Contender Series 2022: Week 6

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

you mean the 2 can crushers?

you should look at that those korean "prospects" opponents combined records lol. Either way, japan and china has far more success in the UFC and OneFc. You can look at the stats yourself.

muratbek had a layup and balajin wouldve gotten exposed

look up min woo kim if your interested in specific people

I know they do but if you’ve seen them fight you know they’re talented. Look at tae kyun kim’s record. He’s beating super experienced and even undefeated guys and whooping their asses. A prospect is more than just the competition they’ve fought. I like to use Javid as an example. Dudes regional opponents had like a combined 100 losses and yet the kid is an absolute stud 

That kim dude has fought more cans than those 2 fighters i listed lmao. 

I guess top 6 on a contender series card is pretty lit

if we're talking all time then china def not in it

there first guy in the ufc was teiquan zhang who went 1-3(only win over jason "can" reinhardt)

as for japan. they had sakuraba, gomi, kid yamamoto, and more! but now japan has 3 male fighters signed on the roster

kyung ho kang is 18-9 and is 10000000000000000000000000000x better than that 23-3 can crusher

go ahead talk about kyung ho kang. hes the best korean fighter imo

thats impossible.

kim was like 10 wins. and atleast 18 of those 23 wins are freebies

most chinese fighters are young fighters who dont move there head and eat a **** ton of shots. and having an insane winstreak filled with cans

kyung ho kang is 18-9 and an elite fighter so you cant say south koreans pad their records more than china

Not sure what you're rambling about. But korea isn't as successful or has the same amount of talents compared to the other two east asian countries. Japan is clearly above both but china is still ahead of korea by a decent amount

because they have a ufc champ?

is that why china is ahead?

It was difficult  to find a person with more than 80% winning predictions and less than 20%...Because from betting  perspective only thse two are genius....rest all are good mma fans....

They have more champs/ranked fighters/ better record in the ufc and onefc. Simple as that.

Because korean fighters are inactive


If Kang and others fought more than they would be ranked too

You still havent said a word about Kang


I dare you to watch his fights. 


Only chinese guy close to him is song yadong

think this may end up being one of the most successful dwcs cards of all time and definitely of this season. I think Rebecki, dumas, and kino****a will all be very good in the ufc. Dudakova showed skill and beat a good opponent but idk yet because she was injured so we didn’t get the full display 

I was unsure of bilder’s success coming into this fight because of the tape I’d seen. He has a solid skillset, but just looked totally reckless on the feet and really hadn’t shown much besides an ability to finish fights. He’s also really old for a prospect so that hurts his longevity for sure. He did look good tonight tho. He fought a tough vet who was a way better striker and bilder did everything right. I was expecting him to get clipped and he looked composed on the feet, actually rocked morgan, and then quickly locked up the sub to get the win. I don’t really expect anything from him, but he’s definitely got some dog in him. I will say, he is definitely talented on the mat, the problem is getting it there usually requires him to get dropped a lá do Bronx. He’s definitely gonna be entertaining but any aggressive striker will ko him with ease. Probably won’t win much in the ufc. Could break someone with no heart/no grappling but won’t be a contender  

Dudakova had the worst (by worst I mean dull) performance tonight but she definitely looked good. She beat a girl I rate really highly in maria silva and showed some really good grappling. I do find it a little hard to judge just exactly how skilled she is because she fought with a torn acl, so we didn’t see her at the best of her abilities. To beat someone like silva while not 100% is very impressive tho, and from what I’ve seen when she’s healthy, she can definitely finish the fight on the ground. I don’t wanna say she will be ranked in the ufc, because 115 is developing into a very talented division, but she could definitely reach there in time. For now, I think she will be middle of the pack, although 3 wins and you’re basically ranked in wmma. 

I was very happy Rebecki won this fight because he is someone I rate really highly. He fought an incredibly dangerous fighter and did exactly what he needed to do to win the fight. He is pretty small for the division but he is a beast of a grappler and showed that. Now, Lidio is notorious for having no tdd or grappling, so this was super easy for Rebecki, but he really shouldn’t have been on dwcs in the first place imo. That being said, I thought this was a good win because Rebecki is very talented despite not having a ground game. He also showed just a ridiculous chin by eating that headkick (I’ve seen him eat flying knees before too). My one worry is that he is very undersized fighting in one hell of a division, but he’s been killing it on the regional scene for years so I think he’s more than ready. His grappling is super legit and he’s shown he can do that for 5 rounds no issue. My one worry with him is he is a bit of a wild man on the feet, but he has shown a very good chin. I think he’s top 15 level and will have a good career in the ufc. Been high on the guy for a while now.  

I really wanted Penaz to win, but either way I think he will find his way back to the ufc. SD Dumas really impressed me. The dude comes off as a dark horse. He looks like this idiot who you would think is a brawler but he’s quite the opposite. He is very intelligent and fights smart with skills everywhere. I was impressed he knew not to stand with the much better striker, who also possessed an insane reach advantage, instead going to the ground where he had all the skills. He can stand and bang too as we’ve seen in the regional scene. To finish someone as talented as Penaz so quick blew my mind. Now ordinarily, there’s not much you can gain from a sub-minute finish, but given what I’ve already seen, and the fight iq he showed to grapple tells me a lot.  The way he carries himself outside of the cage is really appealing to the fans I feel. He’s also in a really thin division so I think he’s gonna have a lot of success. I think he could potentially be a contender given his skillset. 

Like just about everyone else on this card, kino****a really impressed me and also answered a lot of questions. He was fighting a tall, and also talented fighter and just looked so composed for how young he is (only 22!). He showed he has cardio once he leaves the first (especially after havjng a tough cut), he showed he’s got an insane chin, and he showed he is the definition of just bleed. I was very impressed with his head movement too. He was so slick in the cage and was slipping  some really big shots from Henrique. He also just looked comfortable against his toughest opponent yet, not at all like he was a 22 year old kid; he fought like a 30 fight vet. He topped it off with an absolutely filthy ko just to make the performance sweeter. I was high on him before but I walked away even more impressed. I think he could reach the top 10 but it’s hard to tell if he’s strictly a just bleed figbter (like luque) or if he will fight smart when he needs to

* Edited at 08.30.2022, 11:37 PM ET *

Kang is good, and I'm a fan of him. But he's also not going to crack the BW ranking, regardless if he's active or not. And what other Korean fighters you're talking about? They have all been losing in the UFC in the last two years. They're also not doing well in OneFc. Two of their brightest fighters in ONE got ktfo by Tang Kai.