Weight Class: Bantamweight Record: 5-0 Age: 19 Height: 5’10” Born In: USA Training Out Of: Next Level Training Center & MMA Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 9-23 Key Wins: N/A After starting his year off with a pair of first-round finishes, undefeated bantamweight Jay Alderete gets a major step up in […]
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Headlined by a heavyweight matchup between UFC veteran Alexey Oleynik and Antonio Zovak, Saturday’s Open Fighting Championship 67 will also see Kozhakhmet Imangali challenge Open FC Lightweight Champion Shalbuz Esedullaev in battle between undefeated prospects. Shalbuz Esedullaev (Russia, 6-0) Standing just a shade under 6’2”, Esedullaev has only gone to a second
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Replacing his countryman Andreas Gustafsson, Theodor Berggren steps in on short notice to make his UFC debut against Daniil Donchenko this Saturday at UFC Baku. Following a brief amateur career that saw him go 2-1, Berggren turned pro in 2021 and also initially went 2-1 before putting together a four-fight win streak that was
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Following the start of this year’s Road to UFC tournaments at the end of last month, the time looked right to highlight some of the top MMA prospects coming out of China. I stuck with the same parameters used for our “Top 25 Prospects Worldwide” to put this list together. That means that Jiniushiyue,
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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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