Week 5 of Dana White’s Contender Series brings us to only the second week this season where all five winners didn’t earn UFC contracts. A much better week all around, with no bad referee interference, a real Contender Series-level fight, and possibly the best overall group of contract winners so far this season. I believe […]
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Christian Natividad (9-0) vs Colton Loud (7-1) Natividad is a good technical boxer with fast ins and outs. He can grapple offensively when he wants to, though usually he waits until the end of a round unless he sees an easy ground and pound opportunity early. He’s not overly dangerous, but his speed on
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Tale of the Tape Colton Loud Christian Natividad Record 7-1 9-0 Age 25 29 Height 5’10” 5’5″ Reach ? 69.5″ Hometown Fort Worth, Texas, US Scottsdale, Arizona, US Combined Opp. Record 25-15 37-16-1 Gym Genesis BJJ Arizona Combat Sports Championships Peak Fighting n/a Shawn Bitter- This is another time that, in order to get
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Weight Class: Middleweight Record: 5-0 Age: 23 Height: 6’4” Born In: Slovakia Training Out Of: Mattix MMA Combined Opponent Records (at the time they fought): 26-21-1 Key Wins: N/A Less than two years into his professional career and still just 23 years old, Martin Kozák will try to improve to 6-0 when he challenges
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The UFC’s middleweight division has produced some of the most successful champions in the promotion’s history, but it’s no secret that the weight class doesn’t have quite the same depth as the lighter divisions in MMA. There are a number of promising middleweight prospects (under age 30) that aren’t locked in with other major promotions
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