Contender Series 2024 thread

[Hellowhosthat]

HW

Lucas Camacho - 31/Brazil/LFA/6-0
Hugo Cunha - 31/Brazil/LFA champ/8-1
Rizvan Kuniev - 31/Russia/PFL/12-2-1
Arthur Lopes - 31/Brazil/Souza Combat/6-1
Mario Pinto - 26/Portugal/Levels FL Champ/8-0
Bailey Schoenfelder - 26/USA/CFFC Champ/5-0
Talisson Teixeira - 24/Brazil/LFA/6-0
Danylo Voievodkin - Ukraine/PPC/6-0

LHW

Raffael Cerquiera - 34/Brazil/Demo Fight/11-0
Kevin Christian - 29/Brazil/LFA/8-2
Bruno Lopes - 31/Brazil/LFA Champ/12-1
Islem Masraf - France/PFL/3-0
Francesco Mazzeo - 26/Italy/Cage Warriors/4-0
Diyar Nurgozhay - Kazakhstan/UAE Warriors/11-0
Mikhail Sazhiniani - Georgia/GFC Champ/13-2
Navajo Stirling - 26/New Zealand/HEX Champ/4-0
Bartosz Szewczyk - Poland/FEN Champ/8-2-1
Artem Vakhitov - 33/Russia/Naiza/2-1

MW

Mansur Abdul Malik - 26/USA/LFA/6-0
Liam Anderson - 29/USA/LFA/6-2
Yousri Belgaroui - 31/Netherlands/Levels Fight League/7-3
Will Currie - 25/England/Cage Warriors/12-3
Anvarbek Daniyalbekov - 28/Russia/ACA/8-0
Matthieu Duclos - France/Hexagone Champ/6-2
Abdellah Er-Ramy - 27/Spain/PFL/7-1
Torrez Finney - 25/USA/Combat Night Pro/8-0
Ateba Abega Gautier - Cameroon/Fight KLB/5-1
Yura Naito - 28/Japan/Pancrase/6-0
Andrey Pulyaev - 26/Russia/SFC/8-2
Cam Rowston - Australia/Shuriken Fight Series/8-2
Djorden Santos - 26/Brazil/Thunder Fight Champ/9-1
Wes Schultz - 27/USA/LFA/6-1
Heraldo Souza - 29/Brazil/SFT Champ/9-1-1
Marco Tulio - 29/Brazil/LFA/11-1
Alain Van Der Merckt - 23/Belgium/Levels Champ/8-0
Logan Woods - 30/USA/Fury FC/5-1

WW

Vantilo Antunes - 29/Brazil/LFA Champ/16-6
Igor Cavalcanti - 26/Brazil/Inside Fighters League Champion/9-0
Meng Ding - 29/China/JCK Champion/34-8
Islam Dulatov - 24/Germany/Oktagon/10-1
Daniel Frunza - 30/Romania/LFA/8-2
Andreas Berg Gustafsson - 33/FCR/10-2
Rami Hamed - 33/Lebanon/Fighting Force/12-3
Seok Hyun Ko - South Korea/AFC/10-2
Quemuel Ottoni - 31/Brazil/Jungle Fight/12-3
Pat Pytlik - 35/Canada/Unified MMA/9-1
Heraldo Souza - 29/Brazil/SFT Champ/9-1-1
Kody Steele - 29/USA/Fury FC/6-0

LW

Quillan Salkilld - 24/Australia/Eternal MMA Champion/6-1
Gauge Young - 23/USA/FAC/8-1

FW

Michael Aswell - 23/USA/Fury FC/9-1
Austin Bashi - 22/USA/Lights Out Champion/12-0
Icaro Brito - 25/Brazil/LFA/7-1
Jose Delgado - 26/USA/LFA/7-1
Bogdan Grad - 28/Austria/Cage Fight Series/13-2
Michael Imperato - Canada/Unified MMA/12-6
Ernie Juarez - USA/A1 Combat/8-0
Tommy McMillen - 26/USA/Fusion Champion/6-0
Luke Riley - 24/England/Cage Warriors/9-0
Cortavious Romious - 30/USA/North Iowa Fights/8-2
Kevin Vallejos - 22/Argentina/Samurai Fight House/13-1

BW

Adam Bramhald - 30/England/Caged Steel Champion/13-2
Billy Brand - 27/USA/A1 Combat/5-1
Cody Haddon - 25/Australia/HEX Fight Series/6-1
David Martinez - 26/Mexico/Combate Global/10-1
Josias Musasa - 24/DR Congo/AKO/6-0
Louis Lee Scott - 24/England/Ares Champion/8-0
Otar Tanzilov - 26/Georgia/Octagon/9-0
Aaron Tau - New Zealand/XFC/8-0
Malcolm Wellmaker - 29/USA/NFC/7-0

FLW

Anthony Drillich - 30/Australia/Eternal Champion/8-1
Jack Duffy - 28/USA/A1 Combat/7-0
An Tuan Ho - 23/Vietnam/LFA/6-0
Sean Gauci - 27/Australia/HEX Champion/9-1
Lone'er Kavanagh - 24/England/Cage Warriors/6-0
Jose Ochoa - 23/Peru/LFA/7-0

WFLW

Nicolle Caliari - 27/Brazil/Fight Music Show/7-2
Shannon Clark - 31/Canada/LFA Champ/5-0
Yumeisy Duben - Colombia/FFC/5-0
Corinne Laframboise - Canada/UAE Warriors/8-4

SW

Rose Conceicao - 26/Brazil/LFA Champ/7-0
Alexia Thainara - 26/Brazil/SFT Champ/10-1

 

[The_Renaissance]

It's time baby! First year without Brackis moaning about everything.



Fucking absolutely insane fight to start with. Two of the best flyweight prospects in the world matched up with each other. I'd probably have preferred to have them both fight other people but still, great fight.

Here we go son, my fave thread of the year has returned!
Fuck Brackis, he was a cunt.

I do wonder about their matchmaking sometimes - it's like this is awesome yeah, but then they'll have a flyweight match the following week with a 7-2 guy fighting a 10-4 guy and the winner, by decision, gets a contract.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Hell yeah, lets hope for another fun season with lots of prospects, Sherbro’s

 

[CC27]

yeah I hate that fight, I mean its a great fight but I hate it that they didnt match them up with someone else. Both of them could have gotten signed and now one of them wont.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Week 1 - 13th August

MW - Mansur Abdul Malik (5-0) Vs Wes Schultz (6-1)
LHW - Bruno Lopes (12-1) Vs Mikhail Sazhiniani (13-2)
FW - Jose Delgado (7-1) Vs Ernie Juarez (8-0)
WW - Meng Ding (34-8) Vs Rami Hamed (12-3)
FLW - Lone'er Kavanagh (6-0) Vs An Tuan Ho (6-0)

Week 2 - 20th August

WW - Andreas Berg Gustafsson (10-2) Vs Pat Pytlik (9-1)
HW - Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1) Vs Hugo Cunha (8-1)
FW - Cortavious Romious (8-2) Vs Michael Imperato (12-6)
MW - Torrez Finney (8-0) Vs Cam Rowston (8-2)
BW - Cody Haddon (6-1) Vs Billy Brand (5-1)


Week 3 - 27th August

MW - Andrey Pulyaev (8-2) Vs Liam Anderson (6-2)
FW - Michael Aswell (9-1) Vs Bogdan Grad (13-2)
MW - Marco Tulio (11-1) Vs Matthieu Duclos (6-2)
BW - Malcolm Wellmaker (7-0) Vs Adam Bramhald (13-2)
FLW - Jack Duffy (7-0) Vs Jose Ochoa (7-0)

Week 4 - 3rd September

WW - Igor Cavalcanti (9-0) Vs Seok Hyun Ko (10-2)
FW - Austin Bashi (12-0) Vs Tommy McMillen (6-0)
LW - Quillan Salkilld (6-1) Vs Gauge Young (8-1)
MW - Will Currie (12-3) Vs Djorden Santos (9-1)
FLW - Shannon Clark (5-0) Vs Yumeisy Duben (5-0)

Week 5 - 10th September

MW - Yousri Belgaroui (7-3) Vs Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (8-0)
WW - Kody Steele (6-0) Vs Quemuel Ottoni (12-3)
BW - Otar Tanzilov (9-0) Vs Josias Musasa (6-0)
LHW - Raffael Cerquiera (11-0) Vs Francesco Mazzeo (4-0)
FLW - Corinne Laframboise (8-4) Vs Nicolle Caliari (7-2)


Week 6 - 17th September

MW - Yura Naito (6-0) Vs Ateba Abega Gautier (5-1)

Week 7 - 24th September

FW - Kevin Vallejos (13-1) Vs Luke Riley (9-0)

Week 8 - 1st October

MW - Abdellah Er-Ramy (7-1) Vs Logan Woods (5-1)
WW - Islam Dulatov (10-1) Vs Vantilo Antunes (16-6)

Week 9 - 8th October

FLW - Sean Gauci (9-1) Vs Anthony Drillich (8-1)
LHW - Artem Vakhitov (2-1) Vs Islem Masraf (3-0)
LHW - Diyar Nurgozhay (11-0) Vs Bartosz Szewczyk (8-2-1)

Week 10 - 15th October

MW - Alain Van Der Merckt (8-0) Vs Heraldo Souza (9-1-1)

 

[Thesnake101]

Updated with who we've got news of being on so far.

At this point I'd say Fatima Kline, Lone'er Kavanagh, An Tuan Ho, Bruno Lopes, Quemuel Ottoni, Will Currie, Rose Conceicao, Jack Duffy are the most interesting ones.

Take out the Bruno and Currie and I agree. Happy to see Quang get a shot since he's getting up there in age.

 

[TyronJemalauri]

Sazhiniani(Sazhinyan) from Georgia but he's ethnic Armenian actually (similar story as Tsarukyan)

 

[STAY GOLD]

LCA Management confirming Yuneisy Duben’s participation this season. FWIW she’s 27 years old and from Venezuela, not Colombia.

 

[Deleted member 513083]

It's time baby! First year without Brackis moaning about everything.

People so far

HW

Hugo Cunha - 31/Brazil/LFA champ/8-1

LHW

Bruno Lopes - 31/Brazil/LFA Champ/12-1
Mikhail Sazhiniani - Georgia/GFC Champ/13-2

MW

Mansur Abdul Malik - 26/USA/LFA/6-0
Liam Anderson - 29/USA/LFA/6-2
Will Currie - 25/England/Cage Warriors/12-3
Matthieu Duclos - France/Hexagone Champ/6-2
Dominik Humburger - 28/Czechia/KSW/8-1
Andrey Pulyaev - 26/Russia/SFC/8-2
Djorden Santos - 26/Brazil/Thunder Fight Champ/9-1
Wes Schultz - 27/USA/LFA/6-1

WW

Quemuel Ottoni - 31/Brazil/Jungle Fight/12-3

BW

Quang Le - 32/Vietnam/LFA/8-0

FLW

Jack Duffy - 28/USA/A1 Combat/7-0
An Tuan Ho - 23/Vietnam/LFA/6-0
Lone'er Kavanagh - 24/England/Cage Warriors/6-0
Mitch Raposo - 25/USA/Cage Titans Champ/9-1

WFLW

Shannon Clark - 31/Canada/LFA Champ/5-0
Yumeisy Duben - Colombia/FFC/5-0

SW

Rose Conceicao - 26/Brazil/LFA Champ/7-0
Fatima Kline - 23/USA/CFFC Champ/6-0



Fucking absolutely insane fight to start with. Two of the best flyweight prospects in the world matched up with each other. I'd probably have preferred to have them both fight other people but still, great fight.

Idk what to think of Cunha, when he gassed in ONE I was very dissapointed.
Lets see who they match him up against.

 

[Koala]

some good names at flyweight. Mitch Raposo was on the season of TUF Volks vs Ortega at BW and struggled wrestling with a bigger guy
Ottoni has beaten Alex Pereira and was fighting at WW last year, he pulled out 3 times of PFL events

 

[The_Renaissance]

Idk what to think of Cunha, when he gassed in ONE I was very dissapointed.
Lets see who they match him up against.

He's just OK. But he's good enough to get a contract if he gets a favourable match up as he can probably get a finish.

 

[Deleted member 513083]

He's just OK. But he's good enough to get a contract if he gets a favourable match up as he can probably get a finish.

I mean he can wrestle and has okay power so he probably will do fine in the HW division.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[The_Renaissance]

Just had a look at Santos, doesn't look impressive. Currie should get it done.

 

[Dn10]

Does Graham have the power to get favorable matchups for his CW guys?

 

[Ares Black]

Fighters I want to see this season:

Louis Lee Scott, 8-0, BW

Louis Lee Scott ("Lightning") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

"Lightning" Louis Lee Scott (9-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Leeds, England and the #7th ranked Pro Mens Bantamweight in United Kingdom & Ireland. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

Talisson Teixeira, 6-0, HW

Tallison Teixeira ("Xicão") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Tallison "Xicão" Teixeira (8-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil and the #45th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

 

[The_Renaissance]

Fighters I want to see this season:

Louis Lee Scott, 8-0, BW

Louis Lee Scott ("Lightning") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

"Lightning" Louis Lee Scott (9-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Leeds, England and the #7th ranked Pro Mens Bantamweight in United Kingdom & Ireland. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

Talisson Teixeira, 6-0, HW

Tallison Teixeira ("Xicão") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Tallison "Xicão" Teixeira (8-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil and the #45th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

Definitely think Teixeira will be there, there's very few HWs around and there'll obviously be a couple of fights in that division.

 

[Deleted member 513083]

Fighters I want to see this season:

Louis Lee Scott, 8-0, BW

Louis Lee Scott ("Lightning") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

"Lightning" Louis Lee Scott (9-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Leeds, England and the #7th ranked Pro Mens Bantamweight in United Kingdom & Ireland. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

Talisson Teixeira, 6-0, HW

Tallison Teixeira ("Xicão") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Tallison "Xicão" Teixeira (8-0-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil and the #45th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

Definitely think Teixeira will be there, there's very few HWs around and there'll obviously be a couple of fights in that division.

If Tallison fails as well, I will make the HW fights my new smoke break for events.
I can't take 5+ derailments over a year it is too much.

 

[Dn10]

Any news on if Danni McCormack will be on?

 

[Ares Black]

Does Graham have the power to get favorable matchups for his CW guys?

It hasn't really seemed that way so far, but I also haven't really looked into it and am basing that entirely on my intuition.