*Lightweights* - Mattandbenny's Unbeaten Unsigned Prospects 2015

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Hi guys. Here is Part 1 of my 2015 unbeaten unsigned prospects - the lightweights!

A quick reminder of the rules as always:

1) They must be undefeated!
2) They must NOT be signed to any of the three largest promotions (UFC, Bellator & WSOF)
3) They must have fought at least once in 2014
4) They must have had at least 3 professional fights



This was probably the hardest one to rank - I could have easily made a top 50 list.
Guy's that went close but who I opted to leave out of the top 35 included Leszek Krakowski (7-0), Kane Mousah (6-0), Lewis Monarch (4-0), Christopher Henze (6-0), Kimihiro Eto (6-0), Steve Kozola (4-0), Damiano Bertoli (5-0), Saul Galindo (7-0), Tom Green (7-0) & Allan Zuniga (7-0). (There were another 20 or so prospects 4-0 or better that also didn't make it!).

Guys that missed out due to inactivity included Bagama Nikabagamaev (13-0), Lucas Zanchet (7-0), Yuta Kaneko (7-0), Michael Karkula (6-0), Guilherme Sarafian (6-0), Yazid Couchane (5-0), Cedric Rozczko (5-0) & Gleyson Da Silva.

I'd be interested to hear everyone'sfeedback and opinions as to who you think is ranked too high or too low etc.

I hope you all enjoy part 1!


Lightweights

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1) Kurt Kinser – 8-0-0 - USA – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 88% (4 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 9-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 9/10
Key Wins: Shamar Bailey (11-2), Tom Shoaff (6-0), David Overfield (6-1), Daniel Head (5-1), Jason Buck (13-10)
Other Details: NCAA Division 1 Wrestler, Indiana State Wrestling Champion

2) Lowen Tynanes – 6-0-0 - USA – 24 Years Old

Signed to: KOTC; Finish Ratio: 84% (2 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 14-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 10/10
Key Wins: Eduard Folayang (12-2), Vuysile Colossa (6-3), Felipe Enomoto (6-5), Kris Armbrister (7-4)
Other Details: Hawaiian State Champion Wrestler, 6-1 Amateur Record, Trains in Hawaii with UFC fighters Russell Doane & Louis Smolka

3) Mateusz Gamrot – 8-0-0 - Poland – 24 Years Old

Signed to: KSW; Finish Ratio: 50% (2 KO, 2 Sub, 4 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 23-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 10/10
Key Wins: Andre Winner (15-7), Lukasz Chlewicki (12-3), Tim Newman (10-4), Mateusz Zawadzki (9-1)
Other Details: European ADCC Champion 2014 (Grappling), Training Partner of UFC Fighter Jan Blachowicz

4) Bekzod Abdurakhmonov – 6-0-0 - Uzbekistan – 24 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 11-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Andrew Osborne (7-7)
Other Details: Bronze Medal in 2014 World Wrestling Championships, Former NCAA Division 1 All-American Wrestler, Perfect 5-0 Amateur Record, Training Partner of UFC Fighters Rob Font & Tateki Matsuda

5) Maxim Divnich – 10-0-0 - Russia – 26 Years Old

Signed to: M1 Global; Finish Ratio: 70% (6 KO, 1 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 16-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Max Coga (9-2), Dzhambulat Kurbanov (6-0), Antonio Paulo (4-0)
Other Details: M1 Challenge Lightweight Champion

6) Milan Zerjal – 7-0-0 - USA – 24 Years Old

Signed to: Titan FC; Finish Ratio: 71% (0 KO, 5 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 15-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Arsen Ubaidulaev (14-6), Ryan Quinn (10-4), Alex Vinogranov (5-1), Arman Mezdihov (4-1)
Other Details: BJJ Black Belt, Former European BJJ Champion at lower belts, Trains at Xtreme Couture, 5-2 Amateur Record

7) Adam Piccolotti – 4-0-0 - USA – 24 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 75% (2 KO, 1 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 6-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Tristan Arenal (6-3)
Other Details: BJJ Black Belt, Bronze Medal at BJJ World Championships (at brown belt), Perfect 4-0 Amateur Record

8) Gregor Gillespie – 3-0-0 - USA – 27 Years Old

Signed to: ROC; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 KO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Justin Harrington (6-1)
Other Details: 4x NCAA Division 1 All-American Wrestler with 152-13 record, 2x New York State Champion Wrestler, Training Partner of UFC Fighter Dennis Bermudez

9) David Putvin – 7-0-0 - USA – 22 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (0 KO, 7 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 16-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Jordan Clements (10-1), Brian Thomas (5-1)
Other Details: 9-1 Amateur Record, Protégé of Jeremy Horn, Submitted All 7 Opponents, Has Flying Triangle Choke Victory

10) Celso Venicius – 5-0-0 - Brazil – 31 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 60% (0 KO, 3 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-1; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Rodrigo Gomes (10-1)
Other Details: BJJ Black Belt, 3x BJJ World Champion, 1x BJJ Pan American Champion

11) Vlad Popovskiy – 9-0-0 - Moldova – 23 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 89% (2 KO, 6 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 11-12; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Vasily Fedorych (16-3)
Other Details: Moldovan Combat Sambo Champion, Has 4 wins in less than 60 seconds

12) Fernando Dos Santos – 8-0-0 - Brazil – 27 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 38% (0 KO, 3 Sub, 5 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 21-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Michel Silva (10-2), Douglas Dias (6-2), Raush Manfio (4-0), Hallan Hartel (4-0)
Other Details: Trains at Nova Uniao with Jose Aldo, Renan Barao & Eduardo Dantas

13) Chris Padilla – 5-0-0 - USA – 19 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (3 KO, 1 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 9-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Aaron Neveu (8-1), Kris Armbrister (10-7)
Other Details: Perfect 6-0 Amateur Record

14) Mikael Nyyssonen – 7-0-0 – Finland – 28 Years Old

Signed to: Cage; Finish Ratio: 71% (1 KO, 4 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 15-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Tommi Marttinen (8-1), Suleiman Bouhata (8-3), Viktor Tomasevic (7-7), Rasul Hataev (3-0)
Other Details: 8-1 Amateur Record, 2012 Finnish ADCC Champion

15) TJ Hepburn – 4-0-0 - USA – 25 Years Old

Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 75% (1 KO, 2 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 7-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Ryan Shell (5-0), Danny White (8-5)
Other Details: NCAA Division 2 Champion Wrestler, 3-0 Amateur Record
 
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16) Jack McGann – 7-0-0 - England – 21 Years Old
Signed to: BAMMA; Finish Ratio: 100% (6 KO, 1 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Kayvan Fallah (5-1)
Other Details: Son of Head Coach at Wolfslair, Finished All 7 Fights

17) Aziz Pahrudinov – 13-0-1 - Ukraine – 25 Years Old
Signed to: Titan FC; Finish Ratio: 93% (4 KO, 9 Sub, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 19-19; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Anatoly Safronov (13-13), Vladislav Yurchenko (9-5), Semen Tyrlya (8-7)
Other Details: Finished All 13 Victories Including 10 in 1st Round, Trains With UFC Fighter Albert Tumenov

18) Vladimir Sikic – 10-0-1 - Croatia – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 90% (7 KO, 2 Sub, 1 Dec, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 19-17; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Ric Schreiter (9-5)
Other Details: 3-0 Amateur Record, Trains with Fighters Such as Daniel Weichel, Stephan Puetz & Ivan Buchinger

19) Teemu Packalen – 6-0-0 - Finland – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 11-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Hyram Rodriguez (12-11), Damian Lapilus (5-2), Sebastien Fournier (8-4)
Other Details: BJJ Brown Belt, 2014 ADCC Champion of Finland, Finished All 6 Opponents, Training Partner of UFC fighter Tom Niinimaki

20) Daniel Reis – 6-0-0 - Brazil – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 KO, 2 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 17-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Jonas Do Rosario (23-8), Glaico Moreira (10-2), William Dias (12-10)
Other Details: Beat Jonas Do Rosario (23-8) & Glaico Moreira (10-2) in One Night to Win Lightweight Tournament, Owns a 7 Second Submission Victory

21) Marc Diakiese – 6-0-0 - England – 21 Years Old
Signed to: BAMMA; Finish Ratio: 50% (2 KO, 1 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Jefferson George (5-0)
Other Details: Perfect 8-0 Amateur Record, Training Partner of UFC Fighter Scott Askham

22) Oliver Enkamp – 4-0-0 - Sweden – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 75% (0 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 11-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Lukasz Bienek (5-1)
Other Details: Perfect 9-0 Amateur Record, Trains at Allstars Training Centre with UFC Fighters Nicklas Backstrom, Nico Musoke & Magnus Cedenblad

23) Konstantin Chebotar – 4-0-0 - Moldova – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 KO, 1 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 14-1; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Vasily Fedorych (10-0), Oleg Golovin (7-1), Roman Bochkovsky (4-0)
Other Details: Trains With #11 Prospect Vlad Popovskiy

24) Igeu Kabesa – 4-0-0 – South Africa – 19 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 KO, 1 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 7-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Johan Van Staden (9-8)
Other Details: 10x South African Wrestling Champion (Including as a Junior), Originally Born in The Congo

25) Jeferson Negrini – 10-0-0 - Brazil – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (3 KO, 5 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 11-10; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: N/A

26) Jon Neal – 7-0-0 - USA – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 86% (1 KO, 5 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 21-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Scott Casey (13-3), Curtis Johnsen (8-5), Troy Dennison (6-3)
Other Details: Finished 6 of 7 Fights in 1st Round

27) Chuck Pieritz – 4-0-0 – USA – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 KO, 1 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 3-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Cris Leyva (9-6)
Other Details: 16-1 Amateur Record, Trains at Jackson-Wink MMA with the Likes of Carlos Condit, Donald Cerrone & Cub Swanson

28) Josh Emmett – 7-0-0 – USA – 29 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 43% (2 KO, 1 Sub, 4 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 10-16; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Brandon Ricetti (7-0)
Other Details: Trains at Team Alpha Male with TJ Dillashaw, Chad Mendes & Uriah Faber

29) Thibault Gouti – 9-0-0 - France – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 78% (1 KO, 6 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 13-13; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Ramon Boixander (12-1)
Other Details: N/A

30) Pawel Kielek – 5-0-1 - Poland – 18 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 83% (5 KO, 0 Sub, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 7-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: Knocked Out all 5 Opponents in his 5 Victories

31) Yuki Kawana – 8-0-4 - Japan – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Shooto; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 KO, 5 Sub, 2 Dec, 4 Draws)
Opponent W/L: 23-17; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Koji Nishioka (8-3), Akira Toritani (5-0), Hisho Takeda (4-2)
Other Details: Drawn 4 Fights

32) Soren Bak – 5-0-0 - Denmark – 21 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: Finished all 5 Fights

33) Mukhamed Kokov – 7-0-0 - Russia – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 87% (0 KO, 6 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 12-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Dzhihad Yunusov (4-0)
Other Details: N/A

34) Josue Vieira – 7-0-0 - Brazil – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 71% (3 KO, 2 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 6-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Nahim Barbosa (4-0)
Other Details: Trains at Nova Uniao Alongside Jose Aldo, Renan Barao & Eduardo Dantas

35) Marios Loulakis – 4-0-0 - Greece – 25 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (0 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 2-1; Opponent Strength Rating: 2/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: 3x Greek Grappling Champion, BJJ Purple Belt

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*Just a quick little note on the #1 ranked Kurt Kinser/WSOF situation – As far as I am aware WSOF signed him in 2012, however for whatever reason he never ended up fighting for them and was released from his contract earlier this year, and he is currently a free agent.
 
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if anything ONeFC is bigger than wsof. You should take their guys off
 
Why is he above Lowen?

really interested in seeing what Lowen can do, think he has a few more OneFC fights and then maybe he comes to the US.
 
Nice list of some solid undefeated LWs.
 
Great list! Looking forward to more.
 
So good to see that Kinser is back to action, would be great to see him or Gillespie against Gaethje.

Are you sure that Popovskiy is going down to lightweight? I really thought that in his last fight Fedorych fought at welterweight.
 
if anything ONeFC is bigger than wsof. You should take their guys off

For ranked fighters I dunno really.

For production number sure on this planet there are an handful of orgs with better numbers than WSOF
 
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