Piazzon defeated Alexander Soldatkin by disqualification (illegal knee) – Round 3 (0:20)

Danny Silva defeated Angel Pacheco by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ernesta Kareckaite defeated Carli Judice by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Vinicius Oliveira defeated Victor Madrigal by TKO (punches) – Round 1 (3:02)

*Bold names received a UFC contract