She’s Next – WMMA Weekly Preview Each week, I’ll highlight the female prospects making noise on the regional scene. The goal is simple : to spotlight rising female talents before they break onto the big stage. Sonam Zomba (7-1) – Strawweight – Bidang Fighting Championship 8 Normally, I wouldn’t take the time to […]
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Pat Danna 👇 Women’s Flyweight Championship: Shannon Clark (6-1) vs. Beatriz Consuli (6-0) To put it simply, Consuli is a top 5 WMMA prospect right now. A 17-fight win streak dating back to her second amateur fight would prove that alone, but wins over Eduarda Moura and Carol Foro solidify it. The 2022
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Weightclass: Middleweight Record: 4-0, 1 NC Age: 26 Height: 5’11” Born in: Hungary Training out of: London Shootfighters Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 60-30 Key wins: Will Fleury Anyone who’s a regular watcher of the UFC Embedded series you’d likely recognize Norbert Novenyi Jr as the guy often seen hanging around
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Weightclass: Welterweight Record: 4-0, 1 NC Age: 22 Height: 5’11” Born in: Russia Training out of: ? Combined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 14-5 Key wins: N/A When you hear the name “David Samuel,” you might not immediately picture a rising Russian MMA prospect. In a sport where surnames like Magomedov, Volkov, and
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Weightclass: LightweightRecord: 8-1Age: 27Height: 6’2″Born in: Czech RepublicTraining out of: Fighting Club OstravaCombined opponents’ record (at the time they fought): 42-38Key wins: Sebastian Szalay (amateur) With the current streak of violence, Mudroch has been on. I wanted to take a deeper look at him to assess his level properly. First, his resume: 8-1, six straight
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Amateur Prospect of the Month: October Sam Mednick Bantamweight Age: 22 Fighting out of: Portland, Oregon, USA Record: 7-1-0 Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Sam “Bing Bong” Mednick is one of the most compelling prospects on the amateur scene. Bantamweight is full of athletic talent, but 22-year-old Sam Mednick adds even more. He stands 5’6″
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Michelle Montague (6-0, 17-2 Combined) 31 Years Old Bantamweight Fighting out of Coconut Creek, Florida, USA via Matamata, New Zealand American Top Team Originally hailing from small regional town Matamata in New Zealand, Michelle Montague is a highly credentialed grappler now training out of American Top Team in Florida. A former IMMAF Lightweight
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George Mangos (8-1 pro, 14-1 combined) 22 Years Old Featherweight Lions Den Academy (Sydney) It feels very full circle speaking about Mangos, and it is fitting to start the series off with this story. I first saw Mangos back when I was working with HEX/Path to HEX, helping with matchmaking. He was a
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Marwan Rahiki (6-0 pro, 11-1 combined) 22 years old Featherweight Lions Den Academy (Sydney) Marwan Rahiki is somebody who I wholeheartedly believe is a special talent, and is UFC-bound, bound to be in his Contenders Series fight (which I think he wins) or later down the line. Rahiki has a creative yet
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This mock tournament for the next Road to UFC (RTU) tournament is more stacked than it traditionally would be with either UFC-level or future UFC-level talent, so whilst only winning the tournament will guarantee you a contract, losers may be signed to shows like The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS), Looking for
