Tale of the Tape Jon Kunneman Joseph Kropschot Record 10-0 8-3 Age 27 31 Height 6’0″ 6’3″ Reach 77.2″ 79.0″ Hometown Conifer, CO Danville, CA Combined Opp. Record 57-40 44-46-1 Gym Tiger Beetle MMA Team Santos/Skrap Pack Championships Alaska Combat, NLC, APFC LFA Shawn Bitter- I can at least understand why Joseph Kropschot is
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A number of fighters are set to make their promotional debuts this weekend at UFC Belgrade, and Serbian bantamweight Borislav Nikolić is sure to generate a significant pop from the crowd when he enters the cage to meet Mark Vologdin. Boasting a 16-2 record, Nikolić began his professional MMA career with nine-straight victories before
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Weight Class: Flyweight Record: 8-0 Age: 27 Height: 5’5” Born In: Peru Training Out Of: Team Bad Boy Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 25-20 Key Wins: N/A MMA fans will be treated to an all-Peruvian matchup between undefeated flyweights this Wednesday when Nilson Rojas takes on his countryman Gonzalo Hanampa in
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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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