Erick Visconde went to the scorecards with Ilias Bulaid on Tuesday night at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas and came back with the win. The featherweight headliner of Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 10 ended with Visconde’s hand raised and an 18-3 record next to his name on the official results, while Bulaid is listed at 9-1.
The main event went the distance, and the official sheet gives a decision and nothing more. There are no scores in the results, so I can’t tell you whether this was a split nailbiter or a clean sweep. What the records do tell you is the gap in mileage. Visconde has 21 pro fights to Bulaid’s 10, and on a show built around one night to prove you belong, the guy with twice the reps found a way to bank enough rounds. That’s a meaningful result for a fighter at 18-3. Bulaid gets to say he went three rounds with a far more experienced featherweight, and his record still has a single loss on it.
The official results don’t include contract news for either man, so I won’t guess at what happens next.
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The Pereira Name Takes a Loss
The co-main carried the night’s biggest storyline, and it had nothing to do with Visconde. Aline Pereira, whom Championship Rounds identified on X as Alex Pereira’s sister, dropped a decision to Smilla Sundell at women’s bantamweight. Championship Rounds posted the scores as 29-28 on all three cards, and Spinnin Backfist also flagged the scorecard win on X.
Do the math on that 29-28 sweep and you get a fight where every judge handed Pereira a round. She was competitive. She just didn’t win enough of it. Sundell leaves with a 3-0 record on the official results, and Pereira is listed at 3-3.
The timing made this one land harder. Aline’s brother spent the days before the card all over social media. On Monday, Dovy posted on X that Bruce Buffer said Conor McGregor, Alex Pereira and Jon Jones are the only fighters who deserve the “The one the only” introduction, citing Helen Yee. A day later, Dovy shared a clip of Alex leg-kicking a fan, sourced from Instagram user Mrgingerrr, and on Tuesday Championship Rounds passed around footage of a man who tried to hold pads for him and got sent flying. Then his sister stepped into the cage on a contract-or-bust show and came up one round short on every card. Fair or not, that last name means people will be watching her next move closely.
Sundell is the one I’d keep an eye on. A 3-0 fighter who goes the distance on this stage and takes all three cards is learning to win fights she can’t finish, and plenty of prospects never get that lesson this early.
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Francischinelli Is Very Tall and Very Dangerous
The fastest finish of the night came from the tallest man in it. Luis Francischinelli stopped Will Rentz at 2:18 of Round 1 in their welterweight bout, and Spinnin Backfist called it a TKO on X while adding the detail everybody watching was apparently stuck on: “A 6’6 welterweight… wtf”
That reaction is fair. A six-foot-six fighter making 170 pounds is a strange thing to look at, and a strange problem to solve when you’re the one standing across from him. Rentz came in with more pro fights (his record now reads 8-3), and he didn’t make it to the halfway point of the first round. Francischinelli improves to 7-1 by the official count.
I love a finish like this on the Contender Series because it’s the cleanest pitch a fighter can make. Under two and a half minutes, a stoppage, and a frame nobody else at welterweight is walking around with. Whatever the matchmakers think of him, they now know he exists.
Da Lapa Waits, Then Strikes
Douglas da Lapa took the scenic route to his finish. He and Davi Cabral spent two full rounds together at middleweight before da Lapa stopped him 19 seconds into Round 3. The official results list the stoppage without a method, and Spinnin Backfist’s only description on X was that it was “NASTY”.
That’s the fight I’d want to rewatch. Two rounds of work and then a finish almost the second the third round started. A fighter who can stay patient that long and then close the show right away has something. Da Lapa is listed at 7-0 after the win, and Cabral at 7-1.
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Foster Goes Three
Greg Foster beat Jason Asher on the scorecards at lightweight in a fight that went the distance. The official results give Foster a 9-1 record and Asher a 5-1 mark, with no scores attached. Foster had the edge in experience on paper, and he left with the win. Without scorecards I can’t tell you how close it was, but a decision win at 9-1 gives Foster a solid line to point to.
Prelim Results
The official results list five bouts for Week 10 and no separate prelim card, so here’s the night in quick hits:
- Fastest finish: Francischinelli over Rentz, 2:18 of Round 1
- Latest finish: Da Lapa over Cabral, 0:19 of Round 3
- Decisions: Three of five fights went the distance (Visconde, Sundell, Foster)
- Only published scores: Sundell over Pereira, 29-28 x3, per Championship Rounds
- Records listed at 7-0: Da Lapa, the only fighter on the card with no losses on the official results
As for what’s next, none of the sources say anything about bookings or contracts for Visconde, Bulaid, Sundell or Pereira. When that news comes, Visconde’s 18-3 record and Sundell’s sweep of all three cards are the two results with the most riding on them.
Full Results
- Erick Visconde def. Ilias Bulaid (decision)
- Smilla Sundell def. Aline Pereira (unanimous decision, 29-28 x3)
- Luis Francischinelli def. Will Rentz (TKO, Round 1, 2:18)
- Douglas da Lapa def. Davi Cabral (stoppage, Round 3, 0:19)
- Greg Foster def. Jason Asher (decision)
