Real life and an absurdly busy September schedule that saw 28 fighters enter and 29 more leave the rankings have conspired to delay this installment of Undefeated Ins and Outs, but better late than never. The upside is that I have some incredibly exciting prospects to introduce you to, with many of them just 3-0 […]
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Author – James Colwell September now holds the record for the busiest month in this series’ brief history, with 62 different undefeated fighters competing and earning writeups. These range from top UFC prospects and exciting new talent coming through DWCS to fighters building up their records in obscure corners of the world where only I
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Authors: James Colwell & Nicholas Holt After 10 thrilling weeks, DWCS 2025 is finally wrapped up and has given us a massive crop of new UFC signings. Some have real star potential, others are guaranteed to put on exciting fights, while some signings are more questionable. What can’t be argued is that there were some
Author – FdrNphw Weightclass: BantamweightRecord: 10-0Age: 25Height: 5’9”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: ?Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 65-28-2Key wins: Vyacheslav Svischev, Francisco Figueiredo I first wrote about Dzhamaludin Aliev nearly three years ago on Twitter, and the hype around him was justified. On December 24th, 2022, he was set to fight one
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Author – Hudson Gelfand Main Card · Alex Volkanovski v Lerone Murphy (Featherweight Title) – We as MMA fans will have been robbed if we don’t ever get to see Volk fight in Sydney; thankfully, it looks like we could be getting it in February. Murphy seems to be the rightful next in line, but
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Author – Shawn Bitter Weightclass: BantamweightRecord: 7-0Age: 26Height: 5’8”Born in: CanadaTraining out of: MMA LabCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 23-19-1Key wins: N/A I first noticed Dias when he competed in the BTC $10,000 tournament, which he won in 2022. He hasn’t beaten anyone notable, but he was an inexperienced pro who beat
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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 – Shawn Bitter Weightclass: WelterweightRecord: 7-0Age: 24Height: 6’3”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: Raty TeamCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 25-3Key wins: Imam Ibragimov, Chingiz Minyazev, Ali Suleymanov Ivan Podrugin is a 6’3” Russian welterweight who stands out as one of the most promising young prospects in the sport. At just 24, he
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Author – FdrNphw Weightclass: LightweightRecord: 7-0Age: 26Height: 5’11”Born in: RussiaTraining out of: Alexander Nevsky (Omsk)Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 62-36-1Key wins: N/A Dmitriy Kireev has done a great job drawing attention to himself this month by finishing his opponent in thirty seconds on the RCC 23 card. Even before that, he’s been
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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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