Italians on the rise!

So, it seems the golden age of Italian MMA eventually came. We got lot of talents signed to some of the top promotions worldwide.

UFC
Marvin Vettori (12-4-1 MMA ,2-2-1 UFC);
Alessio Di Chirico (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC);
Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC);
Mara Romero Borella (12-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

Bellator
Alessio Sakara (19-12 MMA, 3-1 Bellator);
Daniele Scatizzi (9-4 MMA, 0-0 Bellator);
Mihail Nica (6-1 MMA, 1-1 Bellator);
Claudio Conti (7-5-2 MMA, 0-0 Bellator);
Others *

Cage Warriors
Mauro Cerilli (12-2-0 MMA, 2-0 CW) –  Heavyweight champion; 
Stefano Paternò (12-2-1 MMA, 1-0 CW) – Welterweight champion.
Others *

Brave CF
Leon Aliu (8-0 MMA, 0-0 Brave); **
Danyel Pilò (10-2-2 MMA, 0-1 Brave). **

EFC
Chiara Penco (4-0 MMA, 1-0 EFC) – Strawweight champion.





* I've only listed the fighters officially signed with a multi-fight deals.
** Undisclosed contract, should be a multi-fight deal, though.



If I've missed someone, please let me know. If you want any infos on the fighters listed above or on any Italian fighters, go ahead; I'll ask if I know the answer. :)

Jump on the train. The Italians are on the rise!

* Edited at 08.29.2018, 8:37 PM ET *

Yeah, Mauro is a freaking beast. His problem is his age, maybe they dontd wanna invest time and money on someone who's 35.

That's a shame, though, since UFC HW division stiknk badly.

So you're sayin my running joke of "the only good Italian fighter is Georio Petrosyan, and he's from Armenia" is no longer funny? 

@Zulizani: Yeah, we got plenty of good fighter here. Still a funny joke, though! :)

@ImperatorFishrat: Yeah I know. Similar case is Carlo Pedersoli Jr, he's born in Miami but he live all of his life in Rome.

yes but the Ragù is not meaty and spicy enough... so?

Roberto Allegretti (6-0) steps in on two-week notice as he face former UFC and Cage Warriors' veteran Nicolas Dalby (14-3-1)  tomorrow at Cage Warriors 96.

Roberto is a huge underdog here since he was (almost) retired and Dalby, instead, is a proved veteran of the European scene.

The Danish fighters said on his social media the he's going to eat Italian again. Too bad he had an indigestion the last time! :)

Tidbit – Allegretti is the coach of 2x CW vet Orlando D'Ambrosio.

* Edited at 08.31.2018, 9:25 AM ET *

As expected, Dalby won, but hey! Roberto went through a full 5-minute round! :)

Let's focus on the future, now. Next in line is Valeriu Mircea:

Mircea (21-5-1) is going to face former UFC and Cage veteteran Anton Kuivanen (26-10) at Cage 44 on 8th September.

Valerio is a freaking beast, is relentless! He's going to have his 28 bout in just 3 years of pro career (in 2016 he fought 12 times!!!). It'll be the fifth match in 2018.

Valeriu Mircea improved his record to 22-5-1 as he TKO'd former UFC fighter Anton Kuivanen in the 2nd round of Cage 44's main event.

I predict big things coming in Valeriu's future.

First Italian woman to sign with UFC Mara Romero Borella got suspended until 2044 by NADO.

Still unclear if that will harm her MMA career.

More: https://mma-today.com/ufc-flyweight-suspended-until-2044

@phre for what? That sounds ridiculus.

Basically selling marijuana and cocaine at the gym.

Allesio is looking more and more like a trailblazer.

26 years,eh?

Those are standard supplements at jon jone's gym.

Unfortunately Carlo Pedersoli hasn't been able to show his skills. He risked it all accepting a fight with a ranked fighter on short-notice for his second UFC match.

I can't blame him though. He's young. He'll learn from this.