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1. 1

   

   Tom Aspinall

   14-3-0

   1993 - England - Interim UFC Champion
   
   UFC Interim champ who's only loss in the UFC was due to a freak injury in a fight he'll shortly get a chance to avenge. Of the top of the tree heavyweights he's the only one who's active so he gets the top spot for me.
   

2. 2

   

   Jon Jones

   "Bones"

   27-1-0, 1 NC

   1987 - USA - UFC Champion
   
   Probable Light Heavyweight GOAT finally stepped up to heavyweight and got a pretty favourable stylistic matchup in Gane but got the job done. I'd like to see him prove himself against Aspinall but he'd rather fight ancient Stipe.
   

3. 3

   

   Francis NGannou

   "The Predator"

   17-3-0

   1986 - Cameroon - PFL
   
   Left the UFC on top as champion but it's been two years since we've seen him at this point and guys who focus on boxing for a long time often don't return to MMA quite the same. That KO loss to Joshua wasn't pretty either. Who knows if he'll ever fight in MMA again, hopefully he does.
   

4. 4

   

   Ciryl Gane

   "Bon Gamin"

   12-2-0

   1990 - France - UFC
   
   Former Interim UFC champion absolutely **** the bed against Jones but ran Francis very close and I think you have to look at that fight as an anomaly if you look at his UFC career as a whole. Very likely to be back in the title mix soon.
   

5. 5

   

   Curtis Blaydes

   "Razor"

   18-4-0, 1 NC

   1991 - USA - UFC
   
   Probably the most consistent wrestler at heavyweight. Finally gets a crack at at least a slice of UFC gold against Aspinall after previously seeming to get KO'd every time he got back into contention.
   

6. 6

   

   Alexander Volkov

   "Drago"

   38-10-0

   1988 - Russia - UFC
   
   Veteran who was Bellator champ more than a decade ago at this point is still at the top of the division in the UFC and still actually seems to be improving. Back on another solid win streak which has put him potentially close to finally getting a crack at the UFC title.
   
   Pavlovich - Very good when he's allowed room to work which Pavlovich allowed him. Huge and has a very long jab and a good snappy cross down the middle. Movement to keep back away from the cage in this one was pretty good and was generally picking his man apart from the outside for a pretty comfortable decision.
   

7. 7

   

   Sergei Pavlovich

   18-3-0

   1992 - Russia - UFC
   
   Monster who was coming forward and just murdering everyone until Aspinall proved he was human and can't just come forward and swing wildly at everyone. More tentative in upset loss against Volkov and needs to rebuild.
   
   Volkov - Wild power early when just gets aggressive and bombs people out of there, but after he got flattened doing that against Aspinall the Volkov fight has me wondering what kind of psychological toll that took on him. If he doesn't press into that close range to back guys towards the fence and unleash he just doesn't seem to be that effective. It's weird because he has a really long reach but he doesn't use it to throw jabs or anything like that. Seems to get discouraged if taking damage and slow down as a fight goes on. Hopefully the Volkov fight turns out to be like Ngannou Vs Lewis and he gets back on the trigger and gets back to winning.
   

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   Vadim Nemkov

   18-2-0, 1 NC

   1992 - Russia - Bellator
   
   Long time Bellator Light heavyweight champ was right at the top of the pile at 205 and the fight against Bruno showed a lot of promise for him doing the same at Heavyweight. The pride of Fedor's coaching career.
   

9. 9

   

   Anatoly Malykhin

   "Spartak"

   14-0-0

   1988 - Russia - ONE Championship Champion
   
   ONE Champ is likely to stay there and beat up whatever competition they can find for him seeing as he seems to be Chatri's favourite fighter. Tough to see anyone there on the current roster who can give him much competition.
   
   RDR II - is just too much of a roidy terminator for RDR to deal with. Marches forward throwing hard, too good a wrestler to take down, cardio too good for issues with volume. Cuts off cage well. Does throw a little bit wild when he comes forward at times which could mean problems against someone who can counter really hard.
   

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    Jailton Almeida

    "Malhadinho"

    21-3-0

    1991 - Brazil - UFC
    
    Looked like he could have been a dominant force at 205 but moved up to heavyweight almost by accident and just hasn't gone back. Grappling game has looked dominant against everyone but Blaydes. We'll see if that continues as he has to constantly fight top 10 guys.
    
    Blaydes fight didn't go well at all for him but showed against Romanov that he can actually take down and dominate wrestlers at heavyweight. Showed a bit more urgency to get the tap from the back this time and has a really solid squeeze so can get guys to tap through chokes on the chin. His inside trip is insanely good and if he can get that on anyone then he's liable to put them on their back. Seems to be getting to be more of a proper size for heavyweight too, so I don't see him dropping back to 205 any time soon.
    

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    Rizvan Kuniev

    12-2-1, 1 NC

    1993 - Russia - PFL
    
    Beat eventual season champion Renan Ferreira in his first PFL appearance and then popped. Getting close to ten years without a defeat. Surely a contender for the PFL season title if they bring him back in.
    

12. 12

    

    Renan Ferreira

    "Problema"  |  13-3-0, 3 NC

    1989 - Brazil - PFL
    
    Gigantic dude who's currently sitting out waiting for a Francis fight that may or may not happen. Lots of first round clobberings mixed with the odd time he's been wrestel******.
    

13. 13

    

    Stipe Miocic

    20-4-0

    1982 - USA - UFC
    
    Arguably the greatest UFC Heavyweight but hasn't won a fight since 2020 and has only fought once in that time. Seems set to have the legacy fight with Jones and retire. Seems to look older in every TV appearance and will be 42 by the time he gets to fight Jon so could well look much different to how he did when we last saw him. I'm not getting my hopes up for a glorious comeback.
    

14. 14

    

    Evgeny Goncharov

    20-3-0, 1 NC

    1986 - Russia - ACA Champion
    
    Couple of very close fights with Vakhaev and Vyazigin but remains the ACA Champion at the moment having returned to the promotion following a failed attempt to get into the UFC.
    

15. 15

    

    Jairzinho Rozenstruik

    "Bigi Boy"  |  14-5-0

    1988 - Suriname - UFC
    
    Seemed to be fading out of the rankings a bit but bounced back impressively in ending the hype of Shamil Gaziev. Probably destined to be a gatekeeper to the elite of the division but it seems he's only going to let guys who belong there past him.
    

16. 16

    

    Denis Goltsov

    "The Russian Bogatyr"  |  34-8-0

    1990 - Russia - PFL
    
    Consistent at making the post season in PFL but always seems to **** the bed at some point when it comes to getting the grand prize. Really good jab on the feet and a decent workrate for a heavyweight. Top game pretty good, climbs through to mount positions and does decent damage. Takedown defence not always the best but usually solid, does have some sweeps but probably not going to work against really good wrestlers.
    
    Vassell - Tough first round for Goltsov, stuck on bottom a bit but bumped at the right times in mount. Got sweep early in the second and much better on top, controlling Linton and slowly building damage, doing same thing in third and eventually getting stoppage.
    

17. 17

    

    Serghei Spivac

    "Polar Bear"  |  16-4-0

    1995 - Moldova - UFC
    
    Solid run to get into the UFC rankings including the biggest win of his career against Lewis. Brought back down to Earth by Gane and will now have to try and defend his position before he's allowed to climb again.
    

18. 18

    

    Alikhan Vakhaev

    "Umar"  |  13-3-0

    1993 - Russia - ACA
    
    Massive former ACA champion, very physically imposing and can beat guys with his size, kind of like a much better version of Martin Buday
    

19. 19

    

    Ryan Bader

    "Darth"  |  31-8-0, 1 NC

    1983 - USA - Bellator Champion
    
    Getting older and been around for ages and has a lot of mileage on him. Still Bellator champion but the Renan fight wasn't promising. Should still be able to impose his wrestling on a lot of dudes.
    

20. 20

    

    Marcin Tybura

    "Tybur"  |  25-8-0

    1985 - Poland - UFC
    
    Consistent performer who's quietly amassed nearly 20 appearances in the UFC. Kind of settled in to his role as the gatekeeper to the top 10 where he sometimes goes on a bit of a run then loses when he runs into the top level guys.
    

21. 21

    

    Anton Vyazigin

    "Cherepovets Giant"  |  16-5-0, 1 NC

    Russia - ACA
    

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    Phil De Fries

    25-6-0, 1 NC

    1986 - England - KSW Champion
    
    You'll struggle to find someone who has such a high finishing percentage but somehow still manages to be really boring. Long term KSW champion (I think he has the record for most defences in the promotion at this point) just looks to wear on guys until he can get them down and then just keep them there and slowly beat them up until they just run out of energy to fight back.
    
    Sakai - Close fight, not cutting off the cage well but keeps pressing forward throwing bad jabs into overhands into clinches. Was getting turned off the cage early but just keeps doing it and eventually gets hold of people and wears them down.
    

23. 23

    

    Linton Vassell

    "The Big Swarm"  |  25-9-0, 1 NC

    1983 - England - PFL
    
    Goltsov - Bit of a let down from Linton, looked good on top as he has done recently (mount not that solid though), but really struggled on the bottom and seemed to accept being in **** positions far too easily. Gas tank failed him also..
    

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    Valentin Moldavsky

    13-4-0, 1 NC

    1992 - Russia - PFL
    
    Looks like he's been hard at work at his striking lately, was always a solid (if very boring) wrestler, but impressive in the way he came forward and KO'd an admittedly probably injured Delija. Then lost his trilogy fight to Vassell because the dude just can't find consistency.
    
    Delija - seems to have been working on his hands, never seen him as aggressive as this with them before. Good body punches, coming forward and throwing decent combos with power on the hooks. Much better.
    

25. 25

    

    Oleg Popov

    18-1-0

    1992 - Russia - PFL
    
    Persistent wrestler who isn't explosive but slowly beats people up.
    
    Franklin - Is very good at single legs and is good at getting people to the mat with them, takes him a few takedowns to establish control on athletic guy but wore him down by just taking him down over and over. Carries hands a little low on the feet. Very good at getting people in crucifix and slowly dropping damage on them.
    
    Mowry - rough first round he had to survive on the bottom against Mowry, dude is determined though, keeps at his takedowns. Seems someone with a solid sprawl would be able to get hips down on him though. GNP is pretty slow paced, solid crucifix, Mowry not really trying too hard to get out though.
    

26. 26

    

    Ante Delija

    "Walking Trouble"  |  24-6-0

    1990 - Croatia - PFL
    
    Walking Trouble seemed to have walking trouble after a knee injury in his last fight. He's still pretty solid all round though. Should mix it fine with both the ex PFL and Bellator guys when he's healthy. Good striking, decent wrestling when he decides he has to go that route and pretty tough.
    
    Moldavsky - didn't really seem to be there mentally, maybe hurt a rib or something. After initially pressing started backing up and became a sitting target.
    

27. 27

    

    Tai Tuivasa

    "Bam Bam"  |  14-7-0

    1993 - Australia - UFC
    
    Tai seems to go on streaks, when he gets a few low level guys he gets a bit of confidence together and works his way up the rankings until he loses then starts losing to everyone to the point where he nearly gets cut then fights a can and builds himself back up again. This has happened a couple of times now.
    

28. 28

    

    Bruno Cappelozza

    15-7-0, 1 NC

    1989 - Brazil - PFL
    
    Maybe a little shop worn now, doesn't quite seem to be the million dollar winning PFL champion Bruno, still fast and still has power.
    

29. 29

    

    Derrick Lewis

    "The Black Beast"  |  28-12-0, 1 NC

    1985 - USA - UFC
    
    Performances seem to vary according to motivation. Still has concussive power, but ability to just stand up doesn't seem to be quite as good as it used to be. Also tends to quit when the going gets tough, but good luck if he clocks you first.
    

30. 30

    

    Amir Aliakbari

    14-3-0

    1987 - Iran - ONE Championship
    
    Seems to have found the sweet spot in ONE where he can beat everyone not named Malykhin but is never going to be able to beat that dude.
    
    Bhullar - fine given that he had an opponent who wouldn't engage with him. Closes distance pretty quickly when he wants to explode in with power jabs and crosses. None of his cardio issues in this one but not really made to work.
    

31. 31

    

    Alexandr Romanov

    "King Kong"  |  17-3-0

    1990 - Moldova - UFC
    
    Donkey Kong smashed his way into the UFC in impressive fashion throwing dudes around but seems to have settled into a position at the bottom of their rankings now. Seems to fluctuate between being in and out of shape.
    
    Feels like fights can go one of two ways for him. If he can get a guy down early and start using his donkey kong ground and pound then he's happy as Larry, if he can't then he gets tired and it's not going to go so well for him. If he ends up on the bottom like he did against Almeida then he's going to have a horrible time because he's not used to being there and gives his back easily.
    

32. 32

    

    Ali Isaev

    9-0-1

    1983 - Russia - Bellator
    
    Former PFL Champion but then became extremely inactive and you wonder if time has passed him by a bit. Now in his 40s and seems to be having issues getting fights.
    

33. 33

    

    Sergey Bilostenniy

    12-3-0

    1995 - Russia - PFL
    
    Ivanov - gas tank still questionable, lucky Blagoy couldn't really manage to push much of a pace or much of a takedown or clinch game. Hands sharp early, did hold them together better than Blagoy in the later rounds, probably would have hurt a lot of fighters but obviously not Blagoy, body shots and jab pretty good. Is pretty hittable himself though. Did get it together a bit in the last round when very tired.
    

34. 34

    

    Adam Bogatyrev

    10-3-0

    1995 - Russia - ACA
    

35. 35

    

    Marcos Rogério de Lima

    "Pezão"  |  22-9-1

    1985 - Brazil - UFC
    
    Solid gatekeeper who'll blast some guys with leg kicks and wrestle some guys but is generally solid enough as a guy who protects the bottom of the rankings.
    

36. 36

    

    Shamil Gaziev

    12-1-0

    1990 - Bahrain - UFC
    
    Big ****** got pushed into a ranked fight a little too early perhaps and came unstuck against Rozenstruik as his cardio failed him. Needs to work on that issue if he wants to be figure in the UFC rankings going forward.
    

37. 37

    

    Kirill Kornilov

    15-2-1

    1991 - Russia - ACA
    
    Kickboxer who was having a great run in the ACA GP until he ran into Bogatyrev. He'd shown some good anti grappling before but got worn down in that one. Had a very debateable loss to Gaziev back in Ares.
    

38. 38

    

    Augusto Sakai

    16-6-1

    1991 - Brazil - KSW
    
    De Fries - Took on a tough assignment against De Fries in his first post-UFC fight and couldn't quite get it done. Generally did a good job staying on his feet, using underhooks pretty well and was reading the entries early pretty well and timing circling off the cage to get away. Didn't really seem able to commit to coming forward enough and couldn't back pedal for that long and got stuck against the cage more and more as the fight progressed.
    

39. 39

    

    Steve Mowry

    "Tall"  |  10-2-1, 1 NC

    1992 - USA - PFL
    
    Popov - Weird fighter, just seemed to give up against Popov after a dominant first round. Good grappler, much better than average BJJ for his size, but seems to tire himself out doing it, lost winning positions against both Popov and Isaev. Takedown defence pretty ****, not as good on his back as he is on top, so kind of depends who gets the first takedown with him. Striking defence used to be absolutely awful but he seems to have shored that up a little bit at least.
    

40. 40

    

    Rodrigo Nascimento

    "Zé Colmeia"  |  11-2-0, 1 NC

    1992 - Brazil - UFC
    
    Kind of okay for current heavyweight standards. Solid enough punching power although a little on the slow side, decent enough grappling and a decent squeeze. Likes to try and crowd bigger punchers and trip them. Doesn't really seem great at anything but it's modern day heavyweight.
    

41. 41

    

    Tyrell Fortune

    14-2-0, 2 NC

    1990 - USA - PFL
    
    Golm - striking still doesn't look great, moves back when needs to be coming forward, doesn't throw much, vets caught on back foot, hurt a couple of times. Didn't look good until Golm quit as soon as he got hurt as usual. Better at doubles when he's hurt for some reason. Pretty solid on top, keeps position well and drops decent GNP, ended up grinding out a decision but would like him to be finishing with that much top time.
    

42. 42

    

    Salimgerey Rasulov

    "Tank"  |  23-10-0

    1986 - Russia - ACA
    

43. 43

    

    Tony Johnson Jr.

    "Hulk"  |  18-8-1, 1 NC

    1986 - USA - ACA
    

44. 44

    

    Mukhamad Vakhaev

    12-6-1

    1990 - Russia - ACA
    

45. 45

    

    Gokhan Saricam

    9-2-0

    1991 - Turkey - PFL
    

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    Blagoy Ivanov

    "Baga"  |  19-7-0, 1 NC

    1986 - Bulgaria - PFL
    
    The best chin in the biz, but pretty limited otherwise. Does have faster hands than you think, but generally needs to fence push guys to get anywhere. Lacks power and generally fights at a very slow pace, but if he can manage to lean on you, he can give you problems.
    
    Bilostenniy - did okay, relatively short notice so maybe couldn't push quite as much of a pace as would have helped. Obviously can eat everything. Was landing some of his own stuff but just has no power and throws arm shots at times which makes that even worse.
    

47. 47

    

    Tim Johnson

    18-9-0

    1985 - USA - PFL
    
    Marques - Charging with overhands way out of range but he does have power on them and when Marques was backing towards the cage slowly he nuked him with one. He does have a good cage push and can wrestle a bit, good killer instinct when has someone hurt. Just a bit slow and readable in what he's going to do.
    

48. 48

    

    Waldo Cortes-Acosta

    "Salsa Boy"  |  12-1-0

    1991 - Dominican Republic - UFC
    
    Pretty good boxing, likes to brawl, absolutely **** leg kick defence, doesn't check those at all and heavy on front foot too. Likes **** talking and showboating. Solid chin and can wrestle a little bit if he needs to although doesn't do much damage on top and sub attempts are awful. Was at least sensible enough to take Robelis down.
    

49. 49

    

    Klidson Abreu

    "White Bear"  |  16-5-0, 2 NC

    1992 - Brazil - Free Agent
    
    Doesn't seem to be with PFL anymore despite putting a stop to Adam Keresh's hype and then wrestle******* future champ Ferreira although I think Renan has improved since then. Seems a guy who'd be a good fit for being a Brazilian in a Russian promotion.
    

50. 50

    

    Ilir Latifi

    "The Sledgehammer"  |  16-9-0, 1 NC

    1982 - Sweden - Free Agent
    
    Left the UFC off a close decision to a ranked opponent but hasn't been heard from since. Probably at an age where he might consider retirement but I haven't actually heard that he's made that call yet so we'll consider him active for now.
    

51. 51

    

    Darko Stošić

    "The Hammer"  |  21-6-0

    1992 - Serbia - FNC/KSW
    
    Never came close to fulfilling the Cro Cop comparisons but is still a dangerous guy early on who can carry power late in fights too even if he throws at a much lower pace. Generally finds himself in the title picture in B tier promotions.
    

52. 52

    

    Hamdy Abdelwahab

    "The Hammer"  |  3-0-0, 1 NC

    1993 - Egypt - UFC
    
    Olympic wrestler beat a fairly solid middle of the pack hand in his UFC debut while being really inexperienced then proceeded to pop and get banned. Who knows what he'll look like when he comes back.
    

53. 53

    

    Arjan Bhullar

    "Singh"  |  11-3-0

    1986 - Canada - ONE Championship
    
    Aliakbari - looked terrible, didn't seem like he wanted to be in there. Back pedalling all fight, barely throwing and ending up getting DQ'd for timidity.
    

54. 54

    

    Karl Williams

    10-1-0

    1990 - US Virgin Islands - UFC
    
    Endlessly shooty wrestler man who's running through a gauntlet of UFC Heavies who can't really wrestle at the moment.
    

55. 55

    

    Mick Parkin

    9-0-0

    1995 - England - UFC
    
    The master of just about getting the job done at the moment. Able to stay on feet alright thus far and worked up when needed to. Keeps just about enough volume to stay ahead in lower volume fights.
    

56. 56

    

    Oumar Kane

    "Reug Reug"  |  6-1-0

    1992 - Senegal - ONE Championship
    

57. 57

    

    Daniel James

    "The American Predator"  |  15-7-1, 1 NC

    1981 - USA - PFL
    
    Golm - taken down again early, managed to Derrick Lewis his way out of it eventually after being stuck for a while. Good ground and pound once got to top, made Golm quit with his power. Can't really have him on top of you.
    

58. 58

    

    Slim Trabelsi

    7-0-0

    1993 - Tunisia - Bellator
    
    Not there yet. Striking still very stiff. Good wrestler, picks up single legs and circles round when the opponent hits the mat to tidy the takedown up quickly. Ends up very, very low on his single leg shots sometimes which could spell trouble if he gets stuck eating punches there against someone better.
    

59. 59

    

    Carlos Felipe

    "Boi"  |  12-4-0

    1995 - Brazil - ACA
    

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    Martin Buday

    "Badys"  |  14-2-0

    1991 - Slovakia - UFC
    
    Incredibly boring guy that it seems the UFC are stuck with for now but probably can't afford to lose too many fights as he can't have a long leash with a style of pretty much just leaning on people. The announcers seem to enjoy telling us about how he used to be even fatter and play videogames all day though.
    
    Arlovski - Really bad performance, just tries to cage lean and was even getting turned a lot in the clinch. Strikes looked soft and slow. Got away with a win because Arlovski was just as bad but looked like ****.
    

61. 61

    

    Justin Tafa

    "Bad Man"  |  7-4-0, 1 NC

    1993 - Australia - UFC
    

62. 62

    

    Don'Tale Mayes

    "Lord Kong"  |  11-6-0, 1 NC

    1992 - USA - UFC
    
    Unwavering in his endless quest to be the most mediocre UFC heavyweight of all time. Likes to lumber around, then throw a couple of punches, then go back to lumbering around for a bit. Likes that as a pattern, very rarely makes anything clear. Also seems to have added some awful spinning **** to his game for some reason.
    

63. 63

    

    Walt Harris

    "The Big Ticket"  |  13-10-0, 1 NC

    1983 - USA - UFC
    
    Might as well be retired at this point given the length of the ban he's got. Will be in his mid 40s by the time he's allowed to fight again.
    

64. 64

    

    Viktor Nemkov

    34-8-1

    1987 - Russia - Nashe Delo Champion
    
    Kind of a poor man's version of his brother but still pretty decent. Does a lot of the same things Vadim does at a bit of a lower pace. Difficult to see him having an impact in a top level Russian promotion like ACA but he's a solid champ/contender in the second tier promotions there.
    
    Gamzatov - Has a solid 12 and mixes in leg kicks reasonably well. Has a decent enough double leg and keeps position pretty well on top, chips away with a little bit of damage and has okay cardio. Still going as Gamzatov faded in what was a pretty ****** fight but got the job done.
    

65. 65

    

    Marcus Buchecha

    4-1-0

    1990 - Brazil - ONE Championship
    

66. 66

    

    Marcelo Golm

    10-6-0

    1992 - Brazil - PFL
    
    One of those guys who's fine when things are going well but tends to crumble terribly as soon as something goes wrong. Does look pretty good when it's going well though.
    
    Fortune - likes to be coming forward doesn't throw too much unless he thinks he has someone hurt, then throws spazzy combos to the gloves that aren't picked although they are pretty fast so they force the opponent to cover, but assuming they do they'll probably be fine. Not good on his back, as soon as Fortune decided to wrestle he couldn't do anything about it or anything to get up really.
    
    James - Good trip from Golm early and good work on top, but didn't want to be there when it got tough.
    

67. 67

    

    Ben Tynan

    "Vanilla Thunder"  |  6-0-0

    1994 - Canada - ONE Championship - Prospect (B-)
    

68. 68

    

    Sergei Kharitonov

    "The Paratrooper"  |  36-9-0, 2 NC

    1980 - Russia - Grand Bellagio Championship
    

69. 69

    

    Jhonata Diniz

    7-0-0

    1991 - Brazil - UFC - Prospect (B)
    
    Former Glory kickboxer who's very fast with the hands, particularly dangerous when he gets indside, throws hooks at a speed you don't usually see at heavyweight. Working on takedown defence, seemed to get better against Lane when Austen got tired, needs to work on get ups but managed to stay safe.
    

70. 70

    

    Kirill Grishenko

    6-2-0

    1991 - Belarus - ONE Championship
    
    Kang - solid enough performance, I expected him to wrestle but he chose to use long range striking to stop Kang getting inside and win a convincing decision
    

71. 71

    

    Štefan Vojčák

    "Mutant"  |  8-1-0

    1990 - Slovakia - KSW
    
    Pretty nimble on the feet for a big guy, decent offensive wrestling. Was questioning his fight IQ taking Prasel down but looked comfortable there against a guy with a dangerous guard. Pretty decent power on the feet too. Only loss is getting nuked by Stosic which happens.
    

72. 72

    

    Mario Pinto

    8-0-0

    1998 - Portgual - Levels Fight League Champion - Prospect (B+)
    

73. 73

    

    Khadis Ibragimov

    14-4-0

    1995 - Russia - Hardcore FC
    

74. 74

    

    Said Sowma

    9-5-0

    1992 - USA - DDFC
    

75. 75

    

    Dustin Joynson

    7-2-0, 1 NC

    1985 - Canada - ONE Championship
    

76. 76

    

    Stuart Austin

    "He-Man"  |  18-8-0

    1988 - England - Oktagon
    

77. 77

    

    Pouya Rahmani

    3-0-0

    1992 - Iran - ACA - Prospect (A-)
    
    This dude looks like a problem. Excellent grappler who beat Keynan Duarte under that ruleset,
    
    Fedorov - has double legs to get in to the mat. Throws hard ground and pound to open up opportunities for himself. Floats well on top for a big guy, takes back well if people try and scramble up and beats them up as they try to work to their feet. Looked fairly sensible defensively striking wise too. Gonna take a good defensive wrestler to stop this guy I think.
    

78. 78

    

    Thomas Petersen

    "The Train"  |  9-2-0

    1995 - USA - UFC
    
    Usman - kept pressure on well in this fight, kept edging forward and making Usman uncomfortable. Striking pretty serviceable, not really technical but has a few shots he likes and throws them pretty well with decent enough volume for heavyweight. Good on the single leg but couldn't hold Usman down but Usman doing the right stuff to come up.
    

79. 79

    

    Mohammed Usman

    "The Motor"  |  10-4-0

    1989 - Nigeria - UFC
    
    Getting further than I thought he would but still not really all that impressive. Has enough wrestling to take advantage of people who have bad TDD which is a lot of HW. Striking is pretty **** technique wise but he has a bit of power, tends to leap in and try and bomb a lot and more technical guys can just stay out of the way and counter him.
    
    Petersen - didn't seem to like being walked backwards all fight. Output is too low when on back foot, tried putting jab out there but not enough to dissuade Petersen coming at him. Taken down on singles a couple of times but I was impressed with him refusing to be flattened out and using the under hook to come back up.
    

80. 80

    

    Arkadiusz Wrzosek

    "Hightower"  |  5-0-0

    1992 - Poland - KSW - Prospect (B+)
    
    Former GLORY kickboxing champ is killing strikers in MMA at the moment as they realise they're not enjoying striking with him and dive towards him where he just pushes their head into the mat and unleashes for a quick stoppage. Seems to be improving fast after looking a little ropey with MMA striking in his first couple of fights. Not been challenged with an actual wrestler or really an all round MMA fighter yet which is where a lot of questions will be answered. Definitely one of the most interesting heavyweight prospects though.
    

81. 81

    

    Ji Won Kang

    "Mighty Warrior"  |  7-3-0

    1995 - South Korea - ONE Championship
    
    The rare Korean heavyweight fighter who looked like he could have been something when he knocked out Aliakbari but has had spotty results since.
    
    Grishenko - a bit lumbering in this one. Grishenko kept him on the outside for the most part and he had trouble coming forward and landing anything. Throwing hard but just too short when opponent is defensively aware.
    

82. 82

    

    Andrei Arlovski

    "The Pitbull"  |  34-24-0, 2 NC

    1979 - Belarus - Free Agent
    
    Finally released from the UFC after years of providing sparring matches against lower level guys and folding as soon as he got hurt against prospects. Doesn't seem to want to retire, but I'm not sure anyone will pay him what he was getting in the UFC. Still going nearly 20 years after winning the UFC title.
    
    Buday - Typical Andrei sparring match. Did quite well turning Buday in the clinch but just doesn't really do enough and just there to collect his pay and go home.
    

83. 83

    

    Maurice Greene

    "The Crochet Boss"  |  11-9-0

    1986 - USA - Free Agent
    

84. 84

    

    Aleksandr Maslov

    11-1-0

    1993 - Russia - ACA
    

85. 85

    

    Marcelo Nunes

    11-2-0

    1988 - Brazil - PFL
    

86. 86

    

    Szymon Bajor

    25-10-0

    1988 - Poland - KSW
    

87. 87

    

    Hugo Cunha

    "Silverback"  |  8-1-0

    1993 - Brazil - LFA Champion
    

88. 88

    

    Hatef Moeil

    "Boss"  |  15-4-0

    1986 - Germany - Oktagon Champion
    

89. 89

    

    Robelis Despaigne

    "The Big Boy"  |  5-1-0

    1988 - Cuba - UFC - Prospect (B)
    
    Power, speed and athleticism is off the charts. As soon as he touches people they go to sleep, even if he's ridiculously off balance when he lands. Unfortunately he can't wrestle at all and someone who's not really even a grappler like Waldo completely exposed him. Just goes to half guard, lies on a hip and hopes for the best without making any effort to get out.
    

90. 90

    

    Mario Piazzon

    8-0-0

    1998 - Brazil - Centurion FC - Prospect (C+)
    

91. 91

    

    Alexander Soldatkin

    14-4-0

    1993 - Russia - RCC
    

92. 92

    

    Chris Barnett

    "Beastboy"  |  23-8-0

    1986 - USA - UFC
    

93. 93

    

    Junior Tafa

    "The Juggernaut"  |  5-2-0

    1996 - Australia - UFC
    

94. 94

    

    Zac Pauga

    "The High Chief"  |  7-3-0

    1988 - USA - XFC
    

95. 95

    

    Adam Keresh

    5-1-0

    Israel - IFC
    

96. 96

    

    Danilo Marques

    15-6-0

    1985 - Brazil - PFL
    
    Okayish fighter, just a bloated LHW who doesn't cut anymore. Striking is fundamentally okay and BJJ is decent although he rarely gets to use it at a decent level.
    
    Johnson - Quite easy to get to move backwards and can then be caught with strikes while on the back foot and got cage pushed a lot too. Nuked going backwards.
    

97. 97

    

    Luis Henrique

    "KLB"  |  15-9-0, 1 NC

    1993 - Brazil - Conqueror
    

98. 98

    

    Caio Machado

    "Bigfoot"  |  8-3-1

    1994 - Brazil - UFC
    

99. 99

    

    Brett Martin

    "Big Dog"  |  11-1-0, 1 NC

    1994 - USA - LOC
    

100. 100

     

     Davion Franklin

     "All Day"  |  6-3-0

     1994 - USA - PFL
     
     Another one of the new generation JacksonWink flops. Good power on the feet but no real technique when he throws, just slugs sloppy bombs but when they land they can take guys out.
     
     Popov - Takedown defence not holding up but decent get ups when fresh by using strength and athleticism, will literally throw guys over his head as soon as they both hit the mat to create space to explode up. Obviously that type of explosive takedown fades as the fight progresses and once Popov settled in side control he was pretty awful there.
     

101. 101

     

     Ivan Vitasović

     13-6-1

     1992 - Croatia - KSW
     
     Bit limited, striking not too bad, has a fair few KOs. Can't seem to stay off the cage when people who want to lean on him there decide to do that. If he ends up on top after a bit of a mess about on the cage his ground and pound and top control are both okay. His offensive wrestling in space is awful though so needs to get a trip during a cage entanglement if he wants to get there.
     

102. 102

     

     Michał Andryszak

     "Longer"  |  26-11-0, 1 NC

     1992 - Poland - Hybrid MMA
     

103. 103

     

     Jamal Pogues

     "The Stormtrooper"  |  11-4-0

     1995 - USA - UFC
     

104. 104

     

     Aleksei Oleinik

     "The Boa Constrictor"  |  61-18-1

     1977 - Russia - RCC
     

105. 105

     

     Parker Porter

     14-9-0

     1985 - USA - Free Agent
     

106. 106

     

     Azamat Nuftillaev

     "Dragon"  |  15-1-1

     1994 - Uzbekistan - Open FC
     

107. 107

     

     Odie Delaney

     "The Witness"  |  5-0-0

     1989 - USA - Alaska CE
     

108. 108

     

     Bailey Schoenfelder

     "Berserk"  |  5-0-0

     1997 - CFFC Champion - Prospect (B-)
     

109. 109

     

     Łukasz Brzeski

     "The Bull"  |  9-4-1, 1 NC

     1992 - Poland - UFC
     
     Walker - TDD still sucks but did show more desire to get up and gas tank seemed a bit better. Decent enough on the feet, not great defensively but against slow opponent.
     

110. 110

     

     Ricardo Prasel

     "Alemão"  |  13-5-0

     1990 - Brazil - KSW
     
     Leglock meme dude. Hasn't got good wrestling so has to rely on people being stupid enough to take him down so he can have his chance but they frequently do and he's picked up a couple of wins over solid guys doing it. He does risk taking a lot of damage committing his hands to try and take a leg underneath heavyweights though. Not a good striker, tough but chin not great and gets hurt a lot, but sometimes that just means dudes dive on top of him and end up getting subbed.
     

111. 111

     

     Matheus Scheffel

     "Buffa"  |  17-11-0, 1 NC

     1992 - Brazil - KSW
     

112. 112

     

     Valter Walker

     "The Clean Monster"  |  11-1-0

     1997 - Brazil - UFC
     
     Brzeski - just a big strong lummox. Striking slow and defence sucks, looks terrible on the back foot. Good takedowns if he can get in close enough but sometimes too slow to do so. Struggled to get damage off on the ground and keeping the guy still at this level.
     

113. 113

     

     Michal Martínek

     "Blackbeard"  |  11-5-0

     1990 - Czechia - KSW
     

114. 114

     

     Tallison Teixeira

     "Xicão"  |  6-0-0

     1999 - Brazil - LFA - Prospect (B)
     
     6'8 dude who comes forward maintaining his range and throwing hard as **** straight punches and hard kicks. Absolutely rolling through the cans that are crazy enough to agree to fight someone his size. Chin looks like it might be a little bit out there but nobody has come close to tagging it yet. Just need to see him against tougher opponents but looks the goods.
     

115. 115

     

     Shelton Graves

     "The Gravedigger"  |  11-7-0

     1985 - USA - DDFC
     

116. 116

     

     Zumso Zuraev

     6-0-0, 1 NC

     1994 - Russia - ACA - Prospect (B-)
     
     Wrestler with clubs and subs who's recently graduated from Young Eagles onto the main ACA roster and is doing well so far.
     
     Sadeghi - Solid wrestling and GNP performance. Piled forward on the feet in kind of a Muk Vakhaev kind of way and used a strong double leg to repeatedly get his man down. Was solidly sticky the whole fight, getting ground and pound off and getting endless mat returns from back body lock for a comfortable victory.
     

117. 117

     

     Yorgan De Castro

     "The Mad Titan"  |  11-5-0

     1987 - Cape Verde - CES
     

118. 118

     

     Austen Lane

     12-5-0, 1 NC

     1987 - USA - UFC
     
     Athletic former football player who's a glass cannon without much of a gas tank. Pretty explosive early and can get guys down but relies on explosivity to do so and only really has a round of that. Fairly good jab and a bit of power, but too slow with the hands to deal with proper strikers. Chin just not there.
     

119. 119

     

     Shamil Gamzatov

     "Maverick"  |  14-2-0

     1990 - Russia - Nashe Delo
     
     This guy was never active which suggests he always had other things going on to support himself financially and he just doesn't seem committed to the game to me. Striking is fundamentally fine but just doesn't throw much and still gets tired doing it.
     
     Nemkov - Terrible double leg defence for a Dagestani and put on his back frequently by Nemkov. Doesn't have anything off his back either, doesn't have get ups and just kind of hangs on hoping to make it to the end of the round. Gassing really badly even in a slow paced fight.
     

120. 120

     

     Abraham Bably

     "The One and Only"  |  4-0-0

     England - PFL
     

121. 121

     

     Mauro Cerilli

     "The Hammer"  |  15-5-0

     1983 - Italy - ONE Championship
     

122. 122

     

     Raphael Pessoa

     "Bebezão"  |  10-5-0

     1989 - Brazil - Levels Fight League
     

123. 123

     

     Raffael Cerqueira

     "BJJ"  |  11-0-0

     1990 - Brazil - Demo Fight - Prospect (C)
     
     Pretty underwhelming for a guy with his record. Seems to have decent power but wings his punches a lot, seemed okayish on top but had to stick his head in a guillotine and wait for the guy to jump for it before he got him down. Looks pretty hittable as he comes in, doesn't look particularly athletic or quick either.
     

124. 124

     

     Grigoriy Ponomarev

     "Grizzly"  |  6-3-0

     1995 - Russia - ACA
     

125. 125

     

     Domingos Barros

     "Destroyer"  |  8-1-0

     1992 - Portugal - CES
     

126. 126

     

     Juan Adams

     "The Kraken"  |  10-6-0

     1992 - USA - PCS
     

127. 127

     

     Yuriy Fedorov

     "Ragnar"  |  10-6-0, 1 NC

     1992 - Russia - ACA
     
     Solid enough tough dude. Throws down pretty well on the feet. Lacks takedown defence against good grapplers which can obviously be a problem fighting in Russia, but if he can keep it standing he's okay.
     
     Rahmani - Bad time for him here, in with a very good grappler and got taken down multiple times and ****** up.
     

128. 128

     

     Josh Parisian

     15-8-0

     1989 - USA - Free Agent
     

129. 129

     

     Giacomo Lemos

     "Viking"  |  8-0-0

     1989 - Brazil - PFL
     

130. 130

     

     Mike Rodriguez

     "Slow"  |  12-7-0, 1 NC

     1988 - USA - CES
     

131. 131

     

     William Knight

     "Knightmare"  |  11-6-0

     1988 - USA - CES
     

132. 132

     

     Kevin Szaflarski

     11-2-0

     1994 - Poland - Babilon MMA
     

133. 133

     

     Arash Sadeghi

     3-2-0

     2001ish - Iran - ACA
     
     Seemed to be picked up by ACA as someone to give Smoldarev an easy win but flipped the switch and got the finish. Lost to Zuraev in 2nd ACA fight but didn't get finished.
     
     Zuraev - Brought back to Earth after the Smoldarev win. Couldn't avoid the wrestling and put on his back multiple times. Did work hard to get back up and get out of bad positions so definitely gets points for effort but just couldn't get away from Zuraev.
     

134. 134

     

     Shoma Shibisai

     10-3-0, 1 NC

     1991 - Japan - RIZIN
     

135. 135

     

     Jordan Heiderman

     "Thor"  |  7-2-0

     1991 - USA - PFL
     

136. 136

     

     Felipe Franco

     "Negão"  |  7-0-0

     2001 - Brazil - Demo Fight - Prospect (B)
     
     No idea what this kid is like on the feet but his grappling looks phenomenal against cans and he's big and athletic and fast. Reminds me a lot of Jailton Almeida, extremely low level competition so far but probably not a guy people are particularly keen to fight. They probably need to put a call in to Guelke to get him a more experienced guy to fight.
     

137. 137

     

     Tsuyoshi Sudario

     "Takanofuji Sanzo"  |  8-3-0

     1997 - Japan - RIZIN
     

138. 138

     

     Eduardo Neves

     "Bebezao"  |  8-3-0

     2000 - Brazil - Centurion FC
     
     Two time Contender Series veteran always looks good when things are going his way. He's got very fast hooks for the weight class and enjoys clobbering people with them and his ground and pound is pretty solid. Problem is he's extremely gassy and folds like a lawn chair under any kind of adversity.
     
     R Souza - Able to be in clobbering mode in this one, pretty fast when he gets going and doesn't get much coming back the other way.
     

139. 139

     

     Jared Vanderaa

     "The Mountain"  |  15-11-0

     1992 - USA - LXF
     

140. 140

     

     Alex Nicholson

     "The Spartan"  |  16-10-0

     1990 - USA - XFC
     

141. 141

     

     Danilo Suzart

     "Dan"  |  11-2-0

     1991 - Brazil - MC Fight
     

142. 142

     

     Denzel Freeman

     "Luke Fox"  |  4-1-0

     1991 - USA - LFA
     

143. 143

     

     Braxton Smith

     "The Beautiful Monster"  |  5-2-0

     1990 - USA - Alaska CE
     

144. 144

     

     Myung Hwan Kim

     "The Mammoth"  |  8-1-0

     1997 - South Korea - Black Combat
     

145. 145

     

     Louie Sutherland

     "The Vanilla Gorilla"  |  6-3-0

     1994 - England - Bellator
     
     Tough guy, keeps trying hard. Gets taken down a lot but does always try and work back up so he can throw again. Did manage to gas Meeks doing it but it feels like most decent wrestlers will just put him on his back too much.
     

146. 146

     

     Benjamin Šehić

     "Dragon of Bosnia"  |  7-4-0

     1995 - Bosnia - Ares
     
     Heavyweight meme master. Can't strike at all and just pulls guard or dives into Imanari rolls. Does work well on low level guys who don't know what they're doing and sometimes higher level guys find it surprisingly awkward too.
     

147. 147

     

     Miles Banks

     2-2-0

     1995ish - USA - Fury FC
     
     Interesting prospect. Huge, athletic ****** who uses size pretty well. Fought Robelis pretty early in career but going well other than that. Showed decent cardio for his size against a tough guy he couldn't get out of there. Not sure he has one shot KO power against guys with solid chins.
     

148. 148

     

     Filip Stawowy

     "Czołg"  |  10-5-0

     1996 - Poland - KSW
     
     Big fat dude, fights a bit like Martin Buday in the sense that he uses his punches to try and fall into the clinch and try and take guys down from there but he isn't very good at the actual takedown bit.
     

149. 149

     

     Adam Pałasz

     "Adaś z Jawora"  |  9-3-0

     Poland - Oktagon
     

150. 150

     

     Greg Velasco

     "The Viking King"  |  6-2-0

     1993 - USA - CFFC
     

151. 151

     

     Roggers Souza

     "The Tiger"  |  15-8-0

     1989 - Brazil - Centurion FC
     
     Kind of a jobber to the stars on the Brazilian and Russian scenes. Occasionally picks up an upset win but mostly gets beaten up when he's fighting anyone good.
     
     Neves - Just very slow, tries to pressure forward at people but if they have reasonably fast hands he just ends up eating loads of shots trying to do it. Does try and stay in the fight if he can, but you just can't get hit as much as he does at this weight class.
     

152. 152

     

     Chris Larsen

     "T"  |  8-3-0

     1987 - Canada - Unified MMA
     
     Possibly the best heavyweight on the regional Canadian scene but that's not really saying a lot. Tends to struggle with faster and explosive guys.
     
     Cherant - He is pretty powerful and if allowed to work can get some decent flurries off. He's also strong on top and got a nice kesi compression choke on Cherant which takes some doing.
     

153. 153

     

     Alvin Hines

     "Goozie"  |  3-0-0

     1991 - USA - LFA
     
     J Smith - seems alrightish for a heavyweight. Doesn't seem to have power but does come forward constantly on the feet. Quite decent with kicks early, good leg kicks and got high kick up a couple of times. Top control not bad but doesn't really seem to have good wrestling. Defence not particularly good, got hit a lot and running out of gas towards the end. Doesn't look like a future UFC fighter or anything.
     

154. 154

     

     Justin Smith

     "Savage Smitty"  |  3-1-0

     1993 - USA - LFA
     
     Hines - backpedalling too much even when it seemed Hines couldn't hurt him, felt like he might have been able to get it done if he'd come forward more. Seems to be able to take a shot, didn't look like he really knew what he was doing on the bottom when he ended up there.
     

155. 155

     

     Artur Szpilka

     "Szpila"  |  3-1-0

     1989 - Poland - KSW
     
     Not sure how long he'll stick at MMA but doing okay at it so far, found an all round striker in Arek too much to deal with but passed the Pudzian test pretty easily. I wonder if KSW will throw him in with the regulars soon.
     

156. 156

     

     Fabio Cherant

     "Water Buffalo"  |  7-5-0

     1994 - USA - Unified MMA
     
     Now relieved of his UFC job and back on the regionals after a truly terrible run there, seems like he's continuing that form into the regionals.
     
     Larsen - Was too low output at 205, I thought maybe not having to cut might give him a little more energy and output but nope, dude probably does even less if anything. Constantly letting opponent get off first and then got taken down and tapped with a kesi compression choke by a regional guy, just awful.
     

157. 157

     

     Michel Góes

     "Guindaste"  |  3-0-0

     Brazil - Penedo Fight
     
     Need to check out
     

158. 158

     

     Abdoullah Kane

     2-0-0

     1998 - Senegal - Sepow Arena
     
     Need to check out