No. 1-15 1. Akbar Abdullaev Upon entering the UFC, Abdullaev will be instantly ready to take on the best. On the feet, his power is matched by his dynamism. His grappling is well above average both offensively and defensively. He is a finisher of the highest level. Before his DWCS fight, his last 5 opponents
For those unfamiliar, Dana White’s Contender Series is the dramatic audition show of the fight world. On the brightest stage they’ve had in their careers, young fighters duke it out in an all-out war to finish their opponent and hopefully earn a contract to fight for the UFC. Whether that measly contract is worth fighting
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To close out this year’s Contender Series run, we got a fun episode with a rough ending. There were a couple wars and a couple good finishes, but sadly, the current best fighter of the episode couldn’t earn himself a contract to end the season. Overall, this was a solid season that brought some really
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Best Fight: Guaylupo vs Connor It may be crazy to give a unanimous 30-27 bout this award, but Guaylupo and Connor landed over 200 strikes each in this fight – a number that would’ve broken the record for most significant strikes in a UFC lightweight bout. Need I say more? Just an absolute
Jason Asher (5-0) vs Gregory Foster (8-1) Asher can’t afford to get pinned against the fence, and if he does, he can’t give up his back. Foster is sloppy and has faced some of the weakest competition in recent memory. Both fighters can finish the other in a hurry, but this looks like the
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Tale of the Tape Davi Cabral Douglas Da Lapa Record 7-0 6-0 Age 27 27 Height 5’9″ 6’3″ Reach ? 74.0″ Hometown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Combined Opp. Record 28-43-2 14-4 Gym War Room Kickboxing & MMA Clayton Mangueira Team Championships N/A N/A Shawn Bitter- I used to think
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Ryuho Miyaguchi (7-1) vs Mateus Soares (11-2) Miyaguchi is a striker who can be too patient at times, but he gets busy if he’s engaged first. His knees to the body in the clinch, and from the ground, are big setup pieces when he goes for the finish. Soares is a fast twitch counter
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Tale of the Tape Roque Conceição Alexander Chavez Record 11-3 9-0 Age 26 25 Height 5’4″ 5’6″ Reach 67.0″ ? Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil Lima, Peru Combined Opp. Record 51-25 46-34 Gym Revira Black Team Pitbull Martial Arts Center Championships Demo Fight, Ragnarok Inka FC Shawn Bitter- This is a very fun fight, and
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Unfortunately, week eight of Contender Series lost the Bulaid vs Visconde fight a little over an hour before the card started. This left us with four fights. As a result, this felt like a 50/50 night. We got to see two of the top prospects outside the UFC get awesome finishes and earn UFC contracts.
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Ilias Bulaid (9-0) vs Erick Visconde (17-3) Bulaid is the superior striker here, throwing from every angle with a pro kickboxing background that really shows in his ability to manage range. Visconde is more well rounded but far too patient. His path to victory runs through spamming takedowns, and he’ll need to change levels
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