Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

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Felipe Franco

Country - Brazil
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 23
Promotion - Qualify Combat
Team - Galpao de Luta
Record : 8-0

Gonna stick my neck out a bit on this one. This dude floats around between 205 and 265 and at this point he's only fought cans. Whether that's because nobody wants to fight him or he's doing that intentionally I'm not sure.

Anyway he passes the eye test with flying colours. He's pretty similar to Jailton Almeida in that he's very strong, with great takedowns and a really athletic and good top game. The speed he flattens someone out and spins to the back if they're stupid enough to shoot on him is crazy.

Dude also does loads of damage on top and passes to positions like a knife through butter. I think both times I've seen him he's been mounting or taking the back within about 10 seconds of hitting the mat.

Of course this could all come unstuck the second he fights a live body, but he looks the goods to me.
 
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Alice Lima

Country - Brazil
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 18
Promotion - Qualify Combat
Team - Life MMA
Record : 5-0

Kind of sticking the neck out on Brazilians again but this girl looks pretty amazing for an 18 year old. Really seems like a good athlete for 135, she moves really nicely on her feet and is quick and athletic. She also seems to carry a good amount of power and she's got a great finishing instinct when she gets girls hurt she swarms them and gets them out of there.

Again she hasn't really fought any legit competition yet, but hopefully she can get on an upcoming LFA Brazil card and we can see what she's made of.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Felipe Franco

Country - Brazil
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 23
Promotion - Qualify Combat
Team - Galpao de Luta
Record : 8-0

Gonna stick my neck out a bit on this one. This dude floats around between 205 and 265 and at this point he's only fought cans. Whether that's because nobody wants to fight him or he's doing that intentionally I'm not sure.

Anyway he passes the eye test with flying colours. He's pretty similar to Jailton Almeida in that he's very strong, with great takedowns and a really athletic and good top game. The speed he flattens someone out and spins to the back if they're stupid enough to shoot on him is crazy.

Dude also does loads of damage on top and passes to positions like a knife through butter. I think both times I've seen him he's been mounting or taking the back within about 10 seconds of hitting the mat.

Of course this could all come unstuck the second he fights a live body, but he looks the goods to me.
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Ironically I had this guy on my scouting bookmarks too but like you said he only fought cans.
Iam a bit hesitant on brazilian can crushers because more often than not they get crushed by middle of the pack guys.

But who knows he is still pretty young everything is possible.
 
Looks like Luciano Pereira actually competed in a muay thai fight the other day. I’m sure he won, but there’s no video of the fight. I’m hoping he’s healthy and can go through with his upcoming MMA fight against Lucas Chagas.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Alice Lima

Country - Brazil
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 18
Promotion - Qualify Combat
Team - Life MMA
Record : 5-0

Kind of sticking the neck out on Brazilians again but this girl looks pretty amazing for an 18 year old. Really seems like a good athlete for 135, she moves really nicely on her feet and is quick and athletic. She also seems to carry a good amount of power and she's got a great finishing instinct when she gets girls hurt she swarms them and gets them out of there.

Again she hasn't really fought any legit competition yet, but hopefully she can get on an upcoming LFA Brazil card and we can see what she's made of.
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No rush for her to be in UFC. Give her 2-3 more years.
 
Everyone's a hype train. Everyone you like is a hype train.

Did someone win? Hype train. The person he beat was washed up and out of his prime.

If someone beats the hype train THEY'RE a hype train too.

YOU'RE a hype train. This thread isn't as good as the last one, you're past your prime
 
WhiteMousse said:
Everyone's a hype train. Everyone you like is a hype train.

Did someone win? Hype train. The person he beat was washed up and out of his prime.

If someone beats the hype train THEY'RE a hype train too.

YOU'RE a hype train. This thread isn't as good as the last one, you're past your prime
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This is the only thread Sherbro. Hope you don't need Brenda Schaub to help you tie your shoes.

Feniamin said:
https://mma.metaratings.ru/news/ros...-white-s-contender-series-v-2025-godu-413943/ Chopurov is in talks with UFC about fighting in DWCS next year. This year didn't got visa in time.
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That's good to know. He should be a shoe in.
 
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Christian McAuley

Country - USA
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 25
Promotion - CFFC
Team - Tiger Schulman
Record : 5-0

Definitely the stand out fighter of the US regional promotions this week for me. Dude trains out of Tiger Schulman's and we haven't really seen too many dudes come from there since a few years ago when they got Burgos/Arce etc to the big show, but I think this could be their next guy.

You don't get many guys who are as confident to pressure in and fight right in the pocket as this dude. He's just happy to come into that range at all times with one of those Muay Thai chins and just has the confidence that he can outland and outdamage his opponent there. Really good volume and mixing up of the strikes, if his opponent covered up upstairs he'd go to the body and then to the head if he tried to cover and and he brought some lovely knees to the body through as well.

When the accumulative damage was really adding up and his opponent tried to panic wrestle he just slapped an anaconda on and got the finish to show he's got some grappling chops too.
 
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Sayat Abduali

Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 20
Promotion - Octagon
Team - Not sure
Record : 7-0

Dare I say it this kid reminds me of Shavkat a little bit. He's absolutely massive for the weight so I doubt he'll be a lightweight as he gets into his mid 20's and fills out some more but it's where we are for now.

Anyway, he uses his size really well to land long strikes which seem to have some buzz on them and really nice kicks to the gut and hard step in knees. He's also got the spinny shit that they seem to cover in school in Kazakhstan.

He was fighting a tough wrestler this time, so it was actually the first fight he didn't finish but it did give me a chance to see if his skills and cardio held up over a longer fight and I'm pleased to report that they did.
 
Gabriel Martinez, Julieta’s brother who is also undefeated is fighting against Gabriel Ziller at SFH 18. Ziller is the fighter who Luciano Pereira got disqualified against.
 
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STAY GOLD said:
Gabriel Martinez, Julieta’s brother who is also undefeated is fighting against Gabriel Ziller at SFH 18. Ziller is the fighter who Luciano Pereira got disqualified against.
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I've seen him once before. Dude is mega jacked. Had no idea he's Julietta's brother.
 
Any opinions on this guy who showed up at the Presser and hit up Dana for a contract and Dana said yes? Dorobshokh Nabotov he claimed a 9-0 record but is listed at 8-0.
 
David Street said:
Any opinions on this guy who showed up at the Presser and hit up Dana for a contract and Dana said yes? Dorobshokh Nabotov he claimed a 9-0 record but is listed at 8-0.
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Never seen him but looks like he has a solid ammy career and has some okay pro wins.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Never seen him but looks like he has a solid ammy career and has some okay pro wins.
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Looks like Dana will hold off signing him have him fight first for ZOMBIE
"I'm actually flying to Korea for 'Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight' on YouTube. The Korean Zombie is putting on a show. He started his own promotion there. December 14th," Dana explained.

"I'm going to have [Korean Zombie] put that kid on the card and we're going to find out what he's got. If he wins that night I'll sign him!"
 
David Street said:
Looks like Dana will hold off signing him have him fight first for ZOMBIE
"I'm actually flying to Korea for 'Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight' on YouTube. The Korean Zombie is putting on a show. He started his own promotion there. December 14th," Dana explained.

"I'm going to have [Korean Zombie] put that kid on the card and we're going to find out what he's got. If he wins that night I'll sign him!"
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Hopefully some of our Korean prospects like Si Won Park, Tae Kyun Kim and Joo Sang Soo can get on the card.
 
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Oscar Miguel

Country - Peru
Weight Class - Flyweight
Age : 23
Promotion - FFC
Team - Doble A
Record : 14-1

FFC Champion who lost in his 2nd fight but has been on an absolute roll since, knocking off 13 consecutive wins, beating a UFC vet in Carlos Huachin and now starting to get the finishes you usally need to get to next level.

He's at the same gym as Jeremy de la Mata and I bet those two have some entertaining sparring sessions.

Anyway his last fight was very impressive, he was fighting a Brazilian journeyman for his title but that's kind of par for the course in LATAM promotions. What really stood out was the speed and power of the finishing combo that he hit as soon as Padilha tried to pressure him. Not many guys can uncork a combo with their back to the fence with the speed and power to get an impressive KO like he did.

 
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