I had no idea that Mansur Abdul-Malik is on this card - He is an exciting prospect

[Jeffery09]

They threw Cody Brundage to him, I think this is gonna be super short fight and violent. MAM is gonna come out super aggressive as usual. The UFC wants to build up MAM, I am getting early Bo Nickal vibes but I think MAM is way better then Nickal at the same stage. He has better striking and equally ambitious if not even more.

The UFC have not added an exciting prospect to their roster for like few years now the last patch were Paddy and Topuria and both of them aren´t prospects anymore but ethablished elite fighters currently but there is also Jean Silva but he is not a prospect anymore either and there is also Morales but there is still question marks about him leaving us only wtih Mansur as the only really exciting prospect that was signed by the UFC recently...

He is a former Maryland state champion which means he is a great wrestler on top of having some good striking

 

[bongwater]

no hes not!

 

[octagonation]

He is legit and his gonna make some noise in this division pretty quickly. I don´t understand why Brundage even took this fight what the hell was he thinking this is gonna be a massacre.

Mansur is an exciting prospect for sure.

Besides the UFC needs to pair him with top 15 after this fight.. I would love to see him vs Costa next

 

[Jeffery09]

He is legit and his gonna make some noise in this division pretty quickly. I don´t understand why Brundage even took this fight what the hell was he thinking this is gonna be a massacre.

Mansur is an exciting prospect for sure.

Besides the UFC needs to pair him with top 15 after this fight.. I would love to see him vs Costa next

Some fighters are fighters and will fight anyone and others are just not savvy about match-making they don´t even check who they are gonna face and are willing to turn up for 12/12. I would have definitely not taken this fight tho if I was in his position.

The fighters who are savvy about match-making unfortunately last longer in the UFC even if there is no talent..

 

[Thesnake101]

How can you say Morales is not an exciting prospect (he's a contender now but you get what I mean) when he was never in as big trouble as Mansur was against Klein recently? He's your typical athletic and very raw prospect, extremely fun to watch but he'll run into a wall depending on how fast he improves.

 

[octagonation]

How can you say Morales is not an exciting prospect (he's a contender now but you get what I mean) when he was never in as big trouble as Mansur was against Klein recently? He's your typical athletic and very raw prospect, extremely fun to watch but he'll run into a wall depending on how fast he improves.

Morales is legit on my book but would love to see him also tested in the wrestling department we don´t know how he will hold up.

 

[octagonation]

The fighters who are savvy about match-making unfortunately last longer in the UFC even if there is no talent..

This is sadly true and especially the higher one goes up it gets worse as the ranking politics is something real and every fighter will try to defend he´s ranking by taking on favorable match-ups and avoiding fights that can risk his ranking

 

[Thesnake101]

Morales is legit on my book but would love to see him also tested in the wrestling department we don´t know how he will hold up.

Should hold up better than the average striker, his parents are long time grapplers and he's got Judo and wrestling experience iirc, used his wrestling to get the win in Contender Series back in the day.

 

[octagonation]

Should hold up better than the average striker, his parents are long time grapplers and he's got Judo and wrestling experience iirc, used his wrestling to get the win in Contender Series back in the day.

Would have actully loved to see a fight between them but they are in different divisions unfortunately.

Mansur vs Paulo Costa is a nice fight I wanna see next.. Probably Costa´s fair well and last fight

 

[Ares Black]

He's a beast. Arguably the best prospect at MW.

 

[Thesnake101]

He needs a better camp already, first two rounds were pure dogshit.

 

[Discjockeyshtud]

Nice superman headbutt to finish Brundage, no rules is no rules

 

[frederick]

what

 

[TaxCutz]

He cheated and head butted Brundage. Not surprised he cheated at all.

 

[forRealHuh]

lol really?

 

[octagonation]

That was a legit finish.. I told you this guy is the real deal!

The headbutt was accidental which makes it a real finish

 

[Fact Checker]

We can stop with the “prospect” glazing… bro looks so mid.


Looked sloppy against a last minute opponent off the streets in his last fight and was getting pieced up until he headbutted Brundage.


Too slow too sloppy and he’s chinny. I’m not seeing it.

 

[Fact Checker]

That was a legit finish.. I told you this guy is the real deal!

The headbutt was accidental which makes it a real finish

Accidental? I wanted bro to win to try to buy in on the hype but he sprinted at Brundage headfirst lol.


Dude was pinned against the cage and he literally ran at him with his head down.

 

[octagonation]

We can stop with the “prospect” glazing… bro looks so mid.


Looked sloppy against a last minute opponent off the streets in his last fight and was getting pieced up until he headbutted Brundage.


Too slow too sloppy and he’s chinny. I’m not seeing it.

9 straight finishes and this was a legit finish never been to a decision.

The opponent was sus hence win or lose it was never gonna elevate MAM but his next fight will likely be against ranked opponent as he can´t just keep continue can crashing.

Once he is thrown to the ranked guys that is when he will be tested and proven.. Win or lose this fight was never gonna elevate him.

Edit: It was fuking badass of Brundage to take this fight nothing but respect

 

[octagonation]

Dude was pinned against the cage and he literally ran at him with his head down.

Try to watch it in slow mo that was a legitimate TKO as it was accidental