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 *

Maybe he should get it through his head that in order to fight higher ranked guys, you have to beat lower ranked guys lol. 

Also, not that anyone really cares but it appears Dylan Salvador has a fight coming soon. He posted a video of him warming up in Titan fc gear with the caption 🤫. Dylan is one of my favorite prospects atm. For those who do not know, he is a former kickboxer with a record of 52-17-3 and experience in WAKO, K-1, and Glory where he won their contenders tournament in 2016. He holds wins over Giga chikadze and sittichai sitsongpeon (I ******* butchered that, sorry). Funny enough, for a kickboxer he has finished 3/4 wins by submission and holds a purple belt in bjj. He’s fought relatively good competition too, fighting for Titan fc and, most recently, Eagle fc where he picked up a retirement win over the solid arman ospanov in what was a very fun and hectic fight while it lasted. Hes 4-1 as a pro but fought 3 times in one night at premier fc where he beat two guys in 2 round exhibition fights, and then fought Ali zebian in the finals where he lost by split decision. He’s someone to look out for and someone I think we could see in the ufc or another major promotion sooner than later. Plus, he’s French and we all know how the ufc wants French talent

* Edited at 05.15.2022, 4:30 PM ET *

Nice info on Salvador. News about any prospect, especially outside of the UFC, is refreshing. 

@michael135scarn ty! I love writing about them so glad to hear other people enjoy it too! ill probably try and write a piece on my favorite prospect fighting each week

Sounds like a good idea. I liked Dylan Salvador’s fight at Eagle FC 44. 

Same that was what put me on to him. It’s nice to see he’s a kickboxer with a ground game; pretty rare to find guys like that. He could develop into a problem especially only being 28

I read your post at the top of this page and already knew you were talking about Gillespie😂 he’s always looking for easy matchups yet he genuinely has legit potential, he’s not getting any younger either so he’s his own worst enemy realistically 

@ayylmao We’re always looking for new writers at MMAProspects if you want a more formal platform for a weekly prospect write up, that’s exactly the sort of content the site is meant for

@jrscolwell dude, I would absolutely love that! I’ve been looking to try to get my foot into writing about mma as I hope to one day work in the field in some capacity 

Sweet! Head over to the site, there should be a “join the team” tab at the top that’ll put you in contact with the founder, and I’ll send him a quick DM to let him know that you’re gonna get in touch

@jrscolwell awesome, thank you!

No problem! Same goes for anyone else reading this thread, hit me up if you’re interested in joining. It’s not my site but I maintain the prospect rankings and write a monthly column there and have really enjoyed it.

Top prospect Marcus Mcgee won by first round ko today at RUF. He is probably going to get a big, breakout opportunity in his next fight.

I'm also loving the prospect info you're all providing.  Thanks for sharing it.

You guys do a great job on that site. I have it on my bookmark list, always a fun read.

re: Gregor

I'm on board with his way of thinking.  I'd love it if it became much more normal for ranked fighters to fight up the list coming off a win, and to fight down the list coming off a loss.  But that would be too structured for UFC haha.

@Cheeseball Thank you, it means a lot to know that someone out there is reading it lol

Many road to ufc matchups have been announced. We’ve got 

Ya dam seo vs Josefinne lindgren Knutsson 

Xie bin vs lee jeong young 

Top noi vs Yuma horiuchi (turns out Yuma is not going to be on dwcs, oh well) 

Asikerbai jinsenbeike vs kim kyung po (forgot to cover this guy earlier but 11-3 former HEAT 155 champ, coming off of a loss to very good fighter timur nagbin where if he won, he would probably be in the ufc. Good level of competition and well rounded skillset)

Jeremiah siregar vs park Hyun Sung 

Anshul Jubil vs Patrick sho usami 

Balajin vs ki won bin 

Aili muratbek vs Pawan maan singh

Qiu lun vs Wallen del rosario 

Kai Lu vs Angga Hans 

Yi zha vs Keisuke sasu 

Hong Jun Young vs koyomi matsushima 

Wuiljiburen vs shohei nose

* Edited at 05.16.2022, 9:37 AM ET *

Holy ****, awesome dwcs matchup slated for august 2nd, shimon shimotristky vs billy goff. 


Billy goff is the CES WW and MW champion (won the MW strap on short notice). He has vicious ko power (especially with his elbows) and showed incredible heart in his last fight as he was able to escape from full mount and nearly being finished to getting an awesome ko. He can wrestle too but prefers to fight standing. Was a former Bellator fighter but they released him after he ko’ed a gracie as a massive underdog (+400 I believe) 

You may remember shimon from last season of dwcs where we didn’t get to see much of him because he faced one mike malott who guillotined him during the first engagement. He rebounded nicely with a second round ko of former ufc fighter William macario in RCC about 6 months ago. He’s very young but looks quite promising. Cant give him too much **** for losing so quickly because if you lose to malott, you are likely getting finished in the first round. He’s better than your average Israeli prospect because he is fighting in Russia, instead of the Israel regional scene (one of the worst regional scenes there is)

Unfortunately, I like both guys so I don’t want to see either lose but this should be an awesome fight

* Edited at 05.16.2022, 12:29 PM ET *

Thanks for the invite!