Author – Nicholas Holt Sean ClaboughWelterweight | Age: 20 | Record: 7-0 | Fighting out of Tennessee, United States Sean Clabough, training out of Knoxville Martial Arts Academy, has built an impressive undefeated start to his amateur career. The 20-year-old welterweight sits at 7-0, with his opponents holding a combined record of 18-15 when they […]
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Real life and an absurdly busy September schedule that saw 28 fighters enter and 29 more leave the rankings have conspired to delay this installment of Undefeated Ins and Outs, but better late than never. The upside is that I have some incredibly exciting prospects to introduce you to, with many of them just 3-0
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Author – James Colwell September now holds the record for the busiest month in this series’ brief history, with 62 different undefeated fighters competing and earning writeups. These range from top UFC prospects and exciting new talent coming through DWCS to fighters building up their records in obscure corners of the world where only I
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Author – Hellowhosthat The United Arab Emirates is certainly the place to be for MMA action this week. As anyone who’s into MMA enough to be reading this article likely knows, there’s a massive UFC Pay-Per-View on Saturday with two title fights in Abu Dhabi. There’s also a big card from the biggest Russian promotion,
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Authors: James Colwell & Nicholas Holt After 10 thrilling weeks, DWCS 2025 is finally wrapped up and has given us a massive crop of new UFC signings. Some have real star potential, others are guaranteed to put on exciting fights, while some signings are more questionable. What can’t be argued is that there were some
Author – FdrNphw Weightclass: BantamweightRecord: 10-0Age: 25Height: 5’9”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: ?Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 65-28-2Key wins: Vyacheslav Svischev, Francisco Figueiredo I first wrote about Dzhamaludin Aliev nearly three years ago on Twitter, and the hype around him was justified. On December 24th, 2022, he was set to fight one
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Author – Hudson Gelfand Main Card · Alex Volkanovski v Lerone Murphy (Featherweight Title) – We as MMA fans will have been robbed if we don’t ever get to see Volk fight in Sydney; thankfully, it looks like we could be getting it in February. Murphy seems to be the rightful next in line, but
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Author – Cangrejo Ruiz Hello everyone, in this section I will be highlighting the best pro debuts of the month, emphasizing background, strengths, and expectations of the new professional MMA fighters. Heavyweight, Gable Stevenson The highlight of the month was, of course, Gable Steveson’s MMA pro debut and MMA debut altogether. Chances are if you
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Author – Shawn Bitter Weightclass: BantamweightRecord: 7-0Age: 26Height: 5’8”Born in: CanadaTraining out of: MMA LabCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 23-19-1Key wins: N/A I first noticed Dias when he competed in the BTC $10,000 tournament, which he won in 2022. He hasn’t beaten anyone notable, but he was an inexperienced pro who beat
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Weightclass: FlyweightRecord: 7-0Age: 22Height: 5’7”Born in: South AfricaTraining out of: A-Team StarsCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 19-13-1Key wins: N/A Following a 6-1 amateur career that included four finishes and a pair of fights at the 2022 IMMAF World Championships, van Rooyen turned pro in 2023 and took a dominant unanimous decision over
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