Future UFC Stars Who Aren't In UFC Yet

Lets hear about some good prospects...

I'll start with 2 I think could be contenders and maybe Champions in the UFC at 145 lbs and 155 lbs.  One has had 4 pro fights and one has had 8 pro fights...but they both unbeaten and have big time talent.  Another interesting thing is they are training partners.

1) Gregor Gillespie 155 lbs. (4-0....4 1st rd stoppages)  Was a 4 Time All American and D1 National Champion wrestler.  Interesting story and has a similar buzz of dominance like Chris Weidman had a few years ago when he was 4-0 as a Ring Of Combat fighter from Long Island before getting his UFC call.  Gregor trains with Keith Trimble at Bellmore Kickoxing/MMA around guys like Costas Philippou, Ryan LaFlare, Dennis Burmudez, World Champion Boxer Chris Algieri and many others.  Great talent, great coaching...I believe he could make a big noise sooner than later despite only having 4 fights.

2)  One of the others Gillespie trains with is his training partner undefeated 145 lber Andre Harrison Former Ring Of Combat Champion now in Titan FC.  Andre was 6-0 as an amateur and is currently 8-0 as a professional. He was a 2X All American D2 wrestler and is a physical specimen who is athletic, big and strong for that weight class.  Andre is fighting 17-3 Cody Bollinger March 20th in Titan 33. Keep an eye on him and Gillespie.   (Recent videos below)    

Yannick Bahati and Irshaad Sayed they both are on the EFC card may 7th

Looks like Frodo is fighting again but not for the UFC.

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German Featherweight Martin Buschkamp is a prospect to watch for in the future.  The 24 year old from Tuttlingen has an good wrestling and grappling base, as well as some decent stand up; which has resulted in him having a record of 9-0 (1 NC), with 6 of his 9 victories finished by Submission.

Here is a video of Buschkamp's most recent fight, in which he defeated Vugar Bashiev by Unanimous Decision.

Ireland's Light Heavyweight fighter Karl Moore is an interesting fighter that the UFC should consider picking up.  At age 24, Moore has racked up a perfect 5-0 record with 3 of those victories by submission; with his next fight coming up very soon, as he takes on undefeated Italian Light Heavyweight Mauro Cerilli.  Here is a video of his 1st Round KO victory over Light Heavyweight Richie Knox at Cage Warriors 62: 

Sergey Pavlovich looks like a very promising Heavyweight prospect from Russia.  He's undefeated with a record of 3-0, with all three of his wins coming by 1st round KO.   Furthermore, Pavlovich trains out of the same gym that Vitaly Minakov, Marnya Moroz, and Ali Bagautinov train out of.

Here is a video of Pavlovich's most recent victory with his 1st round KO of Slovakian Heavyweight Ilja Škondrič. 

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Pavlovich looks promising.

@rappinpap  Definitely.  Especially with his most recent win at the Fight Nights: Sochi fight card.

With a record of 11-0, Angola's Demarte Pena is a very promising lower weight class fighter that has had major success in the EFC Africa Promotion.  Not only is Pena a 2x Bantamweight champ and EFC's former Featherweight champ, he has cleaned out a majority of the promotion's Featherweight and Bantamweight contenders. 

Here is a video of Pena's decision victory against Wentzel Nel at EFC 19.

Id wait till he fights Irshaad Sayed who trains in Singapore before hyping Pena up for UFC. Hes def the #1 guy in South Africa at the moment but I have a feeling the guy who trains in Singapore with Evolve will have a good shot of being his first loss. We will find out soon. They are rumored to be fighting in October when EFC makes its first trip to Angola.

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Current Deep flyweight champion Yuki Motoya is currently on a roll, pretty much wrecking kiyotaka shimizu, imanari, yoshiro maeda, wada, and former RFA champ matt manzanares in back to back fights.


Hiromasa Ogikubo is another flyweight who has beat some top Flyweights in japan and recently won the VTJ Flyweight tournament beating czar sklavos in the finals pretty handedly.

Currently these are the 2 best prospects in Japan at the moment, at least to me. They would both be pretty competitive at flyweight in the UFC, which makes me wonder how much the UFC cares about flyweight at this point.

The 2 top South Korean flyweights that got fed to some monsters early in their careers, but are currently hitting their stride and beating some quality opponents (and really fun to watch) are Nam Jin Jo and Min Jong Song.

With all of these promising Russian fighters, I hope UFC has an event in Russia soon.

@greenhornet Pena's no Ruan Potts though. 

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/1/19/7711473/2015-bloody-elbow-mma-scouting-report-1-featherweight-tom-duquesnoy

One solid Heavyweight fighter that I would like to see fight in a big promotion soon is Alex Nicholson.  At the age of 25, Nicholson has compiled a 6-1 record with all of his wins coming by way of a finish; with five of those finishes being KO's. 

Here is a video of Nicholson fighting in his most recent fight; in which he scored a KO victory over Chaz Morgan.

@GreenHornet He has looked awesome so far, and the craziest part is he is super small for heavyweight.

@GreenHornet553 I'm glad someone mentioned Pena. He needs to sharpen up all his weapons still but he is progressing nicely under the EFC banner. That whole promotion is flying under the radar too much and when it does get exposure it's in connection to Ruan Potts, and no one wants that.

Frank chamizo  an unbelievable Cuban/Italian athlete, beaten aaron pico in competition (it's on YouTube ) he's only 23 right now, Google him , serious  freestyle wrestling achievements , likely will earn a medal in Rio in 2016, already a 2010 world's senior bronze at 57kg now filled out to 65kg, pretty sure he's watches yoel romero, most Cuban boxers^judokas/wrestlers even track athletes are tuff as nails ... check him out unreal talent , im betting he's future ufc champion you heard it 1st here on TapologY

Iccan't post vids my phone is broke but check out frank chamizo wrestling on YouTube if you appreciate wrestling styles you'll see how slick and powerful this guy is he's like a mini yoel in his prime sky is the limit for athletes as tough/skilled as this 

Another heavyweight fighter I'd like to see in the UFC sometime in the future is Ion Cutebala. The 21 year old Moldavian has a record of 10-1, with all of his wins being finishes (8 by KO and 2 by submission) and his only loss coming by DQ.  Here is a video of Cutebala's KO victory over Yuri Gorbenko.