Elizier Kubanza
Country - Democratic Republic of Congo
Weight Class - Welterweight
Age : 25
Promotion -BRAVE
Team - Not sure
Record : 4-0
This dude looks insanely promising. Fights in a very weird paced style, like he slows down, lulls guys in, then speeds up and cracks them with super athletic shit. Really, really fast at covering distance when he decides to go and really powerful too. Sprawl seems to be there too although admittedly not against a super high level guy, definitely someone to follow with interest though.
Youssef Binate
Country - Ivory Coast
Weight Class - Featherweight
Age : 25
Promotion - ARES
Team - MMA Factory
Record : 4-0
This guy reminds me of Parnasse a bit in the way he moves slickly on the back foot, drifting away from his opponents strikes and finding his own fast counters. Just very slick and hard to hit and with huge consequences when you miss.
Has clear power too and I was impressed with how easily he changed modes from drifting back and countering effectively to moving forward quickly and obliterating his opponent when he clipped him. Great killer instinct.
Alibi Idiris
Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Flyweight
Age : 28
Promotion - Naiza
Team - Erkin Kush
Record : 8-0
Probably about time I have Idiris the formal hype train treatment seeing as he's been in the rankings for ages at this point and now that Maksum and Almabaev have signed for the UFC he's taken their mantle as the best Kazakh flyweight on the regionals.
Naiza found him a pretty decent undefeated Brazilian who actually looked okay, but Idiris wore him down with insane cardio and great output and pressure. He mixes in some flashy stuff to go with the good fundamentals that makes him really fun to watch.
If the rumours about Bellator talking to him are true, he'd be a great start to them building a flyweight division