WEEKLY PROSPECT WATCH THREAD

Hello everyone, after lurking in this forum for a while I have found that we are missing a prospect watch thread where we can talk about the guys who may become 'the next big thing' that will be fighting soon. I've called it weekly, but feel free to talk about any relevant announcement you find.

I would rather use it for guys outside UFC, Bellator, PFL or similar, but if there is one guy in these promotions you would like to talk about there is no problem

You can say anything you find relevant about the prospect: weight class, amateur record, some info about them. But please, in case you know where to watch it write it here so all of us can watch it too!!

* Edited at 05.23.2022, 1:55 PM ET *

My picks for May Week 4 2022
Hugo Paiva Flyweight 5-0
Amateur Record 5-0
Cage Fury FC 109 - UFC FIGHT PASS

Manoel Sousa Lightweight 8-0
Amateur Record 3-0
Cage Fury FC 109 - UFC FIGHT PASS

Mariusz Kisazkiewickz Light Heavyweight 10-1
Unified MMA 45 - UFC FIGHT PASS


Terrance Saeteurn Flyweight 0-0
Amateur Record 8-1 (only loss to An Ho)
A1 Combat 3 - UFC FIGHT PASS

Damian Piwowarczyk Light Heavyweight 5-0
Amateur Record 5-0
KSW 70

Payton Talbott Bantamweight 2-0
Amateur Record 5-0
A1 Combat 2 - UFC FIGHT PASS

Love this.  Subscribed.

Tapology top 100...

28-May	Daniel Omielanczuk	KSW
28-May	Luke Shanks	CageWarriors

* Edited at 05.23.2022, 8:55 PM ET *

Nice thread and thanks

My picks for May week 4 2022 Part 2


Adam Cullen | Lightweight | 4-0
Cage Warriors 137 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Daan Duijs | Bantamweight | 7-1
Cage Warriors 137 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Tyler 'Squidvicious' VanKill | Welterweight | 2-0
Amateur record 4-0 against good competition
Ultimate Warrior Challenge 34 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Raul Rosas Jr | Featherweight | 3-0
Amateur Record 2-0
All wins by submission in the first half of the first round
Ultimate Warrior Challenge 34 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Teshay Gouthro | Bantamweight | 4-1
Amateur Record 8-1
Cage Fury FC 109 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Jett Grande | Lightweight | 2-0-1
Amateur Record 15-1
Unified MMA 45 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Radoslaw Paczuski | Middleweight | 3-0
Kickboxing Record 11-2
KSW 70

Dorian Ramos | Featherweight | 3-0
Amateur Record 4-0
A1 Combat 2 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Frank Jankowski | Flyweight | 1-0
Amateur Record 6-1
Eternal MMA - UFC FIGHTPASS

William de Tarcio | Featherweight | 8-0
Brazilian Fighting Series 10 - Youtube

* Edited at 05.27.2022, 3:56 AM ET *

My picks for June week 1 2022

Carlos Martinez | Light Heavyweight | 0-0
Amateur Record 6-0
iKon FC 3 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Daiqwon Buckley | Heavyweight | 2-0
Titan FC 77 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Ben Tynan | Heavyweight | 1-0
Amateur Record 8-0
LFA 133 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Ryan Charlebois | Welterweight | 3-0
Amateur Record 6-0
LFA 133 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Sam Kilmer | Featherweight | 3-0
Amateur Record 7-0
FURY FC 64 - UFC FIGHTPASS

I'm gonna pick the HW fight at ONE coming up.
One of the fighter's name is Duke Didier and they both have decent records that rank them high in their regions.

Plus I love HWs that have submission victories.  :)

Damned if I know where most people watch ONE fights from in North America though... sorry.

I haven't seen the actual talent level of either guy but when you can survive the HW division with a strong win percentage,  that says at least a little bit.

Good choice, I thought about including his oponent Mirzamukhamedov but he was too old.

My picks for May week 4 2022 Part 2


Bo Nickal | Middleweight | 0-0 
NCAA Record 120-3 
iKon FC 3 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Hamdy Abdelwahab | Heavyweight | 2-0 
Amateur Record 4-1 
iKon FC 3 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Haris Talundzic | Welterweight | 4-0 
Amateur Record 7-1 
LFA 133 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Benjamin Bennett | Welterweight | 3-0 
Amateur Record 18-4 
LFA 133 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Riley Wiseman | Lightweight | 2-0 Amateur 
Record 2-0 
LFA 133 - UFC FIGHTPASS


Shuai Yin | Flyweight | 13-3 
JCKFN22 5 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Paris Moran | Flyweight | 6-1 
Amateur Record 4-0 
Fury FC 64 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Jose Evans | Heavyweight | 2-0 
Amateur Record 7-0 
Fury FC 64 - UFC FIGHTPASS
 
Logan Urban | Welterweight | 5-1-1 
Amateur Record 6-0 
Fury FC 64 - UFC FIGHTPASS


Michael Aswell | Featherweight | 4-0 Amateur
 Record 5-1 Fury 
FC 64 - UFC FIGHTPASS

* Edited at 06.03.2022, 10:49 AM ET *

My picks for June week 2 2022

George Tokkos | Light Heavyweight | 7-2
Road To UFC 1 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Rinya Nakamura | Bantamweight | 4-0
Road To UFC 3 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Angga Hans | Lightweight | 13-2
Road To UFC 4 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Hakaraia Wilson | Middleweight | 0-0
Amateur Record 5-1
Cage Warriors 139 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Jakori Savage | Heavyweight | 1-0
Amateur Record 5-1
LFA 134 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Nice!

Definitely Tokkos should be on many people's radar.  He already has better recent credentials than many rostered UFC'ers.


Hey did you happen to catch the match I picked last week... the HW match in ONE between Didier and Zhasur?
Man, it was an interesting commentary on the current state of MMA on a number of levels.

First, you had that accomplished collegiate wrestler thing happening with takedowns and top control accompanied by little-to-no damage in "Bader-like" fashion.
Then you had the bottom guy trying to find a good old-fashioned 261-pound gogoplata haha.
Then in the last half of the last round, the guy that's been getting taken down and controlled, finds his sprawl game and turns it into about 27 knees to the head of a downed opponent, (completely legal in ONE).

Two of three judges give their decision to the guy who only won 1/6th of the fight, but undoubtedly had the most significant offense.  ONE FC  scores the fights as a whole rather than with a 10-point must system per round, and still we have a split decision where one judge loves lay 'n pray, but the others love a couple minutes of the old ultra-violence.  LOL.

Seeing a HW keep fighting while taking 27+ knees to the head while on all fours sure does make a person question how serious I'm supposed to take the likes of Aljamain Sterling, Hector Lombard and Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, (and don't get me started with Josh Koscheck), when they try to convince us that a single knee, (sometimes grazing), has put them out of commission.  The drama and fakery is real.  It's kind of embarrassing, actually.  haha

Anyway... a lot to process in that single fight.  

Oh... and for my upcoming pick, I guess I'll go with:

Kenneth Bergh | LHW | 9-0
Superior Challenge June 11th
www.fite.tv

I did lol, that was weird. I may not remember correctly, but didn´t the judges say Didier would have win this at the UFC?

The announcers, you mean?

It's plausible.  Didier would've got 10-9 and 10-9 for the first two rounds.
Zhasur would've got the 3rd round either 10-9 or maybe 10-8.

So Didier winning or a draw was likely the result under UFC scoring.

Yes that was what I meant

My picks for June week 2 2022 part 2

James Lynch | Welterweight | 4-2
Amateur Record 5-0
Cage Warriors 139 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Elijah Leggett | Featherweight | 3-0
Amateur Record 8-3
Cage Warriors 139 - UFC FIGHTPASS

James Settle | Featherweight | 3-1
Amateur Record 8-2
Cage Warriors 139 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Alden Coria | Flyweight | 5-1
Amateur Record 5-0
LFA 134- UFC FIGHTPASS

Jared McLoughlin | Welterweight | 6-2
Amateur Record 2-0
LFA 134- UFC FIGHTPASS

My picks for June week 3 2022

Francesco Patron | Bantamweight | 8-0
LUX 23 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Eddy George | Welterweight | 5-0
CES 69 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Haojie Li | Bantamweight | 25-4
14 Win Streak
JCKFN22 7 - UFC FIGHTPASS

Sharif Kushaev | Bantamweight | 5-0
Brave 59 - Brave webpage

Daniel Torres | Lightweight | 13-5
KSW

* Edited at 06.13.2022, 5:58 AM ET *

Cezary oleksejczuk, brother of ufc LHW Michal also fights this week. Dude looks really promising and is defending his FEN 170 title again 

He will move up a weight in the future I think. Taller than his brother who just dropped from 205 to 185. Matter of time imo.