HW prospects

[GOATtalks]

There’s been a lot of talk of how the HW division sucks ( I mostly disagree with that) and that there are no new exciting prospects in the division. So let’s look at the top3 guys who could challenge Aspinall if he defends against Gane and Almeida.

Tallison Teixera 8-0 (1-0 UFC),
25 years old, 6’7, 83” reach

Extremely tall and long fighter, with fast hands and one punch KO power with 100% finish rate. Sky is the limit for this guy as he’s ranked #13 in the division after only one fight in UFC.

Mario Pinto 10-0 (1-0 UFC)
27 years old, 6’5, 79” reach

Another long striker. Very patient and methodical counter puncher with great power and precision with 60% KO rate.

Danylo Voievodkin 7-0, (1-0 DWCS)
24 years old, 6’4, 74” reach

Very well rounded and versatile HW. 100% finish rate. Unfortunately he got banned for doping and cut from UFC, but it’s for Meldonium ( a substance banned only in 2016 and sold without prescription in Eastern Europe). Details about his ban are somewhat controversial too, so I hope the ban will be lifted. As he’s only 24, even if he sits out for 2 years, he still has plenty of time to make waves at UFC HW division later on.

So, who do you see challenging Aspinall in the next 2-3 years?

 

[laleggenda27]

There’s been a lot of talk of how the HW division sucks ( I mostly disagree with that)

Stopped reading here. HW is a barren wasteland.

In the UFC, there's 1 elite HW (Aspinall), 5 good but severely flawed HWs (Gane, Volkov, Pavlovich, Blaydes, Jailton), and a bunch of journeymen (everyone else). The division hasn't been this thin in more than 20 years.

Even if the UFC brought in the best HWs outside the organization (i.e., Francis, Nemkov, De Fries, Renan, Reug Reug), it would still be a relatively weak division.

 

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[Lord Pyjamas]

There’s been a lot of talk of how the HW division sucks ( I mostly disagree with that) and that there are no new exciting prospects in the division. So let’s look at the top3 guys who could challenge Aspinall if he defends against Gane and Almeida.

Tallison Teixera 8-0 (1-0 UFC),
25 years old, 6’7, 83” reach
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Extremely tall and long fighter, with fast hands and one punch KO power with 100% finish rate. Sky is the limit for this guy as he’s ranked #13 in the division after only one fight in UFC.

Mario Pinto 10-0 (1-0 UFC)
27 years old, 6’5, 79” reach
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Another long striker. Very patient and methodical counter puncher with great power and precision with 60% KO rate.

Danylo Voievodkin 7-0, (1-0 DWCS)
24 years old, 6’4, 74” reach
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Very well rounded and versatile HW. 100% finish rate. Unfortunately he got banned for doping and cut from UFC, but it’s for Meldonium ( a substance banned only in 2016 and sold without prescription in Eastern Europe). Details about his ban are somewhat controversial too, so I hope the ban will be lifted. As he’s only 24, even if he sits out for 2 years, he still has plenty of time to make waves at UFC HW division later on.

So, who do you see challenging Aspinall in the next 2-3 years?

All of them look fat and slow! (sorry, already had that chambered).
But also none of them since Aspinal is also great at wrestling.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

There's an Iranian wrestler that has picked up BJJ well named Pouya Rahmani, would love to see him fight Almeida one day somehow.

 

[skylolow]

If I'm the UFC's brass my number one goal from now until the end of the year is search the globe and sign any legit HW's you can find. This division is a shit show right now and it is sadder than its ever been and that is saying a lot.

They can start by giving a real $$$$$$$ deal to Rico instead of low balling the kick boxing champ like they did.

 

[Hdfi]

Kuniev didn't look bad against Blaydes and he has time to improve. Among the younger guys I'm keeping an eye on Tallison and Pinto.

The UFC could also try to sign guys like Buchecha and Nemkov.