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Well, folks, 2022 is almost around the corner. There aren't many fight cards left.
Predict how the prospects will fair in 2022 and bump this thread again if you were spot on! Thread from April of this year that got no traction lol (https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/prospect-thread-2021-will-it-be-different-from-2020.4176181/)
UFC's january vid on fighters on the rise from 2020 for reference
FLW
Su Mudaerji (14-4)
Amir Albazi (14-1)
Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1)
Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1)
Rogerio Bontorin (17-3)
David Dvorak (20-3)
Manel Kape (16-6)
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-5)
Askar Askarov (13-0-1)* maybe past prospect
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BW: Jack Shore is a real deal, but there are great prospects as well and a relatively solid division ahead of him.
Jack Shore (15-0)
Timur Valiev (18-2)
Adrian Yanez (13-2)
Sean O'Malley (14-1) -
Raufeon Stots (17-1)
Raoni Barcelos (16-2)
Julio Arce (17-4)
Chris Guiterrez (17-4-2)
Nathan Maness (14-1)
Raulian Paiva (21-3) -> Should've lost against Zhalgas at Flw. I believe an opponent that's incredibly favourable match up for O'Malley, especially after a big upset win, that makes me think UFC is still in on O'Malley. Match ups are everything, so many tougher fights than Paiva. I don't think Sugar is half as good as he or his fans seem to think he is.
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FW: Arguably Top 5 prospects in one weight class, Evloev, Topuria, Mitchell, Mckee and Allen. Whoever matched up Evloev and Topuria this early should be punched in the fucking nuts.
Movsar Evloev (15-0)
Illia Topuria (11-0)
Bryce Mitchell (14-0)
Aj Mckee (18-0)
Arnold Allen (17-1)
Giga Chikadeze (14-2)
Sodiq Yusuff (11-2)
Tucker Lutz (12-1)
Hakeem Dawodu (12-2-1)
Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5-1)
Lerone Murphy (11-0-1)
Michael Trizano (9-1)
Gavin Tucker (13-2)
Movlid Khaybulaev (20-0-1)
Adam Borics (17-1)
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LW: Deep field of prospects. Probably the deepest. If you ask me, might be stronger field than top 10 outside top guys. I think it is.
Arman Tsarukyan (17-2)
Mateusz Gamrot (19-1)
Brad Riddell (10-1)
Gregor Gillepsie (14-1)
Mark Madson (11-0)
Grant Dawson (17-1-1)
Paddy Pimblett (17-3)
Islam Mamedov (20-1-1)
Damir Ismagulov (23-1)
Rafael Fiziev (10-1)
Brent Primus (11-2)
Guram Kutaleladze (12-2)
Mason Jones (11-1)
Nasrat Haqparast (17-4) Might have shown his ceiling but still only 26
Joe Solecki - (11-3) I know he lost but yeah - I knew Gordon was a tough match up
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WW: It's Khamzat's world, but some Uber prospects in Brady and Shavkat and Amosov if you count him as prospect still.
Khamzat Chimaev (10-0)
Sean Brady (14-0)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (14-0)
Khaos Williams (12-2)
Randy Brown (14-4)
Miguel Baeza (10-1)
Erick Silva (20-11)
Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) * prob past prospect
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MW:
Phil Hawes (11-2)
Dricus Du Plesis (16-2)
Nassourdine Imavov (10-3)
Gregory Rodrigues (11-3)
Anthony Hernandez (9-2)
Roman Dolidze (9-1)
Rodolfo Vieira (9-1)
Kyle Daukuas (10-2)
Edmen Shabazyan (11-2)
Julian Marquez (9-2)
Jacob Malkoun (5-1)
Puna Soriano (8-1)
Brendan Allen (17-4)*
Trevin Giles (14-3)*
Bruno Silva (21-6)*
Makhmud Muradov (25-7)*
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LHW: It used to be the most stacked division in all of MMA during Jone's prime. Now, it's looking barren even in prospects, relatively speaking. What happened?
Jim Crute (12-2)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-1)
Jamahal Hill (9-1)
Magomed Ismailov (17-2-1)
William Knight (10-2)
Da un Jung (14-2-1)
Karl Albrektsson (13-3)
Julius Anglickas (10-2)
Reinier de Riddier (14-0)
Danilo Marques (11-3)
MIchal Oleksijczuk (16-4)
Alonzo Menifield (11-2)
Shamil Gamzatov (14-1)
Dustin Jacoby (15-5-1)*
Ion Cutelaba (16-6-1)*
Paul Craig (15-4-1)*
Marcin Prachnio (15-5)*
Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1)**
Magomed Ankaleev (14-1)**
Alexander Rakic (14-2)**
Vadim Nemkov (14-2)**
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HW: Very exciting time for heavyweight prospects was the last year. We had Gane, Aspinall, Daukaus, Romanov and they all kept it up. I remember defending Daukaus from people who were calling him regional fighter, there were quite a few, but I bet they all in hiding now. Fortune in Bellator is probably a real deal as well and Isaev from PFL is an interesting one. In UFC, Aspinall and Romanov with Gane moving out are likely best prospects.
Tom Aspinall (11-2)
Chris Daukaus (12-3)
Alexander Romanov (15-0)
Tyrell Fortune (11-1)
Juan Espino (10-2) - Got robbed against Romanov
Valentin Moldavsky (11-1)
Ali Isaev (9-0)
Carlos Felipe (11-2)
Bruno Cappelozza (14-5)
Renan Ferreira (8-2) - Got screwed over Werdum
Tai Tuivasa (12-3)*
Sergey Spivak (13-3)*
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) **
Ciryl Gane (10-0) ***
Sergey Pavlovich (14-1) *
Blagoi Ivanov (18-4) *
Arjan Bhullar (11-1)
Greg Hardy? (7-4)
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The year's almost over. Who will remain on the trajectory of an elite fighter near the end of 2022? Make your predictions!
Predict how the prospects will fair in 2022 and bump this thread again if you were spot on! Thread from April of this year that got no traction lol (https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/prospect-thread-2021-will-it-be-different-from-2020.4176181/)
UFC's january vid on fighters on the rise from 2020 for reference
FLW
Su Mudaerji (14-4)
Amir Albazi (14-1)
Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1)
Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1)
Rogerio Bontorin (17-3)
David Dvorak (20-3)
Manel Kape (16-6)
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-5)
Askar Askarov (13-0-1)* maybe past prospect
------
BW: Jack Shore is a real deal, but there are great prospects as well and a relatively solid division ahead of him.
Jack Shore (15-0)
Timur Valiev (18-2)
Adrian Yanez (13-2)
Sean O'Malley (14-1) -
Raufeon Stots (17-1)
Raoni Barcelos (16-2)
Julio Arce (17-4)
Chris Guiterrez (17-4-2)
Nathan Maness (14-1)
Raulian Paiva (21-3) -> Should've lost against Zhalgas at Flw. I believe an opponent that's incredibly favourable match up for O'Malley, especially after a big upset win, that makes me think UFC is still in on O'Malley. Match ups are everything, so many tougher fights than Paiva. I don't think Sugar is half as good as he or his fans seem to think he is.
-----
FW: Arguably Top 5 prospects in one weight class, Evloev, Topuria, Mitchell, Mckee and Allen. Whoever matched up Evloev and Topuria this early should be punched in the fucking nuts.
Movsar Evloev (15-0)
Illia Topuria (11-0)
Bryce Mitchell (14-0)
Aj Mckee (18-0)
Arnold Allen (17-1)
Giga Chikadeze (14-2)
Sodiq Yusuff (11-2)
Tucker Lutz (12-1)
Hakeem Dawodu (12-2-1)
Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5-1)
Lerone Murphy (11-0-1)
Michael Trizano (9-1)
Gavin Tucker (13-2)
Movlid Khaybulaev (20-0-1)
Adam Borics (17-1)
----
LW: Deep field of prospects. Probably the deepest. If you ask me, might be stronger field than top 10 outside top guys. I think it is.
Arman Tsarukyan (17-2)
Mateusz Gamrot (19-1)
Brad Riddell (10-1)
Gregor Gillepsie (14-1)
Mark Madson (11-0)
Grant Dawson (17-1-1)
Paddy Pimblett (17-3)
Islam Mamedov (20-1-1)
Damir Ismagulov (23-1)
Rafael Fiziev (10-1)
Brent Primus (11-2)
Guram Kutaleladze (12-2)
Mason Jones (11-1)
Nasrat Haqparast (17-4) Might have shown his ceiling but still only 26
Joe Solecki - (11-3) I know he lost but yeah - I knew Gordon was a tough match up
------
WW: It's Khamzat's world, but some Uber prospects in Brady and Shavkat and Amosov if you count him as prospect still.
Khamzat Chimaev (10-0)
Sean Brady (14-0)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (14-0)
Khaos Williams (12-2)
Randy Brown (14-4)
Miguel Baeza (10-1)
Erick Silva (20-11)
Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) * prob past prospect
-----
MW:
Phil Hawes (11-2)
Dricus Du Plesis (16-2)
Nassourdine Imavov (10-3)
Gregory Rodrigues (11-3)
Anthony Hernandez (9-2)
Roman Dolidze (9-1)
Rodolfo Vieira (9-1)
Kyle Daukuas (10-2)
Edmen Shabazyan (11-2)
Julian Marquez (9-2)
Jacob Malkoun (5-1)
Puna Soriano (8-1)
Brendan Allen (17-4)*
Trevin Giles (14-3)*
Bruno Silva (21-6)*
Makhmud Muradov (25-7)*
---
LHW: It used to be the most stacked division in all of MMA during Jone's prime. Now, it's looking barren even in prospects, relatively speaking. What happened?
Jim Crute (12-2)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-1)
Jamahal Hill (9-1)
Magomed Ismailov (17-2-1)
William Knight (10-2)
Da un Jung (14-2-1)
Karl Albrektsson (13-3)
Julius Anglickas (10-2)
Reinier de Riddier (14-0)
Danilo Marques (11-3)
MIchal Oleksijczuk (16-4)
Alonzo Menifield (11-2)
Shamil Gamzatov (14-1)
Dustin Jacoby (15-5-1)*
Ion Cutelaba (16-6-1)*
Paul Craig (15-4-1)*
Marcin Prachnio (15-5)*
Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1)**
Magomed Ankaleev (14-1)**
Alexander Rakic (14-2)**
Vadim Nemkov (14-2)**
----
HW: Very exciting time for heavyweight prospects was the last year. We had Gane, Aspinall, Daukaus, Romanov and they all kept it up. I remember defending Daukaus from people who were calling him regional fighter, there were quite a few, but I bet they all in hiding now. Fortune in Bellator is probably a real deal as well and Isaev from PFL is an interesting one. In UFC, Aspinall and Romanov with Gane moving out are likely best prospects.
Tom Aspinall (11-2)
Chris Daukaus (12-3)
Alexander Romanov (15-0)
Tyrell Fortune (11-1)
Juan Espino (10-2) - Got robbed against Romanov
Valentin Moldavsky (11-1)
Ali Isaev (9-0)
Carlos Felipe (11-2)
Bruno Cappelozza (14-5)
Renan Ferreira (8-2) - Got screwed over Werdum
Tai Tuivasa (12-3)*
Sergey Spivak (13-3)*
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) **
Ciryl Gane (10-0) ***
Sergey Pavlovich (14-1) *
Blagoi Ivanov (18-4) *
Arjan Bhullar (11-1)
Greg Hardy? (7-4)
---
The year's almost over. Who will remain on the trajectory of an elite fighter near the end of 2022? Make your predictions!
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