MMA news updates

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 *

Dustin jacoby vs kennedy nzechukwu august 5th

August 5th is also going to be ufc nashville

Patricia alunas is confirmed on dwcs per her ig. I think we can safely assume the rest of those names on the roster will be on dwcs 

Tanner boser vs Aleksa camur also added to the august 5th ufc Nashville event

Heavyweight prospect greg velasco said he has big news coming soon. Might be dwcs. He’s a really good hw prospect grappler with cardio

Genaro Valdez vs evan elder july 15th. Good matchmaking and freebie for elder who got screwed last fight

Jamall emmers vs jack Jenkins at ufc Jacksonville. That’s a banger

Usman tweeted out saying “I stop him in 4. Watch the tape” 

I mean him and khamzat have got to be fighting each other at this point right. With saying 4 it’s gotta be a main event or 5 round co main of a ppv

* Edited at 05.18.2023, 8:27 PM ET *

Jhonata Diniz vs Eduardo neves September 12th for dwcs. Good fight

 Not a fan of putting two HW prospects together. Most weight classes thats fine but heavyweight and lhw are shallow.

* Edited at 05.18.2023, 8:44 PM ET *

On the plus side, if neves loses he’s so young he can easily get a third shot. I don’t even think he’s 25 yet which is insane for a heavyweight

Ufc not pulling any punches for ufc Nashville (august 5)

Virna jandiroba vs Tatiana suarez. The Tatiana hype train continues 

Jon Jones calling Tyson Fury out in MMA, yes its fake new but its news.

PFL took a lot of L's this week. 

Up to 9 of their fighters are facing suspensions for PED's, some of which were recent signings that had hype behind them which now has completely died. 

Ngannou signs a lucrative and one-of-a-kind contract in MMA, only for the UFC to come out on the same day and announce a bunch of great fights and completely takes over the hype of the news cycle for that day.

And now later in the week, both guys whom Ngannou was trying to get a super-fight with are beefing together randomly on twitter. 

The UFC/Dana have been there every step of the way to make sure Ngannou and PFL got kicked when they were knocked down. Just incredible levels of cyberbullying. 

at least they got Doumbe. I'm still really mad that he isn't in either the UFC or ONE 

Jun yong park vs Albert duraev july 15th. Really good matchmaking imo both guys aren’t the best strikers but are really solid grapplers. Should be pretty entertaining 

* Edited at 05.19.2023, 12:40 AM ET *

A few more people added to the UFC Roster

Shamil Gaziev
Greg "The Viking King" Velasco
Jhonata Silva
Igor da Silva

If Gaziev vs Velasco is a fight that´s as high level heavyweight fight as you can fight outside a big promotion
And the if both Silva´s fight that will be an absolute banger

Also added Fabiola Pidroni and Stephanie Luciano

This is what I currently have

DWCS 2023
Confirmed
Eli Aronov - Middleweight
Josh Van - Flyweight
Zach Reese - Middleweight
Edgar Chairez - Flyweight
Valentine Woodburn - Middleweight 
Kevin Borjas - Flyweight
Tobías Harila - Featherweight
Luis Pajuelo - Featherweight
Eduardo Moura - WBantamweight
Tom Nolan - Lightweight
Rainn Guerrero - Wbantamweight
Cameron Smotherman - Bantamweight
Janaina Silva - Wbantamweight
Bogdan Grad - Lightweight
Payton Talbott - Bantamweight
Junior Cortez - Bantamweight
Isis Verbeek - Strawweight
Josefine Knutsson - Strawweight
Charalampos Grigoriu - Bantamweight
Jhonata Diniz - Heavyweight
Eduardo Neves - Heavyweight
Patricia Alujas - Strawweight
Paulo Renato Jr - Light Heavyweight
Caio Machado - Heavyweight
Kevin Szaflarski - Heavyweight
Brendson Ribeiro - Light Heavyweight
Felipe Dos Santos - Flyweight
Marco Tulio - Middleweight

Roster Addition
Thomas Petersen - Heavyweight
Chandler Cole - Heavyweight
Lucas Fernando - Middleweight
Cesar Almeida - Middleweight
Bruno Lopes - Light Heavyweight
Chad Hanekom - Middleweight
Cam Rowston - Middleweight
Corinne Laframboise - Wbantamweight
Shamil Gaziev - Heavyweight
Greg Velasco - Heavyweight
Jhonata Silva - Flyweight
Igor da Silva - Flyweight
Fabiola Pidroni - Strawweight
Stephanie Luciano - Strawweight

Rumours
Magomed Kabardiev - Lightweight
Vinicius de Oliveira - Bantamweight
Dylan Salvador - Lightweight

Confirmed fights

Week 1
Van vs Borjas
Nolan vs Grad
Talbott vs Cortez
Machado vs Szaflarski

Week 2
Moura vs Silva
Smotherman vs Grigoriu

Week 3
Harila vs Pajuelo
Knutsson vs Verbeek

Week 5
Diniz vs Neves

Potential Fights

Week 2
Aronov vs Reese

Week 3
Chairez vs Dos Santos

Week 4
Woodburn vs Tulio

Week not known yet
Petersen vs Cole
Fernando vs Almeida
Ribeiro vs Lopes
Laframboise vs Guerrero
Hanekom vs Rowston
Gaziev vs Velasco
Silva vs Da Silva
Pidroni vs Luciano

* Edited at 05.19.2023, 7:47 AM ET *

Istela nunes vs dudakova july 15th