Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

hswrestler said:
What do we think of Kade Ruotolo? I'm pretty confident he reaches one one fc championship fight, as he seems to be one of their biggest stars divisions now that mikey and christian lee are gone.
He has a much more dynamic bjj than the danaher guys which would translate better to MMA.
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There's like 5 guys in each ONE MMA division, that's not saying much. Who would be fight? Christian Lee? I just want to see him stay active and maybe move to PFL or UFC in like 3-4 years. Any Russian fighter likely keeps it upright and bangs him up at this point.
 
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Kyouma Akimoto

Country - Japan
Weight Class - Featherweight/Bantamweight
Age : 18
Promotion - RIZIN
Team - Paraestra Kashiwa
Record : 7-0

I don't normally do RIZIN as I consider them a major promotion but I wanted to cover this kid because he's really fucking impressive for an 18 year old.

I absolutely love his boxing, apparently he's been boxing since he was very young and it shows. He's got excellent poise, a great jab and a hard cross behind it, mixes things really well to the body and seems to have some pop too.

Also seems like a very good grappler as he's able to get some good double legs against the cage, control his opponents on the floor and unload with some good ground and pound against the cage.

At 2-0 in RIZIN as an 18 year old, the sky really is the limit here.
 
hswrestler said:
What do we think of Kade Ruotolo? I'm pretty confident he reaches one one fc championship fight, as he seems to be one of their biggest stars divisions now that mikey and christian lee are gone.
He has a much more dynamic bjj than the danaher guys which would translate better to MMA.
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He has enormous potential. His striking already looks decent and he is a world-class grappler.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Kyouma Akimoto

Country - Japan
Weight Class - Featherweight/Bantamweight
Age : 18
Promotion - RIZIN
Team - Paraestra Kashiwa
Record : 7-0

I don't normally do RIZIN as I consider them a major promotion but I wanted to cover this kid because he's really fucking impressive for an 18 year old.

I absolutely love his boxing, apparently he's been boxing since he was very young and it shows. He's got excellent poise, a great jab and a hard cross behind it, mixes things really well to the body and seems to have some pop too.

Also seems like a very good grappler as he's able to get some good double legs against the cage, control his opponents on the floor and unload with some good ground and pound against the cage.

At 2-0 in RIZIN as an 18 year old, the sky really is the limit here.
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The Paraestra circuit is producing all the Japanese talent. Akimoto and Nakaike are super young and look really talented. Curious to see how they pan out over the years.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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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Regional fighter who crashed UFC 308 presser booked for make-or-break fight with contract on the line.​


Dorobshokh Nabotov’s fight was announced on Instagram. The undefeated Lightweight combatant will take on top Brazilian prospect Matheus Camilo on Sat., Dec. 14, 2024, inside KINTEX Exhibition Hall 7A in Goyang, South Korea. Z-Fight Night (ZFN) promotion, spearheaded by retired UFC featherweight Chan Sung “The Korean Zombie” Jung. ZFN is expected to air on UFC Fight Pass.​

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I see Joo Sang Yoo 7-0 vs Masuto Kawana 10-4​

In Soo Hwang vs Han Seul Kim


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ZFN 2 took place Saturday, December 14, 2024 with 14 fights at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 7A in Goyang, South Korea. View fight card, video, results, predictions, and news.
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Dani Barbir

Country - Croatia
Weight Class - Middleweight
Age : Not sure
Promotion - FNC
Team - American Top Team Zagreb
Record : 7-0

This dude looks super athletic and explosive from what I've seen of him. Very interesting attributes to have at 185. At the latest FNC card he was fighting a shorter, stocky dude and immediately started firing flying knees and other explosive stuff at him. He then found a huge front kick to the chin which reminded me of the one Abus Magomedov hit Stolzsfus with and he then followed up with really hard ground and pound. For some reason the ref was willing to let the other dude die, so he decided to show that he's got some BJJ chops from the top at least and finished the guy with an arm triangle. Very interested in seeing how a dude with this kind of athletic ability develops.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
22. Hecher Sosa – 1995 – Spain – Wow FC – 10-1 (New-entry)
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He beat Roger Blanque by first round KO with an elbow.

Salah Eddine Hamli also won by unanimous decision.

Borja Garcia Heres and Stephane Sebisaho-Lubambo also in the finals of the Ultimate Warrior which is WAR’s reality show.
 
Got some trains to do at some point but December rankings

Fucking shitty Heavyweight

  1. Mario Piazzon - 1998 - Brazil – Centurion FC - 8-0 (honestly an awful number one but it is what it is)
  2. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 3-0
  3. Marsel Sychev – 1997 – France – RCC – 4-1 (New entry)
  4. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  5. Alexander Soldatkin – 1993 – Russia – GFC – 15-4
  6. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  7. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  8. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 15-1-1
 
Light Heavyweight



  1. Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev - 2001 - Turkey - Ares - 6-0
  2. Julius Walker – 1999 – USA – Synergy FC – 5-0 (New entry)
  3. Rasul Magomedov - 1995 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 7-0
  4. Luke Fernandez - 1995 - USA - CFFC - 3-0
  5. Arlind Berisha – 2000 – Albania – All Stars FN – 3-0
  6. Felipe Franco – 2001 – Brazil – Demo Fight – 8-0
  7. Boris Mbarga Atangana – 1999ish – Belgium – KOF – 4-0
  8. Andres Ramos – 1995 – Cuba – FNC – 5-1
  9. Igor Glazkov - 1999 - Russia - Eagle FC - 11-0-1
  10. Rafael Tobias – 2003 – Brazil – FFC – 12-1
  11. Kerim Daidov - 1997 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 10-1
  12. Billy Elekana – 1995 – USA – LOXF – 7-1
  13. Alik Lorenz – 1997 – USA – LFA – 6-1
 
Middleweight


  1. Matej Penaz - 1996 - Czechia - Oktagon - 9-1
  2. Virgil Augen - 1997ish - France - Ares - 8-0
  3. Dani Barbir – Croatia – FNC – 7-0 (New entry)
  4. Murtaza Talha - 1996 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 6-1
  5. Ilian Bouafia - France - Hexagone - 5-0
  6. Azamat Bekoev - 1995 - Russia - LFA - 18-3
  7. Eli Aronov - 1996 - Israel - Unified MMA - 6-1
  8. Florian Aberger - Austian - Cage FS - 9-1
  9. Khabib Nabiev – Russia – UAE Warriors – 9-0
  10. Vitor Costa – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 8-1
  11. Dario Bellandi - Italy - Cage Warriors - 8-1
  12. Khaled Laalam - Sweden - UAE Warriors - 5-0
  13. Lucas Fernando - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  14. Tornike Gigauri - Georgia - GFC - 7-0
  15. Alibeg Suleimanov - 1997 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 5-0
  16. Theo Haig – 1996 – USA – LFA – 5-0
  17. Jackson McVey – 1999 – USA – LFA – 5-0
  18. Noach Blyden – 1992 – Netherlands – BRAVE – 5-1
  19. Christopher Ewert – 1993 – Chile – Fury FC – 6-0
  20. Yi Sak Lee - 2001ish - WKG - 6-0
  21. Lajuan Davis – 1997 – USA – Peak Fighting – 6-1
 
Welterweight


  1. Khotam Boynazarov - Uzbekistan - UAE Warriors - 10-0
  2. Michael Oliveira - 1998 - Brazil - LFA - 8-0
  3. Elizier Kubanza - DR Congo - BRAVE - 6-0
  4. Isaac Moreno - 1997 - USA - Fury FC - 6-0
  5. Samandar Murodov - 1999 - Tajikistan - UAE Warriors - 11-0
  6. Taiyilake Nueraji - 2001 - China - WKG - 11-1
  7. Boris Medvedev - 1992ish - Russia - RCC - 18-2
  8. David Samuel – 2003ish – Russia – Nashe Delo – 3-0
  9. Cezary Oleksiejczuk - 2000 - Poland - FEN - 14-3
  10. Geovanis Palacios - 1996 - Cuba - LFA - 7-0
  11. Temirkhan Temirkhanov - 1998 - Russia - RCC - 11-1
  12. Murad Guseinov – 1998 – Russia – BRAVE – 8-0
  13. Richard Martins – Brazil – LFA – 9-1 (up 8 places)
  14. Saygid Izagakhmaev - 1994 - Russia - Free Agent - 22-2
  15. Rodrigo Sezinando – 1999ish – Brazil – Battlefield – 8-1 (New entry)
  16. Sean Clancy Jr – 2004ish – Scotland – Cage Warriors – 6-0 (New entry)
  17. Felix Klinkhammer - Germany - Ares - 10-0
  18. Tahir Abdullaev - 1997 - Azerbaijan - UAE Warriors - 17-3
  19. Shakhban Alkhasov - 1996 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 9-1
  20. Austin Clayon – 1998 – USA – CFFC – 4-0
  21. Ernesto Rodriguez - 1997 - Cuba - Tuff-n-Uff – 9-1
  22. Luis Hernandez - 1996 - USA - Fury FC - 4-0
  23. Reginaldo Junior – 1999 – Brazil – LFA – 9-1 (New entry)
  24. Ray Waters - USA - Tuff-n-Uff - 5-0
  25. Mukhiddin Mamazhonov – 1992ish – Uzbekistan – MPL – 7-0
 
Lightweight

  1. Marko Bojkovic – 2001 – Serbia – FNC – 8-0
  2. Amru Magomedov - 1999 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 8-0
  3. Si Won Park - 2002 - South Korea - Road FC - 7-0
  4. Eduard Vartanyan - 1991 - Russia - Nashe Delo - 26-4
  5. Losene Keita - 1997 - Guinea - Oktagon - 15-1
  6. Cristian Perez - 1999 - Mexico - Combate Global - 13-1
  7. Ramazan Gitinov - 1997 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 5-0
  8. Mansher Khera - 1992 - USA - Fury FC - 8-0
  9. Juan Pablo Vieira - 2003 - Brazil - LFA - 8-0
  10. Magomed Zaynukov – 1995 – Russia – UAE Warriors – 6-0
  11. Harry Webb - 1999 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 5-0
  12. Axel Sola - 1997 - France - Ares - 8-0-1
  13. Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga – 1999 – Japan – Tribe Tokyo – 10-0
  14. Damian Rzepecki – 2002ish – Poland – FEN – 8-0
  15. Salmat Isbulaev – 1996 – Russia – Alash Pride – 6-0 (New entry)
  16. Luann Sardinha – 1996 – Brazil – LFA – 8-1 (New entry)
  17. Jefferson Nascimento - Brazil - LFA - 11-0
  18. Eduardo Vazquez - 1998 - Mexico - Budo Sento - 8-0
  19. Marcelo Marques - 1997ish - Brazil - LFA - 11-0
  20. Sayat Abduali – 2004ish – Kazakhstan – Octagon 7-0
  21. Nikita Kulshin - 2000 - Russia - LFA - 6-0
  22. George Hardwick - 1996 - England - Cage Warriors 13-2
  23. Vladislav Rudnev - 1996 - Ukraine - UAE Warriors - 10-0
  24. Felipe Douglas - 1992 - Brazil - Centurion FC - 24-6
  25. Magomed Kabardiev - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Nashe Delo - 10-1
 
Featherweight


  1. Losene Keita - 1997 - Guinea - Oktagon - 15-1
  2. Icaro Brito – 1999 – Brazil – LFA – 7-1
  3. Evgeny Ignatiev - 1995 - Russia - RCC - 21-2-3
  4. Marcio Barbosa - 1998 - Brazil - LFA - 16-2
  5. Harry Hardwick 1995ish - England - Cage Warriors - 12-3-1 (up 4 places)
  6. Jose Delano - 1996 - Brazil - LFA - 14-3
  7. Tae Kyun Kim - South Korea - UAE Warriors - 10-1
  8. Joo Sang Soo – 1994ish – South Korea – Zombie Fight Night – 7-0
  9. Luke Riley - 1999 - England - Cage Warriors - 10-0
  10. Ramiro Jimenez - 1999 - Mexico - Combate Global - 10-0
  11. Inglesson de Lara – 1994 – Brazil – LFA – 10-1
  12. Damien Anderson – 1997ish – USA – Fury FC – 4-0 (up 7 places)
  13. Ilias Bulaid – 1995 – Morocco – BRAVE (6-0) (up 12 places)
  14. Igeu Kabesa - 1993 - DR Congo - EFC - 19-2
  15. Iler Bakhiyrar Uulu – 2000ish – Kyrgyzstan – LFA – 10-2 (New entry)
  16. Ken Sekeletu – 2001ish – Zambia – EFC – 5-0 (New entry)
  17. Willian Souza - 1996 - Brazil - Jungle Fight - 13-2
  18. Anzor Chakhaev - Russia - Fight Nights Global - 7-0
  19. Marsel Nurlanbek Uulu - 1997 - Kyrgyzstan - Octagon - 14-0
  20. Maike Linhares - 1993 - Brazil - Fury FC - 19-3
  21. Mochamed Machaev – 1999 – Austria – Oktagon – 15-2
  22. Canaan Kawahaei - 1997 - United Fight League - 9-2
  23. Max Holzer - 2002 - Germany - Oktagon - 9-0
  24. Dakota Hope – 1997 – USA – JCK – 8-1 (New entry)
  25. Kurtis Campbell – 2002 – England – FCC (New entry)
 
Bantamweight

  1. Asaf Chopurov – 2001 – Georgia – RCC – 6-0
  2. Santiago Luna – 2004 – Mexico – LXF – 5-0
  3. Rakhim Midaev - 1995 - Russia - RCC - 14-2
  4. Juan Diaz - 1998 - Peru - LUX - 13-1-1 (up 4 places)
  5. Marcos Aurelio – 2004 – Brazil – LFA – 6-0
  6. Mitch McKee - 1997 - USA - LFA - 8-0
  7. Rodrigo Vera - 1995 - Peru - Fusion FC - 19-1-1
  8. Nkosi Ndebele - South Africa - BRAVE - 8-2
  9. Aboubakar Younousov - France - Ares - 6-0
  10. Khuseyn Shaykhaev - 1997 - Russia - CFFC - 12-1
  11. Nicholas Hwende - 1997ish - Zimbabwe - BRAVE - 8-1
  12. Christian McAuley – 1999 – USA – CFFC – 5-0
  13. Luciano Pereira – 2001- Uruguay – Samurai Fight House – 13-1
  14. John Sweeney - 1995 - USA - LFA - 14-3
  15. Youssouf Binate - 1997 - Ivory Coast - Ares - 5-0
  16. Bakhtovar Yunusov - 1998 - Tajikistan - MMA Series - 10-0
  17. Cody Chovacek – 1998 – Canada – Unified MMA – 7-0
  18. Yryskeldi Duysheev – 2001 – Kyrgyzstan – Road FC – 11-0
  19. Mehemmedeli Osmanli – 2004 – Azerbaijan – UAE Warriors – 9-0
  20. Louis Lee-Scott - 2000 - England - Ares - 8-0
  21. Ren Ozaki - 2002ish - Japan - DEEP - 6-1-2
  22. Hecher Sosa – 1995 – Spain – Wow FC – 10-1
  23. Gabriel Martinez – 2002 – Argentina – Samurai Fight House – 9-0
  24. Otar Tanzilov - 1998 - Georgia - Octagon - 9-1
  25. Mauricio Partida - 1998 - Venezuela - LUX - 8-0
 
Flyweight


  1. Daniyar Toychubek Uulu – 2002 – Kyrgyzstan – Ala-Too FC – 9-0 (New entry)
  2. Bilal Hasan- 2001 - USA - CFFC - 5-0
  3. Luiz Felipe Herculano - 1999 - Brazil - LFA - 7-0
  4. Alibi Idiris - 1995ish - Kazakhstan - Naiza FC - 10-0
  5. Jeremy de la Mata – 2003 – Peru – FFC – 6-0
  6. Phumi Nkuta - 1995 - USA - CFFC - 8-0
  7. Eduardo Chapolin - 1995 - Brazil - LFA - 13-2
  8. Oscar Miguel – 2001 – Peru – FFC – 14-1
  9. An Tuan Ho - 2000 - Vietnam - LFA - 6-1
  10. Iago Ribeiro - 1993 - Brazil - UAE Warriors - 13-3
  11. Imanol Rodriguez – 1999 – Mexico – Fury FC – 5-0
  12. Sean Gauci – 1996 – Australia – HEX Fight Series – 10-1
  13. Davi Bittencourt - 1994 - Brazil - Favela Combat - 16-4
  14. Dias Erengaipov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Naiza FC - 15-3
  15. Marcos Degli - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  16. Alisson Murillo - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 11-2
  17. Jack Duffy - 1995 - USA - A1 Combat - 7-1
  18. Damir Tolenov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 12-1
  19. Christian Torres – 2000 – Mexico – Budo Sento – 8-0
  20. Tommy Morrison – Canada – Samourai – 8-0 (New entry)
  21. Jarret Betancourt - 1998 - USA - All in Combat - 5-0
  22. Andres Luna Martinetti - 1995 - Ecuador - Fusion FC - 15-1
  23. Nilson Rojas – 1999 – Chile – Open Fight Latam – 7-0
  24. Christian Natividad – 1998ish – USA – LFA – 6-0 (Re-entry)
  25. Shawn Da Silva - 1996 - Germany - Cage Warriors - 7-1
 
Women's Bantamweight

  1. Sabrina De Sousa - 2000 - Brazil - BRAVE - 1-0
  2. Jasmine Favero - 2000 - Italy - Cage Warriors - 3-0
  3. Lucia Szabova - 1997 - Slovakia - Oktagon - 8-0
  4. Nicoly Pedroza – 2003 – Brazil – LFA – 6-0 (New entry)
  5. Alice Pereira - 2005 - Brazil - Demo Fight – 5-0
  6. Kennedy Freeman – 1997ish – England – Cage Warriors -6-0 (New entry)
  7. Melissa Croden - Canada - LFA - 6-2
  8. Emily Martins - 2004 - Brazil - CFFC - 2-1
  9. Beatriz Mesquita – 1991 – Brazil – LFA – 2-0
  10. Cecilie Bolander – 1994ish – Norway – Oktagon – 3-1
 
Women's Flyweight

  1. Maritza Sanchez - 1998 - USA - Combate Global - 6-1
  2. Beatriz Consuli - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 5-0 (up 2 places)
  3. Jacinta Austin - 1994 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 8-2
  4. Jady Menezes – 1992 – Brazil – Ares – 5-1
  5. Cheyanne Bowers – 1994 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  6. Marina Spasic – 1994ish – Serbia – FNC - 6-0
  7. Mafalda Carmona – 2001ish – Portugal – Kingdom Fighting – 7-3
  8. Alexandra Tekenah - 1994 - France - Ares - 5-2
  9. Shannon Clark - 1992 - Canada - LFA - 5-1
  10. Veronika Borisova – 2001 – Russia – LFA – 6-1
  11. Sora Rakhmonova – 1998 – Kazakhstan – Naiza FC – 4-1
 
Strawweight

  1. Julieta Martinez - 2004 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 8-0
  2. Natasha Kuziuntina - 1989 - Russia - LFA - 7-1
  3. Yasmin Guimaraes - 1995 - Brazil - LFA - 8-2
  4. Camila Reynoso - 2002 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 5-0
  5. Giovana Canuto - 2002 - Brazil - LFA - 5-1
  6. Valesca Machado - 1995 - Brazil - A1 Combat - 14-4
  7. Aleksandra Savicheva - 1999ish - Russia - Octagon - 6-1
  8. Gabriella Fujimoto - 2003 - Brazil - LFA - 6-0
  9. Jacinta Austin - 1994 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 8-2
  10. Hailai Wusamo – 2000 – China – Happy Elephant – 8-1
  11. Aieza Bertolso - 2001 - Brazil - LFA - 5-0
  12. Valentina Escobar - 1998 - Chile - UAE Warriors - 6-1
  13. Benita Van Rooij - 1999ish - Netherlands - Levels Fight League - 5-0
  14. Ayan Tursyn - 1996 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 7-0
  15. Karen - 2003 - Japan - Shooto - 10-2
  16. Melissa Amaya – 1994 – USA – Combate Global – 7-0
  17. Carol Foro – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 6-1
  18. Assia Miri – 2003 – France – Ares – 2-1
  19. Lany Silva – 2002 – Brazil – LFA – 6-1
  20. Laura Vasconcelos – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 4-0
  21. Delphine Benouaich – 1995ish – France – KOF – 5-0
  22. Marina Monteiro – 2001ish – Brazil – LFA – 5-0
  23. Melissa Hurtado – 1999ish – Cuba – Ares – 3-0
  24. Rose Conceicao - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 7-1
  25. Sidney Trillo – USA – LFA – 4-1
 
Juan Pablo Vieira at LFA 197 looked sharp. Big prospect material.

Dani Barbir & Julius Walker must have been memorable to debut close to the top of your rankings.
 
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