October 2025

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Fighter In-depth: Ivan Podrugin

Author – Shawn Bitter Weightclass: WelterweightRecord: 7-0Age: 24Height: 6’3”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: Raty TeamCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 25-3Key wins: Imam Ibragimov, Chingiz Minyazev, Ali Suleymanov Ivan Podrugin is a 6’3” Russian welterweight who stands out as one of the most promising young prospects in the sport. At just 24, he […]

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Fighter In-depth: Dmitriy Kireev

Author – FdrNphw Weightclass: LightweightRecord: 7-0Age: 26Height: 5’11”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: Alexander Nevsky (Omsk)Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 62-36-1Key wins: N/A Dmitriy Kireev has done a great job drawing attention to himself this month by finishing his opponent in thirty seconds on the RCC 23 card. Even before that, he’s been

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Fighter In-depth: Ken Sekeletu

Author – Drew Beaupre Weightclass: FeatherweightRecord: 6-0, 1 NCAge: 23Height: 5’10”Born in: ZambiaTraining out of: Team CITCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 24-17Key wins: Roedie Roets and Jean-Jacques Lubaya He unfortunately missed weight ahead of the event and was forced to relinquish his interim EFC belt, but featherweight prospect Ken Sekeletu will still

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Fighter In-depth: Shermurat Kalilov

Author – Drew Beaupre Weightclass: LightweightRecord: 10-0Age: 27Height: 5’10”Born in: KyrgyzstanTraining out of: 𝐓akhtay TeamCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 65-41Key wins: N/A Following a nine-month layoff, Shermurat Kalilov is set to return to action this Saturday and challenge Valery Gritsutin for the Yuzhniy Rubezh lightweight belt at Yuzhniy Rubezh 7. After winning

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Fighter In-depth: Nick Galanti

Weightclass: MiddleweightRecord: 5-1Age: 27Height: 6’1”Born in: USTraining out of: Dante Rivera BJJCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 21-13Key wins: N/A A product of Dante Rivera BJJ, New Jersey’s Nick Galanti has impressively rebounded from the first loss of his professional MMA career with three-straight wins via stoppage this year. Six amateur fights saw

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Fighter in depth: Adam Posener

Author – Cedric Dumas Weightclass: WelterweightRecord: 5-0Age: 21Height: 5’10”Born in: CanadaTraining out of: Universal MMA VancouverCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 18-6Key wins: Zackery Powell and Trucker Carson Let me start by saying that I’ve been meaning to write this piece for quite some time now. Even last year, I was telling anyone

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Iasmim Casser: From Brazil’s Far South to Finding Home at Fight Ready

For Iasmim Casser, the path to MMA started with one unexpected introduction. “It started when a guy that’s now one of my best friends came into the gym I trained Muay Thai at to show some Jiu Jitsu, since some people there fought MMA too,” she said. “That’s when the seed was planted, and I

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Top 25 Prospects Worldwide

Myself, @patdannamma, @GelfandHudson, @mma_prospect, @hellowhosthat, @MMA__Matchmaker, @mmameditations, @cangrejoRuiz and @jameslikesmma got together to put out undoubtedly the best prospect rankings there are.   Before we get to the rankings, here is what we are excluding from the list. -Nobody signed to a major promotion such as the UFC, PFL, Oktagon, Rizin, ONE, KSW, or ACA.-Nobody

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