She’s Next – WMMA Weekly Preview Each week, I’ll highlight one women prospect on my radar and in action in the upcoming days Alina Dalaslan Record: 4-0 Weight Class: Bantamweight Age: 25 years old Training: Planet Eater Combined opponents record: 20-17 Born in Illertissen, Bavaria, on August 11, 2000, Alina Dalaslan has emerged as […]
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Black Combat 16: Exodus ends the month of January with their biggest event in company history. The card will host 14-fights and five of them will be title bouts. Let’s get started with who I believe you should be watching for. The event has a banger of a main event lined up for us
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Every fighter starts somewhere. Before the hype, before the Contender Series, before the UFC call — there’s the early grind. Before They Blow Up is my way of spotlighting prospects still in that stage. In this third edition, I’m looking at a few rising talents with five fights or fewer that are on my radar. These
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French MMA is a large family that also includes Belgium and Switzerland. Indeed, these two countries have strong French-speaking minorities that are close to the French. In MMA, these Belgian and Swiss minorities are well integrated into the French circuit. Belgium, in particular, has seen several of its fighters become stars in France. French-speaking fighters
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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 Gigi Canuto Record: 6-1 Weight Class: Strawweight Age: 23 years old Training: 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Las Vegas Combined opponents’ record: 17-12 Giovanna “Gigi” Canuto is a Brazilian-born professional MMA
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With a new broadcast partner for the new year, LFA has a big year coming up. This list wasn’t made with the idea of getting all these prospects to the UFC this year (which they very well could). Instead, it aimed to highlight the depth of the LFA roster and how high the level of
Before we begin, a few guidelines are worth noting. Not every country will be represented. MMA is still a developing sport in many regions, and limited infrastructure and opportunities mean some nations simply don’t have a deep prospect pool yet. As a result, several countries are intentionally left out. This list is focused on
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Flyweight Abdurakhman Nasrutdinov, 5-1, Swedish Abdurakhman Nasrutdinov made a promising debut in 2021 and was considered one of the European flyweight prospects to watch. After a solid amateur career (4–1), he made a strong first professional impression at FCR 8 by dominating and knocking out Ashley Livingston. His aggressiveness on the feet, combined
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To wrap up our series on prospects the UFC should sign in 2026, I decided to combine the organization’s three women’s divisions to present a top 20 ranking regardless of weight classes. As a result, strawweights receive a significant amount of attention in this list because it’s probably the most stacked WMMA division now outside
We’re getting towards the end of our series of the top-10 UFC-ready prospects in each weight class. While there’s great talent everywhere, the bantamweight division may just be the most stacked worldwide. The UFC didn’t sign many top guys in 2025, and the available talent reflects that. Out of Prospect Vault’s top 25 prospects overall,
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