Heavyweights:sergei kharitonov,blagoi ivanov,volkov and minakov. Lhw: tyrone spong,emanuel newton,king mo,attilla vegh and mcgeary Mw:branch,khalidov,carmont(after 2 wins) and manhoef(unlikely) Ww:Ben askren,douglas lima,paul daley(bring him back),palhares and jake s. Lw:will brooks,justin geathje(spelling),chandler,aoki Fw:curran/straus/pitbull,georgi,palmer,frodo Bw:Moraes(him vs tj would be great),bibiano f,joe warren,richman and dantas Fly: adriano moraes,damacio page and andrew leone Post fighters you would like ufc to sign
You basically just listed every top non-UFC fighter and the majority of them are fairly unrealistic to be signed.
Thread is called" fighters i would like to see in ufc" and who wouldnt like to see top fighters outside ufc get a chanse to fight top 10 ufc fighters. Why would i like to see some local guys with no notable wins in ufc? Im not saying prospects shouldnt be signed but these are all top level fighters Of course i want them in ufc
To make it interesting, I'll go with people that (I believe) don't have WSOF, M-1, One FC, Invicta FC, and Bellator contracts. Heavyweight: Tough. I guess Cody East (legal trouble notwithstanding) and Chris Barnett (if he cuts down with the weight). Light Heavyweight: Mikhail Mokhnatkin, Attila Vegh, Iain Martell, Maxim Grishin Middleweight: Honestly can't think of anyone not signed with M-1 or Bellator. Welterweight: Kamarudeen Usman, Nicolas Dalby, Magomed Mustafaev, Lyman Good Lightweight: Gregor Gillespie (after a few more fights), Mansour Barnaoui, Musa Khamanaev Featherweight: Tom Duquesnoy, Levan Makashvili, Alexandre Bezerra Bantamweight: Jimmie Rivera, Luke Sanders, Soo-Chul Kim, Julio Arce, Irshaad Sayed Flyweight: Yuki Motoya, Pedro Nobre (he's better than the Alcantara fight), Damacio Page, Pantoja, Nildo Nascimento, Soldado, Daico WBW: Pannie Kianzad, Agnieszka Niedzwiedz, Valentina Shevchenko WSW: Ericka Almeida, Livia Renata Souza
I remember thinking he was going to get signed after beating Papazian and Cullum in KOTC. They had just signed Pace, so I figured Rivera was next. 5 years and almost 10 wins later, it still hasn't happened. That's just crazy.
He fought on TUF after that and lost to Bermudez but acquitted himself well enough to warrant another shot imo. They signed Tateki Matsuda for fuck's sake.
