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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With it being a quiet week for MMA in general, ARES FC is taking advantage and holding a solid card with some good prospects. An interim featherweight title fight headlines ARES FC 39, with Ghassen Jbalia making the first defense of his title. Former ONE Muay Thai title challenger Jimmy Vienot returns on the card,
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With some flight cancellations of the UFC card this week, they decided to bring in two guys to make another fighter. One of those is Kai Kamaka, making his return, and he’ll be welcoming promotional newcomer Dakota Hope. “Huracán” has had a successful career. He was the former Peak Fighting featherweight champ. He’s fought for
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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 what should be one of the biggest months in Samurai Fight House history, the Argentinian fight promotion kicks off April in Buenos Aires with an excellent card full of talent. Here’s who to watch at SFH 28: Lucas Miletich, 26, 13-2-0, Featherweight Headlining a loaded event in Buenos Aires, Lucas Miletich returns
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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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Samourai MMA 18 – Preview de la carte (Français) L’année 2026 semble marquer un véritable tournant pour Samourai MMA, organisation phare du MMA québécois. À l’aube du 18e chapitre de l’aventure menée par Daniel Lafond et son équipe, plusieurs chantiers d’envergure ont été amorcés. D’abord, l’organisation a prolongé son entente avec l’incontournable plateforme de diffusion
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Before we move on, for our French viewers, click here to give it a read. The year 2026 appears to mark a real turning point for Samourai MMA, the flagship organization of Quebec MMA. As the promotion led by Daniel Lafond and his team approaches the 18th chapter of its journey, several major projects
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Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat is back this Friday with a stacked lineup of title bouts and rising prospects. Atop the card, we have four title bouts. On the prelims, we got three title bouts. Before we move on to who you should be watching for, I’ll mention the guys I believe are in a
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