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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