Weight Class: Middleweight Record: 5-0 Age: 23 Height: 6’4” Born In: Slovakia Training Out Of: Mattix MMA Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 26-21-1 Key Wins: N/A Less than two years into his professional career and still just 23 years old, Martin Kozák will try to improve to 6-0 when he challenges […]
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Weight Class: Heavyweight Record: 4-0 Age: 28 Height: 6’2” Born In: USA Training Out Of: 4oz. Fight Club Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 5-3 Key Wins: N/A Following a 21-second knockout that brought his professional record to 4-0, heavyweight Terrance Chatman gets his first headlining opportunity opposite Myron Dennis at Fury
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Weight Class: Bantamweight Record: 4-0 Age: 25 Height: 5’9” Born In: Russia (Represents Russia and Tajikistan) Training Out Of: N/A Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 8-8 Key Wins: N/A After starting his pro career off with four finishes, Anushevron Tukhtaev returns this weekend for the first time since late 2024 to
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Bursting onto the ONE Championship scene at just 19, Russian-born Dzhabir Dzhabrailov represents Turkey. He has quickly won over MMA fans with his explosive, aggressive style. Dzhabrailov began his pro career at 18 in Turkey. In under three years, he compiled a 6-0 record and is now closing in on a ONE Championship title fight.
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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 Millie Eriksson Record: 3-0 Weight Class: Flyweight Age: 25 years old Training: Västerås Fight Club Combined opponents’ record: 14-7 Born on May 7, 2000, Millie Eriksson grew up in Sweden
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The month of March had a number of prospects who absolutely should be on the UFC’s radar, and from historic events to back-to-back cards, this was one of the most difficult lists to cut down to just five fighters. Here are five prospects who can instantly impact their weight class and should be signed by
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Weight Class: Featherweight Record: 6-0 Age: 25 Height: 5’10” Born In: USA Training Out Of: Red Hawk Academy/The MMA Lab Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 10-4 Key Wins: N/A Boasting a 100% finishing rate, featherweight prospect Ezra Elliott will compete for the seventh time in less than two years when he
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Every fighter starts somewhere. Before the hype, before the Contender Series, before the UFC call — there’s the grind. Before They Blow Up is where @mmawizzard shines a light on prospects still in that phase. This time, the spotlight shifts, and I’ll be the one doing it — Cédric Dumas. For my first go
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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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