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Instead of spamming the boards everytime I see some cool news, I’ll post it here. I’ll also keep track of prospects I like, new signings to ufc/dwcs/Bellator/etc.

* Edited at 05.02.2022, 4:44 PM ET *

No the hw one

Pavlovich said he’s fighting blaydes in April 

I can probably drop 50-100 elite tier prospects for the UFC to get on the contender series or straight up sign but I bet we won't even see half of them, I belt it will be filled with a lot of mediocre American and Latin American signings again. They have pretty strict demographic quotas to fill. That's why there's 300+ Americans on the roster, 100+ Brazilians, just 29 Russians and less than 10 Central Asians and yes, there's tons of guys from Russia who would be ranked in the UFC and plenty of blue chip prospects from both central Asia and Russia it's just not super promotable so they have to be extra good and extra exciting. UFC turned down signing guys like Shabliy and Vartanyan, I wonder why? 

* Edited at 01.22.2023, 7:46 PM ET *

If they are smart, they will take some of the better Asian and African prospects and put them against some decent European, South American, and US prospects. The UFC doesn't need to have a ton of Americans against Americans and Brazilians against Brazilians again. I think another market that they haven't hit on too much that actually have high-level fighters is the central Asian area like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Considering that Shevchenko is so dominant and everyone thinks Rakhmonov will end up beating everyone in the welterweight division, eventually, which is a deep division, they haven't really tried to even target over there yet

I suspect Bruno Lopes gets signed by PFL for challenger or straight to main roster. Hes the LFA champ and hasn't fought or been booked for their Brazillian events for a while.

@khanate I wrote a long list of them a while ago, but idk what page it’s on

Ian Garry vs max Griffin is apparently in the works for the London card. Not 100% sure if that's true or not

@ayylmaonnaise I find a lot of peoples lists leave out great prospects and also consist of a lot of mediocre ones. I feel like my quality control on these things is high and consistent. I'm sure your list is great though and has guys I've missed too. 

i'm not very well versed in hidden gem prospects outside of the ufc, do you mind posting some of your favorites? would be nice to have a headstart on fighters that could potentially be fighting on dwcs this year or in the ufc soon, already looking into some of the fighters ayy posted

I will post some of the ones I have too:
Murtaza Talha
Samandar Murodov
Paul Hughes
George and Harry Hardwick
Winner of the Delano/Santos fight
Mark Climaco
Renat Khavalov
Josh Van
Fernando Lourenço
Elijah Johns
Wellington Prado
Marciley Alves
Bruno Fontes
Abdul Al-Selwady
Hikaru Yoshino
Davi Costa
Felipe Dos Santos
Soo Young Yoo
Axel Sola
Richie Miranda
Eli Aronov
Jean Matsumoto
Mo Miller
Italo Gomes
Evgeniy Ignatiev
Shuai Yin

max holzer is a guy that will be in the ufc a couple years from now

In my opinion, every fighter from Cage Warriors is always overrated in the sportbook market.

My short list:
Saladine Parnasse FW, LW (KSW)
Jonas Magard  BW (Oktagon)
Igeu Kabesa FW (EFC)
Mark Climaco FlyW (LFA)
Adamu Isah BW (LFA, despite the last defeat)

Watch Blaydes trying to stand and bang with Pavlovich and getting knocked out lol

But seriously, if Blaydes wrestles heavily in this one, it's a wrap. Heavy gnp and Pav is done. 

Some more prospects I really like are 

Islam dulatov 
Nick picciccinni 
Losene Kieta 
Callum mullen 
Rei Tsuruya 
Jacobe smith 
Aleksandr vertko 
Kamal magomedov 
Fatima Kline 
Akonne wanliss 
Richie lewis 
Felix klinkhammer 
Badmatsyren dhorziev 
Milson castro 
Jean Paul Lebosnoyani 
Tae kyun Kim 
Giovanna canuto 
Jose Perez 
Stewart nicoll (one of my fav hidden gems)
An Ho 

* Edited at 01.23.2023, 9:52 AM ET *

@reptile I’m suuuuuuuper high on Adamu Isah. I picked him for the prospect GP as one of my dark horse’s and seeing him lose to that overweight cheater pissed me off🤣

i know hes not really a prospect but id love to see Konrad Dyrschka get signed by the ufc.

15-2 record. very good point fighter

Cameron saaiman vs man’s martinez ufc 285

Betting my entire net worth on saaiman, by far my favorite unranked fighter right now

He is the truth for sure