Maxim Fedorov is my Russian Prospect of the Month. I only recently came across him, but at just 22 years old, the upside immediately stands out. On paper, his record suggests a well-rounded finisher — seven KO/TKOs and four submissions, but in reality, Fedorov is a striker first and foremost. His ground game isn’t […]
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For the choice this month, I wanted to give some love to someone with experience, but not with the deserved notability he deserves. Enter Matheus Lima (8-1), a 27-year-old welterweight fighting out of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Lima has responded exactly how you’d want a legitimate prospect to respond after suffering the first loss of
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Weight Class: Welterweight Record: 9-0 Age: 28 Height: 5’11” Born In: Kazakhstan Training Out Of: Champion’s Creed Martial Arts Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 44-31 Key Wins: Tom O’Connor Born in Kazakhstan and fighting out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ramil Kamilov returns to MMA this Saturday at Unified MMA 67 to
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Every fighter starts somewhere. Before the hype, before the Contender Series, before the UFC call — there’s the grind. Before They Blow Up is where I’ll shine a light on prospects still in that phase. In this fifth edition, I’m looking at a few rising talents with five fights or fewer. These aren’t fighters
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Weight Class: Featherweight Record: 5-0 Age: 28 Height: 5’9” Born In: Dominican Republic Training Out Of: Team Mordan Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 27-19 Key Wins: Mando Gutierrez Less than two years into his professional MMA career, Ezequiel Peralta will try to bring his record to 6-0 when he meets Abraham
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Regina “Kill Bill” Tarin Fighting at 125 (flyweight) Standing at five-foot-seven Born in Distrito Federal, Mexico 21-years-old 7-0 (4 KO/TKOs, 2 Submissions) It was only a matter of time until Regina Tarin was officially in the UFC. She was supposed to fight on last season’s Contender Series, but contract issues held it up. Since
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Imran Hassan Bantamweight Age: 25 Fighting out of: England Record: 12-3-0 While top prospect Joe Frodsham stopped Imran Hassan via technical knockout in 2025, this year was much different for the 25-year-old rising star. After earning bronze last year, Team England’s bantamweight Imran Hassan returned to dominate in the 2026 IMMAF European Championship.
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As 2026 continues to unfold, Cage Warriors is loaded with rising talent on the brink of something bigger, and with the UFC matchmakers in search of a new season of TUF and DWCS, here’s a closer look at the names pushing hardest for that inevitable call: Sean Clancy, 22, 8-0-0, Welterweight, Scotland Mentioned
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She’s Next – WMMA Weekly Preview Each week, I’ll highlight one women prospect on my radar and in action in the upcoming days Zoe Nowicki Record: 3-0 as a pro, 15-0 as an amateur Weight Class: Flyweight Age: 25 years old Training: Scorpion Fighting System Combined opponent records: 1-0 Growing up in Michigan, Zoe
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Weight Class: Bantamweight Record: 6-2 Age: 21 Height: 5’8” Born in: Croatia Training out of: American Top Team Zagreb Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): `16-6 Key Win(s): Stipe Brčić Over the last year in the European Balkans scene, a lot of the top prospects took major setbacks — guys like Dani
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