Weight Class: Welterweight Record: 6-0 Age: 25 Height: 6’2” Born In: Russia Training Out Of: The Academy Fight Club Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 76-41 Key Wins: Serik Razgaliev, Yurik Smoyan Originally slated to face Trukon Carson at welterweight before being booked to meet Chris Ewert at middleweight, Alan Salamov will […]
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Weight Class: Strawweight Record: 7-1-1 Age: 24 Height: 5’3” Born In: Japan Training Out Of: TRIBE TOKYO MMA Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 58-46-4 Key Wins: N/A Riding the momentum of five-straight wins, Kazusa Kurobe challenges Koyuru Tanoue for the Shooto strawweight belt this weekend in the headlining bout for Shooto
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Weight Class: Flyweight Record: 7-0 Age: 28 Height: 5’6” Born In: Kazakhstan Training Out Of: Mergen Fight Club Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 13-4 Key Wins: N/A After starting his professional MMA career with seven-straight wins and six finishes, Elaman Sayassatov challenges Bolat Zamanbekov for the Naiza FC flyweight belt tomorrow
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Spain’s The Way of Warrior FC returns this Friday when WOW 30: Lisboa goes down in Lisbon, Portugal, and the event is headlined by an exciting clash between Zé Machado and Henrique Barbosa with the promotion’s interim featherweight belt on the line. Zé Machado 5-0 – Portugal, Age 26, Academia Unlimited Boasting
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Weight Class: Welterweight Record: 9-1 Age: 29 Height: 6’1” Representing: Kurdistan/Iraq Training Out Of: Tiger Muay Thai Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 29-10 Key Wins: Yakub Sulimanov, Khaled Amr Nearly a year removed from his last MMA fight, Namo Fazil will compete on the biggest stage of his career when he
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Weight Class: Lightweight Record: 5-0 Age: 20 Height: 5’9” Born In: Russia Training Out Of: N/A Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 13-4 Key Wins: Abbas Abasov Following a 35-second finish in his last outing, undefeated lightweight Ansar Khamzaev returns this Friday to take on Jordon Tague at LFA 232. Still
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Sweden isn’t typically thought of as a major producer for top MMA talent, but writing this piece gave me the opportunity to take a serious look at some names that I wasn’t already very familier with and introduce me to some very promising fighters. Allstars Training Center is unsurprisingly very well-represented, and I’m also excited
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Weight Class: Strawweight Record: 6-0 Age: 19 Height: 5’3” Born In: Japan Training Out Of: DROP Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 17-39-3 Key Wins: N/A Still just 19 years old, Sukai China is set to challenge Sora Sugiyama for the DEEP strawweight title in a battle between undefeated fighters at DEEP
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Weight Class: Strawweight Record: 7-1 Age: 27 Height: 5’2” Born In: India Training Out Of: Bidang MMA & Fitness Gym Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 14-6 Key Wins: Anna Safeeva Sonam Zomba will attempt to defend her MFN strawweight belt for the first time this weekend when she meets Maristela Alves
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Scotland’s Jack Foote secured his third win via rear naked choke out of as many professional fights last weekend in the co-main event of Cage Warriors 205. “The Foote Soldier” began his amateur MMA career in 2022 and compiled a 6-3 record, with four of those victories coming via submission. He closed out his
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