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Hi guys. Here is Part 3 of my 2015 unbeaten unsigned prospects - middleweight Division!
Previous 2015 versions are below
The Lightweights: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...s-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2898125/
The Women: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...ys-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2900173
A quick reminder of the rules as always:
1) They must be undefeated!
2) They must NOT be signed to any of the three largest promotions (UFC, Bellator & WSOF)
3) They must have fought at least once in 2014
4) They must have had at least 3 professional fights
Today is the time for the Middleweight division. In the top 10 - top 15 it is a very grapple-heavy list, with lots of good BJJ players and wrestlers. Those just missing out on the list include Markus Perez Echeimberg (4-0) (Due to being TUF Brazil 3 veteran) & Bruno Gustovic (3-0).
Girls ineligible due to inactivity included Jake Mapes (7-0), Sergey Kovalev (6-0), Jakub Stejskal (6-0), Chris Douglass (5-0), Brent Knopp (5-0), David Ury (5-0), Patrick Weikiri (5-0), Marcus Andersson (4-0), KB Bhullar (4-0), Elton Camargo (4-0) & Luke Wild (4-0)
I'd be interested to hear everyone's feedback and opinions as to who you think is ranked too high or too low etc. Also if anyone can suggest fighters that I missed out or any ages of the fighters which I couldn't find it would be appreciated.
Enjoy Part 3!
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Middleweights
1) Oskar Piechota – 5-0-1 - Poland – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 83% (2 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 12-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Mattia Schiavolin (9-0)
Other Details: 2nd Place in 2013 BJJ World No Gi Championships, Polish Grappling Champion, BJJ Brown Belt under Robert Drysdale, Has 2013 BJJ victory over Vinny Magalhaes
2) Marcelo Nunes – 4-0-0 - Brazil – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: 2005 & 2007 BJJ World Champion, BJJ Black Belt under Robert Drysdale, 5-0 Amateur Muay Thai Record, All 4 wins in 1st round, Born in Brazil & Trains out of USA
3) Yaroslav Amosov – 10-0-0 - Ukraine – 21 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 90% (6 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Vadim Sandulitsky (5-2)
Other Details: 2013 Combat Sambo World Champion, 2013 Combat Sambo European Champion
4) Nick Pica – 4-0-0 - USA – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 2x All-American Wrestler, California State Wrestling Champion, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished All 4 Fights
5) Maciej Rozanski – 5-0-0 - Poland – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (1 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Kristian Lexell (7-3), Makhumad Muradov (5-4)
Other Accomplishments: Polish BJJ Champion, BJJ Brown Belt, Trains at Beserkers Team with Michal Materla, Karol Bedorf & Tom Narkun
6) Alberto Pereira Uda – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 86% (2 KO, 4 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 22-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Thiago Rela (8-2), Richardson Moreira (5-0), Wendres Da Silva (11-5), Junior Albini (4-1), Christiano Frolich (4-1)
Other Accomplishments: N/A
7) Michal Pasternak – 11-0-0 – Poland – 30 Years Old
Signed to: One FC; Finish Ratio: 55% (3 KO, 3 Sub, 5 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 16-16; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Rafael Silva (39-15), Hracho Darpinyan (10-5)
Other Details: Training partner of UFC fighter Krzystof Jotko
8) Neal Ewing – 5-0-0 - USA – 29 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 5-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Ricardo Juan McCall (4-0)
Other Details: Training Partner of UFC fighters Sean Spencer, Matt Hobar & Damon Jackson, Finished all 5 fights
9) Toni Markulev – 8-0-0 - Bulgaria – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (5 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Georgi Valentinov (6-2)
Other Details: 2013 Sanda Kickboxing World Champion, 2012 Sanda Kickboxing European Champion, Finished all 8 fights
10) Gustavo Henrique Kuhn – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 34 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (4 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Willian Alves (3-0)
Other Details: 18-3 Professional Muay Thai Record, Taekwando Black Belt, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished all 7 fights
11) Alessio Di Chirico – 6-0-0 – Italy – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 3-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Cristian Magro (5-2)
Other Details: Gold Medal at IMMAF World Championships 2014 at 205 pounds, 3-0 Amateur Record, Finished all 6 fights
12) Shamil Abdulaev – 3-0-0 - Russia – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 0% (0 TKO, 0 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 6-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Alexey Shopavolav (9-3)
Other Accomplishments: Former Welterweight, Russian MMA Champion as Amateur
13) Eric Spicely – 5-0-0 - USA – 28 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (2 KO, 2 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Nuri Shakir (17-20)
Other Details: BJJ Brown Belt
14) Miles Anstead – 5-0-0 - Canada – 27 Years Old
Signed to: MFC; Finish Ratio: 60% (1 TKO, 2 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Jared McComb (7-3), Teddy Ash (4-1)
Other Details: 3-1 Amateur Record
15) Vitaly Bigdash – 5-0-0 - Russia – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Pro FC; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Charles Andrade (28-10), Pavel Pokatilov (12-6), Yuriy Shtembulak (3-0)
Other Details: Finished All 5 Opponents
Previous 2015 versions are below
The Lightweights: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...s-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2898125/
The Women: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...ys-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2900173
A quick reminder of the rules as always:
1) They must be undefeated!
2) They must NOT be signed to any of the three largest promotions (UFC, Bellator & WSOF)
3) They must have fought at least once in 2014
4) They must have had at least 3 professional fights
Today is the time for the Middleweight division. In the top 10 - top 15 it is a very grapple-heavy list, with lots of good BJJ players and wrestlers. Those just missing out on the list include Markus Perez Echeimberg (4-0) (Due to being TUF Brazil 3 veteran) & Bruno Gustovic (3-0).
Girls ineligible due to inactivity included Jake Mapes (7-0), Sergey Kovalev (6-0), Jakub Stejskal (6-0), Chris Douglass (5-0), Brent Knopp (5-0), David Ury (5-0), Patrick Weikiri (5-0), Marcus Andersson (4-0), KB Bhullar (4-0), Elton Camargo (4-0) & Luke Wild (4-0)
I'd be interested to hear everyone's feedback and opinions as to who you think is ranked too high or too low etc. Also if anyone can suggest fighters that I missed out or any ages of the fighters which I couldn't find it would be appreciated.
Enjoy Part 3!
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Middleweights
1) Oskar Piechota – 5-0-1 - Poland – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 83% (2 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 12-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Mattia Schiavolin (9-0)
Other Details: 2nd Place in 2013 BJJ World No Gi Championships, Polish Grappling Champion, BJJ Brown Belt under Robert Drysdale, Has 2013 BJJ victory over Vinny Magalhaes
2) Marcelo Nunes – 4-0-0 - Brazil – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: 2005 & 2007 BJJ World Champion, BJJ Black Belt under Robert Drysdale, 5-0 Amateur Muay Thai Record, All 4 wins in 1st round, Born in Brazil & Trains out of USA
3) Yaroslav Amosov – 10-0-0 - Ukraine – 21 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 90% (6 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Vadim Sandulitsky (5-2)
Other Details: 2013 Combat Sambo World Champion, 2013 Combat Sambo European Champion
4) Nick Pica – 4-0-0 - USA – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 2x All-American Wrestler, California State Wrestling Champion, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished All 4 Fights
5) Maciej Rozanski – 5-0-0 - Poland – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (1 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Kristian Lexell (7-3), Makhumad Muradov (5-4)
Other Accomplishments: Polish BJJ Champion, BJJ Brown Belt, Trains at Beserkers Team with Michal Materla, Karol Bedorf & Tom Narkun
6) Alberto Pereira Uda – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 86% (2 KO, 4 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 22-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Thiago Rela (8-2), Richardson Moreira (5-0), Wendres Da Silva (11-5), Junior Albini (4-1), Christiano Frolich (4-1)
Other Accomplishments: N/A
7) Michal Pasternak – 11-0-0 – Poland – 30 Years Old
Signed to: One FC; Finish Ratio: 55% (3 KO, 3 Sub, 5 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 16-16; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Rafael Silva (39-15), Hracho Darpinyan (10-5)
Other Details: Training partner of UFC fighter Krzystof Jotko
8) Neal Ewing – 5-0-0 - USA – 29 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 5-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Ricardo Juan McCall (4-0)
Other Details: Training Partner of UFC fighters Sean Spencer, Matt Hobar & Damon Jackson, Finished all 5 fights
9) Toni Markulev – 8-0-0 - Bulgaria – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (5 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Georgi Valentinov (6-2)
Other Details: 2013 Sanda Kickboxing World Champion, 2012 Sanda Kickboxing European Champion, Finished all 8 fights
10) Gustavo Henrique Kuhn – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 34 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (4 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Willian Alves (3-0)
Other Details: 18-3 Professional Muay Thai Record, Taekwando Black Belt, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished all 7 fights
11) Alessio Di Chirico – 6-0-0 – Italy – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 3-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Cristian Magro (5-2)
Other Details: Gold Medal at IMMAF World Championships 2014 at 205 pounds, 3-0 Amateur Record, Finished all 6 fights
12) Shamil Abdulaev – 3-0-0 - Russia – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 0% (0 TKO, 0 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 6-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Alexey Shopavolav (9-3)
Other Accomplishments: Former Welterweight, Russian MMA Champion as Amateur
13) Eric Spicely – 5-0-0 - USA – 28 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (2 KO, 2 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Nuri Shakir (17-20)
Other Details: BJJ Brown Belt
14) Miles Anstead – 5-0-0 - Canada – 27 Years Old
Signed to: MFC; Finish Ratio: 60% (1 TKO, 2 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Jared McComb (7-3), Teddy Ash (4-1)
Other Details: 3-1 Amateur Record
15) Vitaly Bigdash – 5-0-0 - Russia – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Pro FC; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Charles Andrade (28-10), Pavel Pokatilov (12-6), Yuriy Shtembulak (3-0)
Other Details: Finished All 5 Opponents
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