She’s Next – WMMA Weekly Preview Each week, I’ll highlight one women’s prospect on my radar and in action in the upcoming days Smilla “The Storm” Sundell Record: 0-0 (36-5 in Muai Thay) Weight Class: Bantamweight Age: 21 years old Training: Fairtex Pataya Combined opponents’ record: 0-0 This week, I’m taking a different route […]
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Isaac Thomson Featherweight 9-2 (4 KO/TKOs, 1 Submission) 23-years-old Five-foot-eleven, 72.5″ reach Training out of Team Alpha Male Thomson started in kickboxing and Muay Thai, going 8-0 and winning national titles in both, along with earning a black belt in karate. Before turning pro, he moved to the U.S. to sharpen his game with
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Fight Preview: Evelyn Martins vs Jaeleen Robledo The women’s bantamweight division holds a unique place in MMA. Once the gateway for women’s MMA thanks to its historic stars, it’s now developing more slowly than other weight classes. While lighter divisions keep producing new talent, women’s bantamweight is moving more slowly, creating a sharp contrast
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Weight Class: Lightweight Record: 8-2 Age: 29 Height: 6’0’ Born in: Switzerland Training out of: Fight Temple Combined opponent’s record (at the time they fought): 61-28-1 Key wins: George Hardwick, Aiden Lee Swiss lightweight Daniel Konrad scored the biggest win of his career last weekend with a stunning first-round submission of former Cage Warriors
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Gamid Khizriev has had a quiet rise, but it’s typical, given that many talented individuals are in Russia. His last name sounds familiar, and that’s because he’s the brother of PFL’s Timur Khizriev and UFC’s Aliaskhab Khizriev. At least of what’s available, Khizriev had an amateur record of 3-1. His loss came to a good
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As an 18-year-old with an undefeated 7-0 record, Adriano Sousa may have more potential than most prospects in the sport right now. Facing 7-2 Alessandro Albuquerque was no issue for the young fighter, who dispatched the 26-year-old in less than two minutes. The fight was short, but showed what Sousa is capable of and then
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She’s Next – WMMA Prospect of the Week Each week, I’ll highlight one women prospect on my radar and in action in the upcoming days *A small change is coming to my weekly column on women’s MMA prospects around the world. To make my writing and research more efficient, I will now focus on one
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Weight class: Flyweight Record: 7-1 Age: 20 Height: 5’4” Born in: Peru Training out of: MFC Guerreros Piuranos Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 24-13-2 Key wins: Luis Camargo, Ivan Cuayla (amateur fights) Still just 20 years old, Jhon Rivera will try to extend his winning run to seven fights and claim
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From IMMAF to LFA: The Rapid Development of Alvi Dasuyev Alvi Dasuyev Welterweight Age: 23 Fighting out of: Belgium Record: 7-0-0 Alvi “The Spartan” Dasuyev, a former Belgian IMMAF rep, turned pro in May 2024. He’s been making noise ever since. With a 17-3 amateur record and national titles, he entered the pro
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With all the hype surrounding Magomed ‘Chanco’ Zaynukov following his brawl with Dillon Danis, it’s the perfect time to highlight some of the other Club Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov prospects on the brink of a UFC shot. Note that this list won’t include prospects already in the UFC, PFL, or ACA. Amru Magomedov would’ve headlined this list
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