You never really know how good a fighter is until you sit down and pay attention to their fights. With Ibragim Kartoev, I realized right away how legit this kid is. He’s fought in Open FC and ACA Young Eagles as a pro and spent a lot of time as an amateur. Kartoev went 18-3, […]
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Before getting into the fighter as much, I wanted to write down my displeasure with the UFC this year. There was a time when fight fans got excited about short-notice replacements, but lately, the promotion has done a poor job of bringing in deserving talent. Maybe Schmid wasn’t their first choice, but there’s no way
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Born in Rio Negrinho, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Luiz Paes now lives in São Paulo, training at Team Lucas Mineiro. He trains out of a very legit gym in Brazil, which has been a great foundation for the start of his career. Paes is one of the rare Brazilian’s that fought on the amateur scene. It’s
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UFC Winnipeg concluded with a mixed bag of results for the Canadian fighters on the card, with a global results of four wins and five losses. This was especially critical with the recently signed talent, as they went 0-3 from debuting fighters. There is room for hope as the new wave of Canadian talent in
At least on paper, this is one of the better LFA cards in a while. It’s not stacked with established names but a bunch of prospects on the come-up. Before I move on to who you should be watching for, I’ll get into Taner Trembley a little bit. He’s not someone we consider a prospect,
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Last week, the only pro debut I was interested in was Yannick Goitom. A fight he won dominantly, and looks as if he’s someone to watch for. This week is a big one for debuts and is definitely one worth writing about. Welterweight, Alexis Nicolas – Ares FC 40/Friday Alexis Nicolas is a French
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With some flight cancellations of the UFC card this week, they decided to bring in two guys to make another fighter. One of those is Kai Kamaka, making his return, and he’ll be welcoming promotional newcomer Dakota Hope. “Huracán” has had a successful career. He was the former Peak Fighting featherweight champ. He’s fought for
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In my opinion, Zion “Black Panther” Silva is the best non-UFC fighter from the Fighting Nerds gym. With not much time spent in MMA, only having fought for a little over a year, he has a ton of experience in Muay Thai. From what I was able to find, he has a record of 37-10,
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For our Russian prospect of the month, I wanted to go with someone with a lot of hype that I wasn’t completely sold on. That led me to the 7-0 bantamweight, Ullubiy Amirzhanov. Amirzhanov has everything behind him to excel in the sport. He trains out of Club Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov’s School, which alone puts
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Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat is back this Friday with a stacked lineup of title bouts and rising prospects. Atop the card, we have four title bouts. On the prelims, we got three title bouts. Before we move on to who you should be watching for, I’ll mention the guys I believe are in a
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