Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

TorontoTO said:
Damn, if I was Bellator or PFL, take Rizvan Kuniev, Aaron Jeffery, and
Caio Borralho
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Oh God no! Unless they want to bore people to death. Specially Jeffrey, stay away from him
 
GueseGuy said:
Was very disappointed Chris Duncan couldn’t fight last night. Been waiting to see him for a year now. He would’ve smashed that Albanian guy and got a deal.
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What happened to the Duncan fight?
 
TorontoTO said:
Damn, if I was Bellator or PFL, take Rizvan Kuniev, Aaron Jeffery, and
Caio Borralho
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If anything I would make a move on Almeida. He gassed out blasting Zellhuber in the first round. If he kept his composure and kept his gas tank he might have gotten the decision his way.

These types of fights are always entertaining but make me wonder about their ground games. Neither of them seemed to be very eager to engage in the ground.

Anyways, book Zellhuber vs Mason Jones next, please.
 
I don't think Rizvan is very good tbh. Edivan was just horrible and Rizvan made hard work of it. Imagine what Belostenniy, either Vakhaev, Kornilov or even Evgeny Goncharov would have done to that dude. I can see why he didn't give him the contract and tbh if there is a Russian quota I'm happy he isn't clogging it up.

Borralho should have got a deal imo, Jeffery was the one making the fight boring by constantly jamming him against the cage. What's Borralho supposed to do, let him take him down? He even released bodylocks in advantageous positions to stand with him. I have a feeling that the matchmakers will get him in at some point soon as a late replacement, dude just has to stay ready. If I'm Coker I'm for sure asking the question though.

Also very impressed with Almeida, haven't seen him before and he made Zellhuber work for that and we know how good I think Zellhuber is.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I don't think Rizvan is very good tbh. Edivan was just horrible and Rizvan made hard work of it. Imagine what Belostenniy, either Vakhaev, Kornilov or even Evgeny Goncharov would have done to that dude. I can see why he didn't give him the contract and tbh if there is a Russian quota I'm happy he isn't clogging it up.

Borralho should have got a deal imo, Jeffery was the one making the fight boring by constantly jamming him against the cage. What's Borralho supposed to do, let him take him down? He even released bodylocks in advantageous positions to stand with him. I have a feeling that the matchmakers will get him in at some point soon as a late replacement, dude just has to stay ready. If I'm Coker I'm for sure asking the question though.

Also very impressed with Almeida, haven't seen him before and he made Zellhuber work for that and we know how good I think Zellhuber is.
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Agree with all of this, spot on.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I don't think Rizvan is very good tbh. Edivan was just horrible and Rizvan made hard work of it. Imagine what Belostenniy, either Vakhaev, Kornilov or even Evgeny Goncharov would have done to that dude. I can see why he didn't give him the contract and tbh if there is a Russian quota I'm happy he isn't clogging it up.

Borralho should have got a deal imo, Jeffery was the one making the fight boring by constantly jamming him against the cage. What's Borralho supposed to do, let him take him down? He even released bodylocks in advantageous positions to stand with him. I have a feeling that the matchmakers will get him in at some point soon as a late replacement, dude just has to stay ready. If I'm Coker I'm for sure asking the question though.

Also very impressed with Almeida, haven't seen him before and he made Zellhuber work for that and we know how good I think Zellhuber is.
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I liked Almeida a lot as well. Dude's tough as nails and has a fun style. But Zellhuber showed why he is so hyped. Was getting tagged early and bit down on his mouth piece and made the adjustments necessary to win. Started to find his range and time Almeida's shot and pick him apart from the outside. Zellhuber is an absolute stud. He's got all the tools to be a star. Don't know how much longer he can make 155 but imagine him vs Michael Morales in 5 or 6 years? Central and South America are starting to produce some really good fighters.
 
GueseGuy said:
I liked Almeida a lot as well. Dude's tough as nails and has a fun style. But Zellhuber showed why he is so hyped. Was getting tagged early and bit down on his mouth piece and made the adjustments necessary to win. Started to find his range and time Almeida's shot and pick him apart from the outside. Zellhuber is an absolute stud. He's got all the tools to be a star. Don't know how much longer he can make 155 but imagine him vs Michael Morales in 5 or 6 years? Central and South America are starting to produce some really good fighters.
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Yep, keep an eye out for Cristian Perez, Francesco Patron and Alberto Montes too, I reckon they're next.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I don't think Rizvan is very good tbh. Edivan was just horrible and Rizvan made hard work of it. Imagine what Belostenniy, either Vakhaev, Kornilov or even Evgeny Goncharov would have done to that dude. I can see why he didn't give him the contract and tbh if there is a Russian quota I'm happy he isn't clogging it up.

Borralho should have got a deal imo, Jeffery was the one making the fight boring by constantly jamming him against the cage. What's Borralho supposed to do, let him take him down? He even released bodylocks in advantageous positions to stand with him. I have a feeling that the matchmakers will get him in at some point soon as a late replacement, dude just has to stay ready. If I'm Coker I'm for sure asking the question though.

Also very impressed with Almeida, haven't seen him before and he made Zellhuber work for that and we know how good I think Zellhuber is.
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Dana said in the post fight conference that he told Almeida that he needs one win outside of the UFC and they will sign him.
 
Forgot to do the rankings

#4 LW Daniel Zellhuber made the UFC this week so congrats to him.

Heavyweight
  1. Sergey Bilostenniy - 25 (Russia) 8-2
  2. Mukhamed Vakhaev - 31 (Russia) 10-4-1
  3. Alikhan Vakhaev - 28 (Russia) 11-2
  4. Hugo Cunha - 28 (Brazil) 6-0 Vs Martin Buday (DWCS) 12th October
  5. Anatoly Malykhin - 33 (Russia) 10-0 (Up 7 places)
  6. Denis Goltsov - 31 (Russia) 27-7
  7. Kang Ji Won - 25 (South Korea) 5-0
  8. Kirill Kornilov - 30 (Russia) 10-0 Vs Guto Inocente (RCC) 16th October
  9. Thomas Petersen - 25 (USA) 5-0
  10. Bruno Cappelozza - 32 (Brazil) 13-5 Vs Ante Delija (PFL) 27th October
  11. Ante Delija - 31 (Croatia) 19-4 Vs Bruno Cappelozza (PFL) 27th October
  12. Renan Ferreira - 31 (Brazil) 8-2
  13. Oleg Popov - 29 (Russia) - 12-1
  14. Marcus Buchecha - 31 (Brazil) 1-0 (New entry)
  15. Jesus Navarrete - 24 (Mexico) 7-0
Light Heavyweight
  1. Murtaza Talha - 23 (Bahrain) 3-0
  2. Anton Turkalj - 25 (Sweden) 7-0 Vs Kaloyan Kolev (DWCS) 12th October
  3. Vitor Petrino - 24 (Brazil) 6-0
  4. Tomasz Narkun - 31 (Poland) 18-4
  5. Muslim Magomedov - 26 (Russia) 10-0
  6. Joshua Silveira - 28 (USA) 6-0 (Up 3 places)
  7. Narsudin Nasrudinov - 29 (Russia) 9-1
  8. Emiliano Sordi - 30 (Argentina) 23-9-1
  9. Rodolfo Bellato - 25 (Brazil) 7-1
  10. Shamil Akhmedov - 30 (Russia) 7-0
  11. Ivan Erslan - 29 (Croatia) 10-1
  12. Marthin Hamlet Nielsen - 29 (Norway) 8-2 Vs Antonio Carlos Jr (PFL) 27th October
  13. Amirkhan Guliev - 29 (Russia) 11-1
  14. Jamal Pogues - 25 (USA) 8-3
  15. Mikhail Ragozin - 29 (Russia) 17-5
Middleweight
  1. Vladimir Mineev - 31 (Russia) 15-1-1 Vs Magomed Ismailov (FNG) 16th October
  2. Salamu Abdurakhmanov - 27 (Russia) 12-1
  3. Ikram Aliaskerov - 28 (Russia) 11-1
  4. Magomedrasul Gasanov - 26 (Russia) 16-2
  5. Reinier De Ridder - 31 (Netherlands) 14-0
  6. Caio Borralho - 28 (Brazil) 9-1
  7. Josh Fremd - 27 (USA) 7-2 Vs Renato Valente (LFA) 22nd October
  8. Aaron Jeffery - 28 (Canada) 10-3
  9. Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz - 31 (Canada) 8-1
  10. Hunter Colvin - 26 (USA) 3-0
  11. Mario Sousa - 24 (Brazil) 12-2
  12. Vladimir Vasilyev - 22 (Russia) 8-1-1
  13. Azamat Bekovev - 25 (Russia) 12-3
  14. Abdul Rakman Dzhanaev - 31 (Russia) 15-2
  15. Artem Frolov - 29 (Russia) 15-4
Welterweight
  1. Roberto Soldic - 26 (Croatia) 19-3
  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 - 28 (Kyrgyzstan) 23-4
  6. Nikolay Aleksakhin - 30 (Russia) 26-6
  7. Gabriel Bonfim - 24 (Brazil) 11-0
  8. Shamil Musaev - 27 (Russia) 15-0 Vs Michael Pietrzak (KSW) 23rd October
  9. Abdoul Abdouragimov - 26 (France) 12-1
  10. Daniel Skibinski - 31 (Poland) 18-5
  11. Ramazan Kuramagomedov - 24 (Russia) 9-0
  12. Andrej Grzebyk - 30 (Poland) 18-4
  13. Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi - 28 (Jordan) 16-3
  14. Benoit Saint-Denis - 25 (France) 8-0
  15. Magomed Umalatov - 29 (Russia) 11-0
Lightweight
  1. Christian Lee - 23 (USA) 15-4
  2. Manoel Sousa - 24 (Brazil) 8-0
  3. Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov - 32 (Russia) 18-2 Vs Hacran Dias (ACA) 5th November
  4. Natan Schulte - 29 (Brazil) 21-4-1
  5. Eduard Vartanyan - 30 (Russia) 23-4
  6. Cristian Perez - 22 (Mexico) 6-0
  7. Roberto Satoshi Souza - 31 (Brazil) 12-1
  8. Milson Castro - 31 (Brazil) 14-3
  9. Rae Yoon Ok - 30 (South Korea) - 16-3 (Re-entry)
  10. Yusuf Raisov - 26 (Russia) 18-2
  11. Tofiq Musaev - 31 (Azerbaijan) 18-4
  12. Mansour Barnaoui - 28 (France) 19-4
  13. Vasily Takhtay - 25 (Kazakhstan) 9-0
  14. Adam Masaev - 21 (Russia) 7-0
  15. Lucas Almeida - 30 (Brazil) 12-1 (new entry)
Featherweight
  1. Islam Omarov - 24 (Russia) 10-0 Vs Dzhihad Yunusov (ACA) 4th October
  2. Timur Khizriev - 25 (Russia) 11-0
  3. Saladhine Parnasse - 23 (France) 15-1-1
  4. Bibert Tumenov - 24 (Russia) 10-2
  5. Tae Kyun Kim - 27 (South Korea) 9-0
  6. Diego Lopes - 26 (Brazil) 19-4 Vs Nate Richardson (FFC) 17th October
  7. Gabriel Santos - 24 (Brazil) 8-0
  8. Jung Young Lee - 25 (South Korea) 7-1
  9. Canaan Kawaihae - 24 (USA) 6-1 Vs Jonas Bilheirino (DWCS) 2nd November
  10. Movlid Khaybulaev - 30 (Russia) 18-0 Vs Chris Wade (PFL) 27th October
  11. Edwin Cooper Jr - 28 (USA) 5-1 (new entry)
  12. Kleber Koike - 31 (Brazil) 28-5-1
  13. Felipe Froes - 29 (Brazil) 20-5-1 Vs Nurbergen Sharipov (ACA) 4th October
  14. Apti Bimazaev - 29 (Belarus) 17-3
  15. Daniel Torres - 27 (Austria/Brazil) 12-4

Bantamweight
  1. Rustam Kerimov - 29 (Russia) 14-0 Vs Daniel Almeida (ACA) 4th October
  2. Herberth Sousa - 27 (Brazil) 15-1
  3. Kai Asakura - 27 (Japan) 18-3
  4. Mo Miller - 29 (USA) 6-0
  5. Denis Lavrentyev - 33 (Russia) 11-2 Vs Jesse Arnett (Parus) 6th November
  6. Jack Cartwright - 27 (England) 10-0
  7. Nathan Fletcher - 23 (England) 6-0 Vs Dominique Wooding (Cage Warriors) 30th September
  8. Mateus Mendonca - 22 (Brazil) 9-0
  9. Abdul-Rahman Dudaev - 29 (Russia) 26-6 Vs Rodrigo Praia (ACA) 4th October
  10. Alberto Montes - 27 (Venezuela) 5-0
  11. Zviad Lazishvili - 29 (Georgia) 12-0
  12. Vinicius De Oliveira - 25 (Brazil) 16-2 Vs Ray Borg (UAE Warriors) 29th October
  13. Magomedgadzhi Sirazhudinov - 25 (Russia) 9-1
  14. Marcos Breno - 23 (Brazil) 14-2
  15. Ruslan Sariev - 24 (Kazahkstan) 12-1
Flyweight
  1. Jake Hadley - 25 (England) 7-0 Vs Mitch Raposo (DWCS) 12th October
  2. Tatsuro Taira - 21 (Japan) 9-0
  3. Adriano Moraes - 32 (Brazil) 19-3
  4. Rafael Ramos - 24 (Brazil) 10-0
  5. Azamat Kerefov - 30 (Russia) 15-0
  6. Yuya Wakamatsu - 26 (Japan) 14-4
  7. Kurban Gadzhiev - 29 (Russia) 17-4
  8. Murad Magomedov - 25 (Russia) 11-0
  9. Muhammad Mokaev - 21 (England) 6-0
  10. Azat Maksum - 26 (Kazakhstan) 13-0
  11. Phumi Nkuta - 25 (USA) 3-0
  12. Santo Curatolo - 26 (USA) 6-2
  13. Alden Coria - 23 (USA) 5-0
  14. Aren Akopyan - 27 (Russia) 12-2-1
  15. Luke Shanks - 26 (England) 8-2 Vs Sam Creasy (Cage Warriors) 2nd October
Womens Batamweight +
  1. Kayla Harrison - 31 (USA) 11-0 Vs Taylor Guardado (PFL) 27th October
  2. Chelsea Chandler - 29 (USA) 3-1
  3. Evelyn Martins - 19 (Brazil) 2-0
  4. Lucia Szabova - 23 (Slovakia) 6-0
  5. Karine Silva - 27 (Brazil) 13-4
  6. Daria Zheleznyakova - 25 (Russia) 5-0 Vs Mariza Loch (OPEN) 4th November
  7. Taneisha Tennant - 32 (USA) 4-1
  8. Genah Fabian - 31 (New Zealand) 4-2
  9. Dakota Ditcheva - 22 (England) 2-0
  10. Lisa Verzosa - 25 (USA) 6-2
  11. Paula Cristina - 26 (Brazil) 5-0
  12. Melissa Croden - 29 (Canada) 2-1
  13. Hope Chase - 22 (USA) 3-1
  14. Ekaterina Shakalova - 24 (Ukraine) 6-1
  15. Luana Santos - 21 (Brazil) 1-0
Womens Flyweight
  1. Tereza Bleda - 19 (Czech Republic) 4-0
  2. Jingnan Xiong - 33 (China) 16-2
  3. Stephanie Geltmacher - 31 (USA) 5-1
  4. Julia Polastri - 22 (Brazil) 8-3
  5. Brogan Sanchez - 32 (USA) 7-2
  6. Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels - 31 (Canada) 4-0
  7. Laura Fontoura -20 (Brazil) 6-0
  8. Lucrezia Ria - 29 (Italy) 8-3
  9. Colbey Northcutt - 28 (USA) 2-1
Strawweight
  1. Angela Lee - 25 (USA) 10-2
  2. Melissa Martinez - 23 (Mexico) 7-0
  3. Valesca Machado - 26 (Brazil) 8-2 Vs Piera Rodrigues (DWCS) 19th October
  4. Piera Rodrigues - 28 (Venezuela) 6-0 Vs Valesca Machado (DWCS) 19th October
  5. Viktoriya Dudakova - 22 (Russia) 4-0
  6. Yasmine Juaregui - 22 (Mexico) 8-0
  7. Josefine Knutsson - 25 (Sweden) 2-0
  8. Jaqueline Amorim - 26 (Brazil) 4-0
  9. Ewelina Wozniak - 28 (Poland) 6-0
  10. Svetlana Gotysk - 24 (Ukraine) 13-4
  11. Yasmin Castanho - 24 (Brazil) 5-0
  12. Emily Ducote - 27 (USA) 10-6
  13. Stephanie Luciano - 21 (Brazil) 3-0
  14. Rena Kubota - 30 (Japan) 11-3
  15. Dayane Cardoso - 25 (Brazil) 8-1-1
 
careto said:


Feel bad for Chris Duncan, I hope he gets a shot.
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I'm sure he will, I suspect they might do one mop up episode this year to fit all the guys who've had issues with covid, visas etc on. There's him, Turkalj, Askhabov, Basharat and Capaldo to match up.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I'm sure he will, I suspect they might do one mop up episode this year to fit all the guys who've had issues with covid, visas etc on. There's him, Turkalj, Askhabov, Basharat and Capaldo to match up.
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Wait, what happened to Turkalj?
 
TorontoTO said:
Dana said in the post fight conference that he told Almeida that he needs one win outside of the UFC and they will sign him.
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This makes sense, Zellhuber, Duncan, and Almeida are amazing picks for an already saturated LW division. I really wish PFL, RIZIN, or Bellator would have picked them up to build their divisions.

On a separate note, as long as the UFC can keep getting this type of fighters for 12k/12k, there is no way Vartanyan, Raisov, Tumenov, etc. will get a shot, not unless they are willing to fight for minimum wage.
 
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careto said:
This makes sense, Zellhuber, Duncan, and Almeida are amazing picks for an already saturated LW division. I really wish PFL, RIZIN, or Bellator would have picked them up to build their divisions.

On a separate note, as long as the UFC can keep getting this type of fighters for 12k/12k, there is no way Vartanyan, Raisov, Tumenov, etc. will get a shot, not unless they are willing to fight for minimum wage.
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I think that's what Gamrot did in the end, but he subsidised it by winning POTN in every fight so far and now he's got a win over Stephens I imagine he gets a much nicer second contract.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I think that's what Gamrot did in the end, but he subsidised it by winning POTN in every fight so far and now he's got a win over Stephens I imagine he gets a much nicer second contract.
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He is 1-1 in the UFC, though and those POTN are not guaranteed. So, chances are he is going home with 12k or 24k minus taxes for his next fight.

Why would he get a bigger contract next? He is not a name fighter, and a victory over Stephens doesnt hold that much value nowadays. Plus, he is easily replaceable with young bangers for 12k/12k.
 
Just imagine a PFL season 2022 with Zellhuber, Almeida, and Duncan competing. Or Almeida vs Musayev and Satoshi vs Zellhuber in RIZIN. Shit, Zellhuber, Duncan, Almeida vs Awad, Usman, Nallo, Nikaev, etc. in Bellator.
 
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