UFC recent signings

-Chris Beal
-Patrick Williams
-Ray Borg
-Tim Means
-Leslie Smith
-Luke Zachrich
-Brian Ortega
-Alex White
-Anthony Hamilton
-Alexis Dufrene
-Carlos Diego Ferreira
-Mirsad Bektic
-Chas Skelly
-Peter Sobotta
-Nick Hein
-Ruslan Magomedov
-Viktor Pesta
-Jack May
-Ruan Potts
-Matt Hobar

Of all these who are you looking forward to watching them fight? How do you think each would do?

EDIT: forgot all about Hobar

* Edited at 04.15.2014, 2:37 PM ET *

Ortega, Bektic, and Ferreira would my 3 most interesting but I mostly chose them because I remember watching all 3 recently. Ortega needs to improve his striking.

Ray Borg. Unlimited potential. Also, someone you don't have listed, Matt Hobar.

Borg and Magomedov

-Chris Beal - did not live up to all the huge pre TUF hype. 


-Patrick Williams - never seen him, never heard him mentioned in any prospect circles


-Ray Borg - been following this kid since his debut, great pickup. I expect the guy he beat (nick urso) to eventually make it to the ufc as well.


-Tim Means - will never contend due to weak wrestling, exciting on the feet and didnt deserve to get cut .


-Leslie Smith - not impressed with her, there are way better chicks they could have signed


-Luke Zachrich - *** a TUF scrub from years ago, waste of a roster spot imo. To many better guys out there.


-Brian Ortega - Would have liked to see him get some better competition in RFA against better fighters


-Alex White - Hasnt beat anybody good outside the ufc, havent heard his name come up in prospect circles.


-Anthony Hamilton - No interest. Hes got to much fat, just doesnt seem like a ufc quality fighter. Couldn't even finish tities in a 5 round fight. Got KOd in a minute and 15 seconds by a guy the ufc just cut (walt harris) who has more potential but needs expierence. Being a greg jacksons fighter and a HW probably is the reason he got signed.


-Alexis Dufrene -  opponents combined record of 7 wins and 20 loses. Beating 0-3,0-1, 0-1 people doesnt do it for me.


-Carlos Diego Ferreira - solid guy. Wins over very good prospect chris feist and 2 good vets patino and prater


-Mirsad Bektic - Way to much hype. Doesnt have a single solid win. But i wanna see him exposed so i can **** with my friends about how their high ranked prospect gets dominated by ufc talent. If hes legit, ill eat crow and have fun getting chewed out by my friends for a good laugh.


-Chas Skelly - another guy ive followed since his first fight. Great to see him get a chance, thought he was gonna be locked into the bellator contract. Glad he wasnt.


-Peter Sobotta - no interest. He went 0-3 in his first ufc stint. Beat euro cans with 1-2 or 1-3 records doesnt warrent an invite back imo. I know they needed him for the gemany card but there were a bunch of up and coming germans in his division that i would have rather seen signed.


-Nick Hein - Needed for the german card and has some hype. Dont think he warrents the hype at this moment. So yeah id like to see if hes legit or not since some people are very high on him and some are  very low. Im in the middle till i see him against ufc compeition.  And at least hes not a german ufc washout.


-Ruslan Magomedov - Russian HW striker and was willing to sit out the 2 year bellator contract, yep id like to see if the wait was worth it. Hope hes been adding more to his ground game. Probably will never contend for a title, but should be able to give us some good standup wars against other strikers.


-Viktor Pesta - Exciting young HW kid that goes for the finish. Seems to have a good well rounded skillset. Never can be sure about the euro guys but with some of the hype coming along with this kid, it was a great signing reguardless if he flops or not. Being a HW im hoping he fights as good in the ufc as he did in the footage ive seen.


-Jack May - Sadly i think he wont last long. Its great to see a 6'7 - 6'8 260 pounder. But from what ive seen he needs to much work in every aspect of fighting. But the ufc had to jump on a legit sized HW or risk losing him to bellator. Now that legacy is supposed to be the new feeder league, i would have liked to see him fight there against guys with similar expierence and potential. Or maybe 2 fights in RFA to give him some time to develope as a fighter. But damn, 6'8? Its a win/win for fight fans. Either they will see a giant smash someone or they will see a huge dude get destroyed by someone much smaller and have a good laugh.


-Ruan Potts - 6'2 and 251lbs, looks in shape in photos. Never seen him fight but have heard things about him. Good signing cause it shows theya are taking a chance on HW fighters from untapped places like south africa. If he sucks and gets cut, no sweat. But if he turns out to be at the very least at top 10 fighter, then they got a good guy they can use to break into a new country while giving depth to the thin HW division.




They signed a few good guys and took some much needed gambles on desperately needed HWs. But They can stop there, theres to many high talented guys unsigned that the UFC needs to get their hands on. Especially when it comes to thin divisions like HW, LHW,BW and Flyweight.

That was a good read ACF.

I really hope Bektic is legit. 

"-Leslie Smith - not impressed with her, there are way better chicks they could have signed"

They signed her cause everyone else got hurt . she was willing to take it on 7 days notice no other chick was . also she only loses to top fighters and arguably beat kaufman the first time . and she always brings it every single fight unlike any other 135er outside of ufc . was a good signing imo .

Very interesting Fighters. I like the Good Heavy fighters. Magomedov, Pesta, Potts and Hamilton. But one fight i wanna see is Munhoz vs Hobar. 

Munhoz vs. Hobar is happening.

Viktor Pesta and his friend crucifix for sure haha
He's currently in the Allstars Training Centre in Stockholm getting ready for his fight together with Cebenblad, Lafiti and Gustaffson. Two month sparring with Gustaffson will make him prepared enough, I guess..

Ufc signs former bellator MW finalist Sultan Aliev

UFC also signs Jake Lindsey to replace the injured Yosdenis Cedeno against Jon Tuck.

UFC sign Niklas Backstorm as a replacement for Thiago Tavares against Tom Ninimaki. also signs Jason Saggo and Josh Shockley and they will meat eachother at UFC 174

UFC signs Gilbert Burns via MMAFighting

Aliev sounds like a good signing.

Burns getting signed is fantastic.  The guy has fantastic BJJ. 2x No-gi world champion (2010, 2013) 2011 Mundial champion 76KG, and 2010 World Cup champion at 74KG.

The UFC have signed the UK's Ian Entwhistle to a 4 fight deal. 

Everyone in UK and Ireland are shocked at this one. Nice submission specialist but has beaten the square root of **** all competition wise.

Couple of UFC signings.

-Roger Narvaez makes UFC debut against Patrick Cummins at UFC Fight Night 42.
- Juan Manuel Puig in his debut will meet Adriano Martins at TUF 19 Finale.
-Ufc newcomers will be meeting eachother at UFC New Zealand Dashon Johnson vs Jake Matthews.