Video: DWCS winner? Here's the agonizing, awkward backstage wait for your UFC-contract verdict

LAS VEGAS – So, you’ve gone out there and won a fight at a Dana White’s Contender Series event. Now what? As it turns out, the nervousness isn’t over.

Each Tuesday during the weekly UFC Fight Pass-streamed event series, five fights take place at The Ultimate Fighter Gym in Las Vegas, and they feature UFC hopefuls – with both up-and-comers and vets hoping to hold on to the dream. However, not everyone is guaranteed a UFC contract, even with a victory.

On Tuesday, at Dana White’s Contender Series 3, five winners – Karl Roberson, Kyle Stewart, Geoff Neal, Alonzo Menifield and Dan Ige – gathered backstage to await their fate, and MMAjunkie was there to capture the anxiety-filled moments and eventual verdicts.

There’s quiet meditation, nervous laughter and some general chitchat as the Week 3 winners – all of whom won via stoppage – await for the arrival of UFC employee Heidi Dean, who ultimately shared the news that just two winners (Roberson and Neal) had earned UFC contracts.

Check out the sometimes-awkward backstage video footage above.

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