Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

Giacomo Lemos won, now 7-0. I wonder if the UFC goes back in for him, now his suspension is up.

What about Vakhaev, you reckon he might be UFC bound with another 1-2 wins?
 
The_Renaissance said:
Giacomo Lemos won, now 7-0. I wonder if the UFC goes back in for him, now his suspension is up.

What about Vakhaev, you reckon he might be UFC bound with another 1-2 wins?
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Not sure, @Feniamin is much more informed on this kind of stuff than me, but IIRC he left ACA because he was told he'd get picked up, then didn't get picked up.

I think some of the problem is that his 9-4-1 record isn't spectacular on paper, but if you look at his win streak and who's he's fought, it paints a different picture.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Not sure, @Feniamin is much more informed on this kind of stuff than me, but IIRC he left ACA because he was told he'd get picked up, then didn't get picked up.

I think some of the problem is that his 9-4-1 record isn't spectacular on paper, but if you look at his win streak and who's he's fought, it paints a different picture.
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Yeah I totally agree about his record, I think he's fine though - Parker Porter was signed at 9-5, remember, and he's fucking shit! 10-4-1 Vakhaev would be totally acceptable given he'd probably break top 10 quickly.
 
The_Renaissance said:
Yeah I totally agree about his record, I think he's fine though - Parker Porter was signed at 9-5, remember, and he's fucking shit! 10-4-1 Vakhaev would be totally acceptable given he'd probably break top 10 quickly.
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If his name was Marcus Vick and he was from Delaware not Dagestan he'd have been signed a while ago.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Not sure, @Feniamin is much more informed on this kind of stuff than me, but IIRC he left ACA because he was told he'd get picked up, then didn't get picked up.

I think some of the problem is that his 9-4-1 record isn't spectacular on paper, but if you look at his win streak and who's he's fought, it paints a different picture.
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I think he signed 4 fight/1,5 or 2 years contract, so free agency not before 2023.
 
Feniamin said:
I think he signed 4 fight/1,5 or 2 years contract, so free agency not before 2023.
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Will he actually be let go? The stories from ACA is that they make it hard for some guys to leave
 
David Street said:
UFC seems to be signing more fighters with russian sounding names.. that are not russian Saidyokub Kakhramonov is listed as Uzbekistan on UFC site, but most sites list him as from USA. I wonder if they have limits on fighters they can just switch their country.
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What is Russian sounding in his name? Ending -ov in surname? Multiple Slavic ethnicities have -ov/ev as ending in surnames + minority people who lived in Slavic countries with them (Jews, Roma/Gypsies, Caucasus and Central Asian people and others). And other ethnicities, like Lachinov from latest season of TUF and Abbasov, champ of ONE promotion are Turkish, I've seen Greek and Persian people who lived for generation in Russia have surnames that ends in -ov/-ev.

I guess his name and surname are of Arabic and Turkic origin. Those Central Asian people who was born in USSR or around 30 years ago all have -ov/-ev in the end of their surnames (unless they changed it later or maybe in the later USSR you was able to get your surname to it Turkic/Iranic form). Now, I think, some of countries are banning such surnames (Tajikistan, I think newborn child must have name or surname without Slavic stuff) or maybe those who are not native are allowed to have names/surnames in their native language.
Sorry for the lecture.
 
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Tae Kyun Kim

Country - South Korea
Weight Class - Featherweight
Age : 27
Promotion - BRAVE
Record - 9-0

This fight was Kim's coming out party and his worthy entrance into the pantheon of South Korean just bleed featherweights alongside Korean Zombie and Superboy.

Kim got hurt badly in the first minute against Nurzhan Akishev, so badly that I thought the fight was over for a second. He managed to survive the onslaught, get his brain to focus again and had badly hurt his opponent by the end of the round. What followed was him using a really educated jab to piece Akishev up, brutal knees from a Thai plum whenever he came too close and nasty calf kicks, straights and hooks too in a complete striking performance in one of the best fights of the year.

In his last fight he showed excellent grappling both from the guard and on top, so adding this kind of striking to it as well as showing this kind of heart to come back and win from a difficult position is going to be a tough thing to deal with for a lot of people. UFC hire worthy performance imo.


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Vasily Takhtay

Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 25
Promotion - BRAVE
Record - 9-0

This dude is a bit of a weird one. He went 8-0 before the age of 21, then randomly didn't compete for 4 years until the weekend. I have no idea why he did that, but he looked incredible, beating up a decent Brazilian opponent with all manner of offence on the feet and on the ground. He probably landed about 20 different types of technique before ultimately choking him out. Can't wait to see him again.

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Azat Maksum

Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Flyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - BRAVE/Octagon
Record - 13-0

Another impressive performance from a Kazakh fighter on the BRAVE card. This guy just felt his opponent out for a while before deciding to one punch KO him. That kind of power at Flyweight is always going to get my attention.




Shoutouts to

Nurzhan Akishev (28/FW/Kazakhstan/11-3) - The other half of an excellent fight with Kim, managed to rock him and then showed insane toughness and heart to survive in the fight, taking quite a beating but always trying to throw back.

Asu Almabaev (27/FLW/Kazakhstan/13-2) - Got a win over Doksalchuk who had a UFC contract before a USADA issue last year, if you watched the fight and didn't know you'd think Almabaev was the one who'd been on the UFC roster.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Tae Kyun Kim

Country - South Korea
Weight Class - Featherweight
Age : 27
Promotion - BRAVE
Record - 9-0

This fight was Kim's coming out party and his worthy entrance into the pantheon of South Korean just bleed featherweights alongside Korean Zombie and Superboy.

Kim got hurt badly in the first minute against Nurzhan Akishev, so badly that I thought the fight was over for a second. He managed to survive the onslaught, get his brain to focus again and had badly hurt his opponent by the end of the round. What followed was him using a really educated jab to piece Akishev up, brutal knees from a Thai plum whenever he came too close and nasty calf kicks, straights and hooks too in a complete striking performance in one of the best fights of the year.

In his last fight he showed excellent grappling both from the guard and on top, so adding this kind of striking to it as well as showing this kind of heart to come back and win from a difficult position is going to be a tough thing to deal with for a lot of people. UFC hire worthy performance imo.


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Vasily Takhtay

Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 25
Promotion - BRAVE
Record - 9-0

This dude is a bit of a weird one. He went 8-0 before the age of 21, then randomly didn't compete for 4 years until the weekend. I have no idea why he did that, but he looked incredible, beating up a decent Brazilian opponent with all manner of offence on the feet and on the ground. He probably landed about 20 different types of technique before ultimately choking him out. Can't wait to see him again.

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Azat Maksum

Country - Kazakhstan
Weight Class - Flyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - BRAVE/Octagon
Record - 13-0

Another impressive performance from a Kazakh fighter on the BRAVE card. This guy just felt his opponent out for a while before deciding to one punch KO him. That kind of power at Flyweight is always going to get my attention.




Shoutouts to

Nurzhan Akishev (28/FW/Kazakhstan/11-3) - The other half of an excellent fight with Kim, managed to rock him and then showed insane toughness and heart to survive in the fight, taking quite a beating but always trying to throw back.

Asu Almabaev (27/FLW/Kazakhstan/13-2) - Got a win over Doksalchuk who had a UFC contract before a USADA issue last year, if you watched the fight and didn't know you'd think Almabaev was the one who'd been on the UFC roster.
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I remember seein some announcement from Takhtay from 2017 (I think) -- he accomplished everything that he wanted and he had gym or team (Takhtay Team) and was concentrated on training. Don't know if you seen it -- he walked out with 4 or 5 kids and kissed them, so I guess it's his children. And he also have kinda rare ethnic background -- he said that as far as he knows he is of Tatar, Russian, Chechen, Kyrgyz and Korean descent.
Feniamin said:
What is Russian sounding in his name? Ending -ov in surname? Multiple Slavic ethnicities have -ov/ev as ending in surnames + minority people who lived in Slavic countries with them (Jews, Roma/Gypsies, Caucasus and Central Asian people and others). And other ethnicities, like Lachinov from latest season of TUF and Abbasov, champ of ONE promotion are Turkish, I've seen Greek and Persian people who lived for generation in Russia have surnames that ends in -ov/-ev.

I guess his name and surname are of Arabic and Turkic origin. Those Central Asian people who was born in USSR or around 30 years ago all have -ov/-ev in the end of their surnames (unless they changed it later or maybe in the later USSR you was able to get your surname to it Turkic/Iranic form). Now, I think, some of countries are banning such surnames (Tajikistan, I think newborn child must have name or surname without Slavic stuff) or maybe those who are not native are allowed to have names/surnames in their native language.
Sorry for the lecture.
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Forgot to mention -- I am pretty sure I've seen Indian mma fighter with surname that ended with -ev. And I think some Mongolian fighter/fighters (there is one guy that fights this week at ONE event, but I suspect it's his name and not surname that ends with -ev/-ov).
 
TorontoTO said:
Will he actually be let go? The stories from ACA is that they make it hard for some guys to leave
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I don't know. He just signed with them, why would they let him go? Or after he finish his contract? He would probably be OK, from what I've read seems like it's non-Chechens/non-Russians who have problems with leaving after not resigning.
 
Updated rankings

#11 BW Zviad Laziashvili signed with the UFC. Congratulations also to previously ranked Vanessa Demopoulos and mentioned Saiydokub Kakhramonov who also got signed to the UFC.

Heavyweight
  1. Sergey Bilostenniy - 25 (Russia) 7-2
  2. Mukhamed Vakhaev - 31 (Russia) 9-4-1 Vs Rafael Pessoa (ACA) 28th August
  3. Alikhan Vakhaev - 28 (Russia) 11-2
  4. Hugo Cunha - 28 (Brazil) 6-0 Vs Martin Buday (DWCS) 12th October
  5. Denis Goltsov - 31 (Russia) 27-7
  6. Kang Ji Won - 25 (South Korea) 5-0
  7. Kirill Kornilov - 30 (Russia) 10-0
  8. Thomas Petersen - 25 (USA) 5-0
  9. Bruno Cappelozza - 32 (Brazil) 13-5
  10. Ante Delija - 31 (Croatia) 19-4
  11. Renan Ferreira - 31 (Brazil) 8-2 (Re-entry)
  12. Anatoly Malykhin - 33 (Russia) 9-0 Vs Amir Aliakbari (ONE) 24th September
  13. Oleg Popov - 29 (Russia) - 12-1
  14. Jesus Navarrete - 24 (Mexico) 7-0 Vs Ellery Tarazon (RUF) 28th August
  15. Kirill Grishenko - 29 (Belarus) 4-0
Light Heavyweight
  1. Jailton Junior - 30 (Brazil) 13-2 Vs Nasrudin Nasrudinov (DWCS) 14th September
  2. Murtaza Talha - 23 (Bahrain) 3-0
  3. Anton Turkalj - 25 (Sweden) 7-0 Vs Kaloyan Kolev (DWCS) 12th October
  4. Tomasz Narkun - 31 (Poland) 18-4
  5. Muslim Magomedov - 26 (Russia) 10-0
  6. Emiliano Sordi - 30 (Argentina) 23-8-1 Vs Antonio Carlos Junior (PFL) 19th August
  7. Narsudin Nasrudinov - 29 (Russia) 9-0 Vs Jailton Junior (DWCS) 14th September
  8. Asylzhan Bakhytzhaluny - 30 (Kazakhstan) 11-2-1 Vs Leonardo Silva (ACA) 24th September
  9. Joshua Silveira - 28 (USA) 5-0
  10. Rodolfo Bellato - 25 (Brazil) 7-1
  11. Shamil Akhmedov - 30 (Russia) 7-0
  12. Ivan Erslan - 29 (Croatia) 10-1
  13. Marthin Hamlet Nielsen - 29 (Norway) 7-2 Vs Cezar Ferreira (PFL) 19th August
  14. Amirkhan Guliev - 29 (Russia) 11-1
  15. Jamal Pogues - 25 (USA) 8-3
Middleweight
  1. Vladimir Mineev - 31 (Russia) 15-1-1
  2. Salamu Abdurakhmanov - 27 (Russia) 12-1
  3. Ikram Aliaskerov - 28 (Russia) 11-1
  4. Magomedrasul Gasanov - 26 (Russia) 16-2
  5. Mario Sousa - 24 (Brazil) 12-1 Vs Chidi Njokuani (DWCS) 7th September
  6. Reiner De Ridder - 30 (Netherlands) 14-0
  7. Artem Frolov - 29 (Russia) 15-3 Vs Abdul Rakhman Dzhanaev (ACA) 28th August
  8. Alex Pereira - 33 (Brazil) 3-1
  9. Caio Borralho - 28 (Brazil) 8-1 Vs Aaron Jeffery (DWCS) 28th September
  10. Josh Fremd - 27 (USA) 7-2
  11. Azamat Bekovev - 25 (Russia) 12-2 Vs Rafal Haratyk (ACA) 11th September
  12. Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz - 31 (Canada) 8-1 Vs Joel Bauman (CFX) 28th August
  13. Aaron Jeffery - 28 (Canada) 10-2 Vs Caio Borralho (DWCS) 28th September
  14. Hunter Colvin - 26 (USA) 3-0
  15. Cody Brundage - 27 (USA) 6-1 Vs Shonte Barnes (DWCS) 5th October
Welterweight
  1. Roberto Soldic - 26 (Croatia) 18-3 Vs Patrik Kincl (KSW) 11th September
  2. Ray Cooper III - 28 (USA) 23-7-1 Vs Magomed Magomedkerimov (PFL) 27th October
  3. Magomed Magomedkerimov - 31 (Russia) 29-4 Vs Ray Cooper III (PFL) 27th October
  4. Solomon Renfro - 24 (USA) - 8-1 Vs Jonny Parsons (DWCS) 19th October
  5. Kiamran Abbasov - 27 (Kyrgyzstan) 23-4
  6. Nikolay Aleksakhin - 30 (Russia) 26-6
  7. Michael Morales - 20 (Ecuador) 11-0 Vs Nikolay Veritinnikov (DWCS) 28th September
  8. Gabriel Bonfim - 23 (Brazil) 11-0
  9. Abdoul Abdoulragimov - 25 (France) 12-1
  10. Daniel Skibinski - 30 (Poland) 18-5
  11. Andrej Grzebyk - 30 (Poland) 18-4
  12. Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi - 28 (Jordan) 16-3
  13. Benoit Saint-Denis - 25 (France) 8-0
  14. Magomed Umalatov - 29 (Russia) 11-0
  15. Amiran Gogoladze - 23 (Georgia) 11-2
Lightweight
  1. Christian Lee - 22 (USA) 15-3 Vs Rae Yoon Ok (ONE)21st September
  2. Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov - 32 (Russia) 18-2 Vs Hacran Dias (ACA) 5th November
  3. Daniel Zellhuber - 21 (Mexico) 11-0 Vs Lucas Almeida (DWCS) 28th September
  4. Shamil Musaev - 27 (Russia) 15-0
  5. Natan Schulte - 29 (Brazil) 21-4-1
  6. Roberto Satoshi Souza - 31 (Brazil) 12-1
  7. Milson Castro - 31 (Brazil) 14-3
  8. Eduard Vartanyan - 29 (Russia) 19-4 Vs Serik Tlekeev (OFC) 12th September
  9. Yusuf Raisov - 26 (Russia) 18-2
  10. Tofiq Musaev - 31 (Azerbaijan) 18-4
  11. Mansour Barnaoui - 28 (France) 19-4
  12. Vasily Takhtay - 25 (Kazakhstan) 9-0 (New entry)
  13. Adam Masaev - 21 (Russia) 7-0
  14. Iuri Lapicus - 25 (Moldova) 15-1
  15. Achilles Estremadura - 29 (Canada) 7-0
Featherweight
  1. Islam Omarov - 23 (Russia) 10-0
  2. Saladhine Parnasse - 23 (France) 15-1-1
  3. Bibert Tumenov - 23 (Russia) 10-2
  4. Diego Lopes - 26 (Brazil) 19-3
  5. Tae Kyun Kim - 27 (South Korea) 9-0 (New entry)
  6. Gabriel Santos - 24 (Brazil) 7-0
  7. Jung Young Lee - 25 (South Korea) 7-1
  8. Canaan Kawaihae - 23 (USA) 6-1
  9. Movlid Khaybulaev - 30 (Russia) 17-0 Vs Brendan Lougnane (PFL) 13th August
  10. Kleber Koike - 31 (Brazil) 28-5-1
  11. Felipe Froes - 29 (Brazil) 20-5-1 Vs Levan Makashvili (ACA) 11th September
  12. Apti Bimazaev - 28 (Belarus) 17-3 Vs Andrey Goncharov (ACA) 28th August
  13. Daniel Torres - 27 (Austria/Brazil) 12-4
  14. Ramazan Kishev - 29 (Russia) 17-3 Vs Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ACA)
  15. Paul Hughes - 23 (Northern Ireland) 7-1
Bantamweight
  1. Rustam Kerimov - 29 (Russia) 14-0
  2. Herberth Sousa - 27 (Brazil) 15-1
  3. Kai Asakura - 27 (Japan) 17-3 Vs Alan Yoshiro Yamaniha (Rizin) 19th September
  4. Mo Miller - 28 (USA) 5-0 Vs Brandon Lewis (DWCS) 14th September
  5. Denis Lavrentyev - 32 (Russia) 11-2
  6. Jack Cartwright - 26 (England) 10-0
  7. Nathan Fletcher - 23 (England) 6-0
  8. Mateus Mendonca - 22 (Brazil) 9-0
  9. Abdul-Rahman Dudaev - 29 (Russia) 26-6
  10. Alberto Montes - 26 (Venezuela) 5-0 Vs Christian Rodriguez (DWCS) tbc
  11. Vinicius De Oliveira - 25 (Brazil) 16-2
  12. Magomedgadzhi Sirazhudinov - 24 (Russia) 9-1
  13. Marcos Breno - 23 (Brazil) 14-2
  14. Ruslan Sariev - 24 (Kazahkstan) 12-1
  15. Renat Khavalov - 22 (Russia) 4-0
Flyweight
  1. Jake Hadley - 24 (England) 7-0 Vs Kleydson Rodriguez (DWCS) 21st September
  2. Tatsuro Taira - 21 (Japan) 9-0
  3. Adriano Moraes - 31 (Brazil) 19-3
  4. Azamat Kerefov - 30 (Russia) 14-0 Vs Rasul Albaskhanov (ACA) 28th August
  5. Rafael Ramos - 24 (Brazil) 10-0
  6. Santo Curatolo - 26 (USA) 6-1
  7. Yuya Wakamatsu - 26 (Japan) 14-4
  8. Kurban Gadzhiev - 29 (Russia) 16-4
  9. Murad Magomedov - 25 (Russia) 11-0
  10. Muhammad Mokaev - 20 (England) 5-0
  11. Azat Maksum - 26 (Kazakhstan) 13-0 (New entry)
  12. Phumi Nkuta - 25 (USA) 3-0
  13. Alden Coria - 23 (USA) 5-0
  14. Aren Akopyan - 27 (Russia) 12-2-1
  15. Luke Shanks - 25 (England) 8-2
Womens Batamweight +
  1. Kayla Harrison - 31 (USA) 11-0
  2. Chelsea Chandler - 29 (USA) 3-1
  3. Evelyn Martins - 18 (Brazil) 2-0
  4. Lucia Szabova - 23 (Slovakia) 4-0
  5. Lisa Verzosa - 25 (USA) 6-1 Vs Taneisha Tennant (Invicta) 27th August
  6. Karine Silva - 27 (Brazil) 13-4
  7. Daria Zheleznyakova - 25 (Russia) 5-0
  8. Genah Fabian - 31 (New Zealand) 4-1 Vs Kayla Harrison (PFL) 26th August
  9. Paula Cristina - 26 (Brazil) 5-0
  10. Taneisha Tennant - 31 (USA) 3-1 Vs Lisa Verzosa (Invicta) 27th August
  11. Melissa Croden - 29 (Canada) 2-1
  12. Hope Chase - 22 (USA) 3-1
  13. Ekaterina Shakalova - 23 (Ukraine) 6-1
  14. Amanda Leve - 24 (USA) 1-0 (New entry)
Womens Flyweight
  1. Tereza Bleda - 19 (Czech Republic) 4-0
  2. Jingnan Xiong - 32 (China) 15-2 Vs Michelle Nicolini (ONE) 3rd September
  3. Stephanie Geltmacher - 30 (USA) 5-1
  4. Jasmine Jasudavicius - 32 (Canada) 5-1 Vs Julia Polastri (DWCS) 14th September
  5. Brogan Walker- Sanchez - 32 (USA) 6-2 Vs Mara Romero Borella (Invicta) 27th August
  6. Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels - 30 (Canada) 4-0
  7. Laura Fontoura -20 (Brazil) 6-0
  8. Lucrezia Ria - 28 (Italy) 8-3
  9. Colbey Northcutt - 28 (USA) 2-1


Strawweight
  1. Angela Lee - 24 (USA) 10-2
  2. Melissa Martinez - 23 (Mexico) 7-0
  3. Valesca Machado - 26 (Brazil) 8-2 Vs Piera Rodrigues (DWCS) 19th October
  4. Julia Polastri - 22 (Brazil) 8-2 Vs Jasmine Jasudavicius (DWCS) 14th September
  5. Piera Rodrigues - 28 (Venezuela) 6-0 Vs Valesca Machado (DWCS) 19th October
  6. Viktoriya Dudakova - 22 (Russia) 4-0
  7. Yasmine Juaregui - 22 (Mexico) 8-0
  8. Jaqueline Amorim - 26 (Brazil) 4-0
  9. Svetlana Gotysk - 24 (Ukraine) 13-4
  10. Ewelina Wozniak - 28 (Poland) 5-0
  11. Yasmin Castanho - 24 (Brazil) 5-0
  12. Stephanie Luciano - 21 (Brazil) 3-0
  13. Rena Kubota - 29 (Japan) 11-3
  14. Dayane Cardoso - 25 (Brazil) 8-1-1
  15. Emily Ducote - 27 (USA) 9-6 Vs Danielle Taylor (Invicta) 27th August
 
Bummer, I was planning on putting a little on Brito against Askhabov.
 
careto said:
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Cool opportunity for Lopes, unfortunate for Askhabov. I think this will happen a few times on this season. Hopefully he gets another chance. I think maybe a couple of contender series cards on fight island would be cool.
 
Yeah, they were gonna go to Kazakhstan prior to covid / during the lockdown so I definitely reckon they'll do a UFN card in Nur-Sultan early 2022 if possible, and some of these dudes will definitely get signed for that card. Seems a nice breeding ground. Shavkat will co-main event the card, by then he's gonna be pushing top 10.
 
Osiris3657 said:
@Hellowhosthat

What do you think about the two guys the UFC signed from the latest ep of Lookin For A Fight?

Nikolay Veretennikov and Leomana Martinez?
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I did a post on Martinez earlier in the thread, one of the hardest hitting guys I've seen at that weight.

The other dude as mentioned got a contender series shot against Michael Morales who I actually like more
 
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