- Hellowhosthat
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My MMA Rankings
Hellowhosthat Welterweight rankings
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1
- Shamil Musaev
- "The Silent Assassin"
- 17-0-1
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1994 - Russia - PFL
Improved a lot during time off after being unable to get fights in KSW. Turned into an excellent counter puncher with some of the best spinning body kicks in the business. Counters really hard and has accuracy and power in everything he throws which he links into combination punching to boot. TDD is solid, able to hold off good wrestlers. Used to wrestle quite well offensively himself but unless he's against a really good striker I don't know that he'll bother.
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2
- Logan Storley
- "Storm"
- 15-3-0
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1992 - USA - PFL
Very good wrestler, who likes to get pressure on and strike way into shots. Works fine against most people, good positionally on top, sometimes content to cruise there. Kryptonite seems to be guys with really good TDD who start countering him well as he panics a bit and tries to get forward. Had a very hard time with that in both the Amosov and Musaev fights.
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3
- Murad Ramazanov
- 12-0-0, 1 NC
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1995 - Russia - PFL
Superb top grappler, great at keeping position, moves from half guard, to mount, to back and rinse and repeat if need be, never really expect guys to get up once they're underneath him for the rest of the round. Hasn't always seemed to be in a rush to finish guys but seems to have adapted to PFL format to get finishes and more points. Very good Dagi style cage wrestling, with the usual cage pushing, moving towards the back and looking for trips, hooks and drags. Not sure how comfortable he looks on the feet, but it's difficult to keep the dude there.
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4
- Joaquin Buckley
- "New Mansa"
- 19-6-0
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1994 - USA - UFC
Moving down to 170 was a great decision for this dude as his strength and athleticism can still shine through while having less big reach discrepancies. Still pretty short even at this weight, but if he's getting countered trying to get inside quickly to deliver his power he's going to be facing less power coming back the other way. Runs through a double leg pretty well when he wants to wrestle and pretty strong at the weight. Good donkey kong style smash ground and pound.
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5
- Magomed Umalatov
- "Prince"
- 15-0-0
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1992 - Russia - PFL
Good power on the feet and good wrestling. Seems like he can tire late in fights, at least did against Lopez. Good bullying of Koreshkov in close to pick up the biggest win of his career.
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6
- Andrey Koreshkov
- "Spartan"
- 27-5-0
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1990 - Russia - PFL
Looked like he might have lost a step against Umalatov. Still a decent striker, still has the spinning kicks. TDD wasn't all that hot and I'm not sure why he kept trying to throw up omaplatas from the bottom so hopefully he stops doing that going forward.
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7
- Adrian Bartosiński
- "Bartos"
- 16-0-0
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1995 - Poland - KSW Champion
Seems to have done everything he can do in KSW really. Physically an absolute unit, hits hard, comes straight at guys, usually goes thud, thud and into the offensive wrestling against the cage Has pretty strong leglocks and subs from the bottom. Fight against Igor was a little closer than I expected, was getting taken down more than I thought he would, but pulled out a kneebar.
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8
- Goiti Yamauchi
- 29-6-0
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1993 - Brazil - PFL
Fast and powerful at the weight, gets inside well and height difference against most guys at the weight doesn't seem to be too much of an issue.
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9
- Khaos Williams
- "The Oxfighter"
- 15-3-0
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1994 - USA - UFC
Returned to KO form against Harris having not had as many lately. Showed when he times one and lands clean he can still tear guys from conciousness. Takes his time to set it up with jabs to the body.
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10
- Carlston Harris
- "Moçambique"
- 19-6-0
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1987 - Guyana - UFC
Dangerous dude, really good from front headlock and has an especially good anaconda and d'arce so tough to shoot on incase you get stuck there. Striking doesn't always look pretty but he has solid power and he's knocked guys out before. Throws a weird down chopping right hand which kind of scoops downwards. Just got clipped against Khaos which you can't do.
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11
- Neiman Gracie
- 12-5-0
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1988 - Brazil - PFL
Obviously high level BJJ, happy to pull guard to get there if need be as wrestling isn't that great. Serviceable Cordeiro striking, simple but fairly effective. Not so great defensively but tough and fights through it when he gets tagged.
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12
- Cédric Doumbé
- "Le Meilleur" | 6-1-0
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1992 - France - PFL
One of the best kickboxers on the planet and adapting well to MMA. Obviously standing he's going to beat just about anyone. Has power on the feet and as such his kickboxing translates well. Adapted striking well to MMA by keeping face forward so can keep a low stance to allow him to sprawl well and tries to tempt guys to throw at him so he can counter hard. Has a solid enough sprawl on him, defends takedowns well against the cage and works back up well. Was doing better than I thought he would against Baki before the glass in foot stoppage.
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13
- Nursulton Ruziboev
- "Black" | 34-9-2, 2 NC
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1993 - Uzbekistan - UFC
Handled cut to 170 fine for the Buckley fight, didn't seem to be an issue cardio wise, just out skilled and wasn't able to compete physically against one of the few guys in the division that cutting down probably isn't going to give you much of a strength advantage over. Can be taken down but hits hard, snaps up necks and armbars off his back and is a dangerous finisher all round.
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14
- Trey Waters
- "The Truth" | 9-1-0
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1995 - USA - UFC
Long languid style of fighting, keeps hands very low, but pretty calm under fire. Sharp counters with some pop on them and has decent tall man TDD against the fence. Has a sneaky standing guillotine when guys shoot on him, handled pace of an insane fight against Goff as well as could be reasonably expected.
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15
- Tahir Abdullaev
- "Tank" | 17-2-0
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1997 - Azerbaijan - UAE Warriors Champion
Just a brute. Piles forward trying to hurt people, throws huge bombs, tries to ragdoll people around and looks for ground and pound and rags chokes. Very physical guy to deal with who'll break people if they can't get him off them. Great win to break Alkhasov to take the UAE Warriors title. Only real knock I've seen on him is he looked really frustrated and didn't seem to know what to do when Josh Togo just stayed on the back foot, picked at him and didn't engage him physically, didn't seem to have a way to force himself on that style.
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16
- Igor Michaliszyn
- 10-3-0
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1996 - Poland - KSW
Very strong and roided. Good pickups and dumps, able to do it to even someone like Bartosinski. Pretty solid when gets on top and some decent boxing when on the back foot with decent power. Was doing quite well in KSW title fight until he got kneebarred.
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17
- Shakhban Alkhasov
- 8-1-0
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1996 - Russia - UAE Warriors
Cruised in his career up until he ran into Tahir Tank. When he's got things going his own way he has lovely wrestling, good back takes, very calm and sharp strikes and generally looks like a potential top guy. When Tank started pouring stuff back at him though he either completely collapsed mentally or death gassed and just completely fell out of the fight. Need to see an improvement on that.
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18
- Nikolay Veretennikov
- 12-4-0
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1989 - Kazakhstan - United Fight League Champion
US based Kazakh killer who usually gets the job done early, won the UFL grand prix with three early finishes. Gets wins both by strikes and by sub, hits hard and grapples well. Unlucky to run into Michael Morales on the Contender Series and is a UFC level guy for me.
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19
- Anderson Nascimento
- "Astro da Maldade" | 17-3-0, 1 NC
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1986 - Brazil - Jungle Fight Champion
Very physical dude who's a late bloomer and seems to be peaking in his late 30's. Strong BJJ, solid chin and comes forward behind hard shots to get into his grappling. Wore out and finished an undefeated Cesar Mendes to take the Jungle Fight belt.
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20
- Thad Jean
- "The Silverback" | 7-0-0
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1998 - USA - PFL
Big for weight, nice sniping striking, good power, calm and waits for opportunities well Good straight punches and high kick. Clearly beating the lower level guys he's fought, seems ready to take on a higher level of competition, should be in the 2025 PFL season.
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21
- Jaleel Willis
- "The Realest" | 16-6-0
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1992 - USA - Bellator
Running into some tough competition lately in the likes of Ramazan and Doumbe. Has that one great night where he was able to keep it on the feet and beat Crutcher with good boxing, but once he gets to the top level he seems like he's not quite good enough at grappling to stop good grapplers and not quite good enough at striking to beat good strikers.
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22
- Billy Goff
- 9-3-0
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1998 - USA - UFC
This dude does not give a single **** and I love it. Looks like an absolute nightmare to fight. Doesn't have good defence and is prone to getting countered but he is just going to pile at you at a high pace as long as he can trying to knock you out. Obviously gets tired doing that, but he makes the pace of the fight so tough that it's hard to see both guys not being gassed. Has pretty good, fast kicks too which he throws hard to the leg and a very nice front kick to the chin.
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23
- Geovanis Palacios
- "Fênix" | 7-0-0
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1996 - Cuba - LFA
Cuban suplex machine training at Fight Nerds in Brazil. Very strong and talented wrestler, one of the few guys who seems to be able to legitimately suplex dudes in MMA although he does need to work on controlling them afterwards. Stand up style is similar to Borralho although he isn't as evasive yet, seems to be able to take a shot though. Explosive with own striking yet and when gets timing down on it I think he'll be cracking guys.
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24
- Themba Gorimbo
- "The Answer" | 13-4-0
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1991 - Zimbabwe - UFC
Doing better than I thought he would in the UFC but still not sure he's that good. Quite good wrestling against people who aren't really good wrestlers but going to find it harder with people that are, does have some pop on the feet. Likes cage grinding where needs to.
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25
- Islam Dulatov
- "The Ripper" | 10-1-0
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1999ish - Germany - Oktagon
Fast improving prospect who's very aggressive and beats the **** out of people in on the feet with hard, accurate and straight punches. Prepared to go into the guard of BJJ players so he can beat the **** out of them there too. Looks ready for better competition.
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26
- Laureano Staropoli
- "Pepi" | 13-6-0
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1993 - Argentina - PFL
Improved since getting cut from the UFC and started training with Glover. Got a decent run in beating solid mid tier Euro guys in Ares. Return to high level competition against Murad didn't go well, but has always struggled with cage pushes so was always going to find that hard.
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27
- Kody Steele
- 6-0-0
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1995 - USA - Fury FC
Seems to be getting there, striking improving, getting some decent accumulative power behind his shots now and wearing guys down. Grapples at a decent level, likes to try and stick to people on the cage and try and get to the back. Rounding his game out nicely.
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28
- Luis Hernandez
- "The Stache" | 4-0-0
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1996 - USA - Fury FC
Also known as the 3 second high kick cop. Absolutely crushed everyone he's fought so far whether standing or on the ground and stepped up a bit against a 3-0 guy and trashed him too. Physically seems an absolute specimen, strong, fast and powerful. BJJ looks good, maybe trusts it a little too much as is willing to put himself in bad positions with kimura traps but able to use them to sweep so far. Top game looks good and tight, decent heavy pressure, good back taker and a nice squeeze on his chokes.
Looks like someone who'll make it to the UFC to me.
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29
- Christian Eckerlin
- 16-6-0, 1 NC
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1986 - Germany - Oktagon
Solid fighter who's only recent loss is to UFC vet Leandro Buscape. Has a good jab which he can use to control aggressive fighters and a nice cross to bring behind it when he decides it's the right time, selects shots pretty well and is nice and patient. Good ground and pound when ends up on top. Played matador to Broz very well.
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30
- Joseph Luciano
- 9-2-0
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1993ish - Australia - Beatdown Promotions
Solid offensive grappler, likes to get on top of guys with his solid wrestling and takes his time, looking to hold them down, force the back take and look for a choke.
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31
- Michał Michalski
- "Suga" | 12-5-0
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1989 - Poland - KSW
Heavy swinger who looks to swing dudes back to the fence and get them out of there early, has a lot of early finishes against reasonable competition so it works for him pretty well. No idea why he's called Suga as that is not his fight style.
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32
- Bartosz Leśko
- 13-5-2
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1996 - Poland - KSW
Not bad once he can get into a fight, good grappler who can wrap up the back and get subs, striking not terrible offensively either. Problem is he fights way too tall, leaves his chin way out there and multiple dudes have found it and knocked him spark out.
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33
- Louis Glismann
- "Spartacus" | 12-3-0
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1991 - Denmark - Oktagon
Terrible striker, very hittable and own strikes **** too. Makes up for it by being a very good scrambler. Loves to roll through off leg attacks to get on top, also very good at rolling through to get to top when guys almost fully take his back which only Stanton really does as well as he does. Takedown defence is terrible, but that's where he wants to be anyway so that doesn't really matter. Cardio for grappling is very good too. Kind of limited in that he's screwed if he's stuck on the feet with someone but if he can get into the grappling or if his opponent is stupid enough to go there with him voluntarily then he's got a chance.
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34
- Alan Domínguez
- "Tiburón Blanco" | 11-6-0
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1996 - Mexico - PFL
Developed a pretty solid BJJ games over the years after getting subbed a lot early on. Relies on chin to get inside but it's pretty good and I've seen him take a few shots square to it without flinching. Dude is good at back takes and hunting for chokes. On a loss avenging tour as Lux champion having got losses against Antonio Suarez and Nayib Lopez back.
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35
- Łukasz Siwiec
- "Brutal" | 9-4-0
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1991 - Poland - Oktagon
Stocky dude who bombs very hard and has fairly solid wrestling. Main issue is that he carries a lot of muscle and while that helps him early it does tend to slow him down late in fights. Also his gameplans can be questionable, I felt like he could have beaten Glismann on the feet but he decided to grapple with a grappling specialist instead. Still all his recent losses are decisions against very good European tier guys and he ended the John Hathaway comeback.
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36
- Nayib López
- "Cachorro" | 16-2-0
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1993ish - Mexico - Lux Fight League
Pretty one dimensional dude who likes to get on top and hold guys down while slowly working for submissions. His own takedown defence isn't too great so he can end up on his back against better grapplers and he's not a bottom game wizard so he ends up stuck there. Really tough guy though, he'll hang in there all fight and make the other guy really work to try and get him out of there. Umalatov was tiring trying to finish him and in his recent Lux title fight he won the 5th round after getting dominated the rest of the time.
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37
- Jakhongir Jumaev
- 11-4-0
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1992 - Uzbekistan - UAE Warriors
Doing better at 170 than he did at 155. On a decent run with some finishes and got his biggest win when catching Andre Fialho with a big hook.
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38
- Andre Fialho
- 16-9-0, 1 NC
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1994 - Portugal - UAE Warriors
Relied on his durability a lot but I think his UFC run has beaten that out of him unfortunately as he can't handle shots like he could last time he was on the regionals. Still has the power himself, but he's always eaten punches and if he can't handle them anymore then that's not great.
Looks handsome with hair though.
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39
- Romain Debienne
- 10-5-0
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1997ish - France - PFL
Alright striker, throws most stuff hard and is a finisher Good snappy high kick. Got tagged up by Jean, but that was a high level prospect. Maybe a bit impatient if against a good counter striker. On a good run before that, only losing to uber Middleweight prospect Matej Penaz before PFL in his post covid run, other losses were early in career.
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40
- Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani
- "Mufasa" | 7-2-0
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1999 - USA - LFA
Probably a little bit small for welterweight, might have to face that as a reality when steps up in comp again. BJJ black belt but doesn't always wrestle, seems happy to develop striking. Strikes on back foot, has good high kick on him. Got grinded on by Jacobi Jones so I'll have my doubts until he beats a similar fighter.
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41
- Bahatebole Batebolati
- "Lion King" | 10-1-1
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1997 - China - LFA
Not sure what the UFC sees in him but they clearly see something as they keep bringing him back to RUFC. Pretty average, but does press forward most of the time. Striking not great but okayish, wrestling background but not really great at that either.
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42
- Han Seul Kim
- "Spade" | 13-6-0
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1990 - South Korea - Double G
Went the opposite direction in his second RUFC fight and decided to try and sit back rather than get in a brawl. Does have some sharp counters when he actually throws them but pretty much let the fight pass him by and lost just by virtue of the other guy being slightly more aggressive.
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43
- Donovan Desmae
- "Vegas" | 18-10-0
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1991 - Belgium - Interim Levels Fight League Champion
Solid journeyman with good boxing, gets good combos off with nice forward pressure and is nicely balanced with a bit of pop. Very tough to finish and has taken a bunch of good prospects the distance.
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44
- Miroslav Brož
- "Inkvizitor" | 17-4-1
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1988 - Czechia - Oktagon
Big hook swinger, loves to wildly charge forward with hooks but very open when doing it. Likes to talk a lot of **** to people while fighting but I'm not sure if they understand him or not. Decent volume and aggression but liable to lose to good technicians.
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45
- Lucas Marques
- "Sonic" | 18-4-0
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1996 - Brazil - Centurion FC
Won recent Centurion one night tournament and looked solid enough doing it. Nothing special but fairly solid, fights at a steady pace, decent enough leg kicks. Top game looks good if he can get guys down and has an okay double leg. Just a reasonably good Brazilian regional guy really.
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46
- Aleksandr Vasiliev
- "Мugiwara" | 12-2-1
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2000 - Russia - RCC
Good striker, got Diaz style boxing mixed with high kicks and gets some good volume off. Takedown defence isn't good enough, ends up on his back against most decent wrestlers. Does have decent offensive wrestling himself so sometimes rounds come down to who shoots first.
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47
- Luis Francischinelli
- 3-0-0
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Brazil - LFA
Lanky, humongously tall dude for the weight. Got some nice sharp hands which he drills hard down the middle and finds the chin well. Not really been tested yet.
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48
- Tyler Veal
- "TV" | 5-0-0
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1996 - USA - Anthony Pettis FC
Looks pretty decent. Big for welterweight, fights pretty calm and composed. Edges forward to get into wrestling range and likes to try and get to a back body lock and drag people down from there although his control isn't quite there yet. Double leg pretty solid, striking okay, picks his punches pretty well, but very selective and not high volume. Decent high kick, not sure enjoys it when he gets pushed back on the back foot. Looks a fairly safe fighter too, not someone I'd trust to push for a finish unless he needs one.
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49
- Joseilton Santos
- "Mazola" | 8-0-0
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1996 - Brazil - Demo Fight Champion
Fast hands, has a habit of just following guys around throwing a fast 1-2 though. Cardio seems fine, slows down a bit but not too badly for an explosive guy. Looks fine on the bottom, gets feet on hips and looks to get up. Seems competent in the wrestling. Not overly impressive, but looks okay if a bit limited.
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50
- Andreeas Binder
- "Judoka" | 9-2-0, 1 NC
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1996 - Ireland - Levels Fight League
Pretty average fighter, struggling a bit to get low level guys out of there. Limited in the striking, pretty rudamental MMA style, quite small at 155 and going to struggle with long guys. Better in the grappling with an okay double leg, reasonable control and attempts to flatten guys out.
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51
- Jordan Zébo
- "Le Fauve" | 5-1-0
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2000 - Welterweight - Ares
Very strong and athletic but also very spazzy. Can throw guys about but makes a lot of positional mistakes and tends not to be able to hold them down for extended periods. Better than he looked when he decided to open with a low kick against Doumbe, but seems he's always going to rely on his physical gifts.
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52
- Mirali Huseynov
- 8-3-0
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1995 - Azerbaijan - A1 Combat
Fighting out of AKA, solid wrestler defensively and has some good power. Helped in the Smith fight by him charging at him with no defence but found the chin and flatlined him. Good powerful hooks.
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53
- Leonardo Limberger
- "Kazuya" | 16-9-0
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1994 - Brazil - Centurion FC
Too small for welterweight but I imagine he'll go back to lightweight. He's not that old but he seems pretty washed to me anyway. Feels a bit gun-shy, gets taken down much more easily than when he was on the come up and his chin looks shakier. Seems getting run through the ACA ringer has ruined him.
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54
- Ashley Reece
- "The Beast" | 9-3-0, 1 NC
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1988 - England - United Fight League
Pretty small for the weight, likes to try and out cardio guys, does okay but has lost against anyone decent he's fought. Got to final of UFL GP but got cracked early in the final.
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55
- Ali Zebian
- "V.I.P." | 10-5-0
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1994 - USA - Combat FC
Meat and potatoes regional dude. Not a bad wrestler, serviceable striking and cardio. Not particularly good anywhere but not bad anywhere either. Was beating Oliveira before DQ.
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56
- Leonardo Blasco
- "Blastrigger" | 21-8-0
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1995 - Venezuela - Levels Fight League
Pretty average dude who pads record with low level fighters and generally gets finished by higher level guys. Wants to try and wrestle, striking defence not sophisticated enough to avoid decent shots.
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57
- Sinjen Smith
- "The Saint" | 5-1-0
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1992 - USA - A1 Combat
Training partner of Payton Talbott, tries to use a similar pressure, pressure break the guy style but has no regard for defence at all and it was his undoing against Huseinov as trying to do it against a guy with a bit of power got him KO'd. Will probably break a lot of lighter hitters fighting in this style but needs to adapt for guys with power.
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58
- Yann Oliveira
- 6-0-0
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USA - Combat FC Champion
Looks pretty garbage to me. Main plus point is he does blast leg kicks in pretty hard, but he has one of those standup games that looks like it's something he thinks is good from sparring **** people in the gym, but just not very quick and doesn't cover his head. Likes takedowns but not that great at them and sloppy positionally, gets reversed and really bad on the bottom. Was losing to Zebian before the eye poke and feels ripe for being exposed.
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59
- Victor Kuiks
- "The Striking Viking" | 5-2-0
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1993 - Netherlands - LFA
Looked better against JSB than he did in Mexico. Still not very good though. Likes to get on the pressure and try and strike, just not able to really cut off the cage and land consistently. Is more than happy to come forward all fight trying.
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60
- John Palaiologos
- "Greek Emperor" | 20-13-1
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1987 - Greece - Oktagon
Mid Euro level gatekeeper. Has a pretty dangerous guard which he can catch low level guys with, throws a lot of stuff up, but he's not defensively tight with it and good guys will just beat him up or pass off it.
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- Maxim Viktorov
- 10-3-0
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1999ish - Russia - RCC
Didn't look too good against Vasiliev. Likes to come forward and showed some decent offensive wrestling in the first and managed to keep his man down despite getting hit a lot when coming in. Own takedown defence not good and spent the rest of the fight getting taken down and then being stuck on his back for the rest of the round.
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62
- Jaden Ortega
- 2-0-0
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2002ish - USA - Combate Global
Looked alright in fully putting the Jimmie Pace hype to bed, but I'm not convinced it wasn't more just Pace being terrible than anything else. Seemed fundamentally fine, everything in the right place striking wise and able to hold his own in the cage clinches. Gas tank seemed okay and pulled away a bit in the last round. Not sure he's much of a prospect but worth keeping an eye on.
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63
- Jimmie Pace Jr.
- "Jimbo Slice" | 3-2-0
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1996 - USA - Combate Global
Mouthy Goat Shed hypejob who's train has completely crashed at this point. Couldn't handle a minor step up in competition. Throws terrible weird pushed arm hooks on the feet, almost like he's throwing a discus. Tries to charge into the clinch with them but doesn't do a good job of changing levels against the cage and has been turned around by pretty low level guys there. Looks vulnerable to getting countered the way he runs in but his chin does seem pretty solid the times I've seen him get cracked clean. Cardio doesn't seem good either.
Talks a good game though.
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- Jonathan Veluz
- "The Pastor" | 7-1-0
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Philippines - Beatdown Promotions
No idea what this guy is doing at welterweight, looks like a fat featherweight at best. Was racking up finishes against cab drivers in low level Filipino promotions but didn't look remotely competent in first class against Luciano, taken down easily, looked like he had no idea what he was doing on the bottom, gave his back and got tapped.