Weightclass: BantamweightRecord: 7-0Age: 29Height: 5’8”Born in: USTraining out of: Sérgio Penha Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu AcademyCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 27-13Key wins: Joshua Weems The son of legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner Sergio Penha, Eduardo Penha has extended his undefeated record to 7-0 this year by submitting all three of his opponents in the first […]
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Author – Drew Beaupre Weight class: BantamweightAge: 22Height: 5’8”Born in: EnglandTraining out of: MMA Fight Academy/Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 14-9Key wins: N/A For those who don’t know, Shawn runs a yearly “Prospect Grand Prix” competition where the participants draft fighter prospects and accumulate points throughout the year. During the final round,
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Author – Drew Beaupre Weightclass: BantamweightAge: 22Height: 5’9”Born in: MexicoTraining out of: Entram GymCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 48-21Key wins: N/A One of Mexico’s brightest MMA prospects picked up perhaps the most violent finish of his young career last weekend at Lux Fight League 53. Still just 22 years old, César Vázquez
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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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Author – Drew Beaupre With no previous exposure to Torres, I was happy to take a look at his record and see that while he hasn’t faced any high-level competition as of yet, his two most recent opponents were at least fairly experienced and had a combined record of 20-11. Submission wins in both of
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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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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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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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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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