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DWCS 2025 Awards

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

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Fighter In-depth: Dzhamaludin Aliev

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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Fighter In-depth: Vinny Dias

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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Fighter In-depth: Willie van Rooyen

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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Fighter In-depth: Ivan Podrugin

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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Fighter In-depth: Dmitriy Kireev

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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