Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

Hellowhosthat said:
Updated rankings.

Signings from last week - #6 LHW Fabio Cherant signed by the UFC.

Still got a load of fighters I want to check out, so these are still developing



Heavyweight

  1. Mukhamed Vakhaev – 31 (Russia) 9-4-1

  2. Sergey Belostenniy – 25 (Russia) 6-2

  3. Alikhan Vakhaev – 27 (Russia) 11-2

  4. Denis Goltsov – 30 (Russia) 25-6

  5. Ante Delija – 30 (Croatia) 17-3

  6. Kang Ji Won – 25 (South Korea) 5-0

  7. Anatloly Malykhin – 33 (Russia) 9-0

  8. Hugo Cunha – 28 (Brazil) 5-0

  9. Thomas Petersen – 25 (USA) 3-0

  10. Jesus Navarrete – (Mexico) 7-0

  11. Brett Martin – 26 (USA) 9-1

  12. Mohammed Usman – 31 (Nigeria) 7-1

  13. Michal Martinek – 30 (Czech Republic) 8-2

  14. Oumar Kane – 29 (Senegal) 2-0

  15. Kyle Noblitt – 31 (USA) 11-2

Light Heavyweight

  1. Jailton Junior – 29 (Brazil) 13-2

  2. Tomasz Narkun – 31 (Poland) 18-3

  3. Murtaza Talha – 23 (Bahrain) 3-0

  4. Muslim Magomedov – 26 (Russia) 9-0

  5. Emiliano Sordi – 30 (Argentina) 22-8

  6. Nasrudin Nasrudinov – 29 (Russia) 9-0

  7. Asylzhan Bakhytzhaluny - 30 (Kazakhstan) 11-2-1

  8. Shamil Akhmedov – 30 (Russia) 7-0

  9. Anton Turkalj – 24 (Sweden) 6-0

  10. Nick Maximov – 23 (USA) 6-0

  11. Amirkhan Guliev – 29 (Russia) 10-1

  12. Joshua Silveira – 28 (USA) 4-0

  13. Jamal Pogues – 25 (USA) 8-3

  14. Ivan Erslan – 29 (Croatia) 9-1

  15. Zak Pauga – 32 (USA) 2-0

Middleweight

  1. Vladimir Mineev – 31 (Russia) 15-1-1

  2. Josh Fremd – 27 (USA) 7-1

  3. Salamu Abdurakhmanov – 27 (Russia) 12-1

  4. Ikram Aliaskerov – 28 (Russia) 11-1

  5. Mario Sousa – 24 (Brazil) 12-1

  6. Reiner De Ridder – 30 (Netherlands) 13-0

  7. Magomedrasul Gasanov – 26 (Russia) 15-2

  8. Artem Frolov – 29 (Russia) 15-3

  9. Alex Pereira – 33 (Brazil) 3-1

  10. Caio Borralho – 28 (Brazil) 8-1

  11. Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz – 31 (Canada) 8-1

  12. Abusupiyan Magomedov – 30 (Russia) 24-4-1

  13. Aaron Jeffery – 28 (Canada) 10-2

  14. Hunter Colvin – 26 (USA) 3-0

  15. Rafal Haratyk – 33 (Poland) 13-4-2

Welterweight

  1. Roberto Soldic – 26 (Croatia) 18-3

  2. Nikolay Aleksakhin – 30 (Russia) 26-5

  3. Amiran Gogoladze – 23 (Georgia) 11-1

  4. Magomed Magomedkerimov – 31 (Russia) 27-5

  5. Kiamran Abbasov – 27 (Kyrgyzstan) – 23-4

  6. Ray Cooper III – 28 (USA) 20-7-1

  7. Ian Garry – 23 (Ireland) 6-0

  8. Abdoul Abdoulragimov – 25 (France) 12-1

  9. Maycon Mendonca – 28 (Brazil) 11-4

  10. Andrej Grzebyk – 30 (Poland) 17-4

  11. Eldar Eldarov – 29 (Russia) 13-2

  12. Benoit Saint-Denis – 25 (France) 7-0

  13. Uros Jurisic – 28 (Slovenia) 11-1

  14. Darian Weeks – 27 (USA) 5-0

  15. Eldar Khashpakov - 30 (Russia) 12-3

Lightweight

  1. Christian Lee – 23 (USA) 14-3

  2. Natan Schulte – 29 (Brazil) 20-3-1

  3. Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov – 32 (Russia) 18-2

  4. Tofiq Musaev – 31 (Azerbaijan) 18-3

  5. Shamil Musaev – 27 (Russia) 15-0

  6. Eduard Vartanyan – 29 (Russia) 18-4

  7. Iuri Lapicus – 25 (Moldova) 14-1

  8. Mansour Barnaoui – 28 (France) 19-4

  9. Loik Radzhabov – 30 (Tajikistan) 13-2-1

  10. Achilles Estremadura – 29 (Canada) 7-0

  11. Yusuf Raisov – 25 (Russia) 17-2

  12. Khusein Khaliev – 32 (Russia) 21-2

  13. Nick Browne – 30 (USA) 11-1

  14. Daniel Zellhuber – 21 (Mexico) 10-0

  15. Brant Moore – 27 (USA) 9-1

Featherweight

  1. Islam Omarov – 23 (Russia) 10-0

  2. Salahdine Parnasse – 23 (France) 14-1-1

  3. Georgy Shakhrumanazov – 25 (Russia) 10-0

  4. Bibert Tumeov – 23 (Russia) 10-2

  5. Diego Lopes – 26 (Brazil) 19-3

  6. Gabriel Santos – 24 (Brazil) 7-0

  7. Jung Young Lee – 25 (South Korea) 7-1

  8. Felipe Froes – 29 (Brazil) 20-5-1

  9. Kleber Koike – 31 (Brazil) 27-5-1

  10. Movlid Khaybulaev – 30 (Russia) 15-0

  11. Apti Bimazaev – 28 (Belarus) 17-3

  12. Mikuru Asakura – 28 (Japan) 14-2

  13. Daniel Torres – 27 (Austria/Brazil) 12-4

  14. Ramazan Kishev – 29 (Russia) 17-3

  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) 16-3

  4. Mo Miller – 28 (USA) 5-0

  5. Denis Lavrentyev – 32 (Russia) 10-2

  6. Jack Cartwright – 26 (England) 10-0

  7. Mateus Mendonca – 22 (Brazil) 9-0

  8. Abdul-Rahman Dudaev – 28 (Russia) 25-6

  9. Alberto Montes – 26 (Venezuela) 5-0

  10. Zviad Lazishvili – 29 (Georgia) 12-0

  11. Vinicius De Oliveira – 25 (Brazil) 16-2

  12. Ruslan Sariev – 24 (Kazakhstan) 12-1

  13. Renat Khavalov – 22 (Russia) 4-0

  14. Francesco Nuzzi – 24 (Italy) 9-1

  15. Christian Natividad – 23 (USA) 3-0

Flyweight

  1. Jake Hadley – 24 (England) 7-0

  2. Azamat Kerefov – 30 (Russia) 14-0

  3. Yuya Wakamatsu – 26 (Japan) 13-4

  4. Kurban Gadzhiev – 29 (Russia) 16-4

  5. Adriano Moraes – 31 (Brazil) 18-3

  6. Murad Magomedov – 25 (Russia) 11-0

  7. Muhammad Mokaev – 20 (England) 5-0

  8. Phumi Nkuta – 25 (USA) 3-0

  9. Santo Curatolo – 26 (USA) 5-1

  10. Luke Shanks – 25 (England) 7-2

  11. Alberto Trujillo – 28 (USA) 5-2

  12. Victor Altamirano – 30 (Mexico) 9-1

  13. Abdul Hussein – 23 (Finland) 7-1

  14. Yuki Ito – 23 (Japan) 7-1

  15. Alden Coria – 22 (USA) 4-0

Womens Bantamweight+

  1. Kayla Harrison – 30 (USA) 8-0

  2. Chelsea Chandler – 29 (USA) 3-1

  3. Evelyn Martins – 18 (Brazil) 2-0

  4. Lisa Verzosa – 25 (USA) 6-1

  5. Lucia Szabova – 23 (Slovakia) 3-0

  6. Karine Silva – 27 (Brazil) 13-4

  7. Taneisha Tennant – 31 (USA) 3-1

  8. Melissa Croden – 29 (Canada) 2-1

  9. Hope Chase – 22 (USA) 3-1

Womens Flyweight

  1. Erin Blanchfield – 21 (USA) 6-1

  2. Tereza Bleda – 19 (Czech Republic) 2-0

  3. Jingnan Xiong – 32 (China) 15-2

  4. Stephanie Geltmacher – 30 (USA) 5-1

  5. Jasmine Jasudavicius – 32 (Canada) 5-1

  6. Brogan Walker-Sanchez – 32 (USA) 6-2

  7. Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels – 30 (Canada) 4-0

  8. Lucrenzia Ria – 28 (Italy) 8-2

Strawweight

  1. Angela Lee – 24 (USA) 10-2

  2. Lupita Godinez – 27 (USA) 5-0

  3. Melissa Martinez – 23 (Mexico) 7-0

  4. Rena Kubota – 29 (Japan) 11-3

  5. Elise Reed – 28 (USA) 3-0

  6. Emily Ducote – 27 (USA) 9-6

  7. Tabatha Ricci – 26 (Brazil) 3-0

  8. Vanessa Demopoulos - 32 (USA) 5-3

  9. Loveth Young – 31 (USA) 3-1-1

  10. Svetlana Goysk – 24 (Ukraine) 13-4

  11. Valesca Machado – 25 (Brazil) 8-2

  12. Julia Polastri- 22 (Brazil) 8-2

  13. Jaqueline Amorim – 25 (Brazil) 3-0

  14. Pauline Macias – 32 (USA) 4-1

  15. Cynthia Arceo – 31 (USA) 5-2-1
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Have u ever heard about Ewelina Wozniak(SW) or Matěj Peňáz(MW)?
Wozniak(4-0) impressed me in her OKTAGON debut vs Šormová (10-2)


She will have her next fight on OKTAGON 23


Peňáz(2-0) is ranked as #5 MW in Glorykickboxing and is also one of main sparring partners of Jiří Procházka

 
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Tokoloko said:
Have u ever heard about Ewelina Wozniak(SW) or Matěj Peňáz(MW)?
Wozniak(4-0) impressed me in her OKTAGON debut vs Šormová (10-2)


She will have her next fight on OKTAGON 23


Peňáz(2-0) is ranked as #5 MW in Glorykickboxing and is also one of main sparring partners of Jiří Procházka

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Nope but I'll happily take a look at them. Cheers.
 
original doom said:
hang on whats wrong with georgy ?
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If you look at Dagestani mma fighters their names are mostly of Arabic, Turkic or Persian origin. If we talk about people of Avar, Dargin, Lak and that kind of origin (but there is examples of Dagestani fighters with names like Artur or Ruslan). So I think parents in Dagestan will name their kid Georgy if they are converted to Christianity or if they are some sort of Atheist trolls.
 
Feniamin said:
If you look at Dagestani mma fighters their names are mostly of Arabic, Turkic or Persian origin. If we talk about people of Avar, Dargin, Lak and that kind of origin (but there is examples of Dagestani fighters with names like Artur or Ruslan). So I think parents in Dagestan will name their kid Georgy if they are converted to Christianity or if they are some sort of Atheist trolls.
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ok i get ya.
 
I know he is older than your cut off age but where wlhle you fit Ismailov your list? I know he has a heavy padded record but recent victories over Frolov, Aleksander, and roided monster Shryktov should definitely earn him a spot.
 
careto said:
I know he is older than your cut off age but where wlhle you fit Ismailov your list? I know he has a heavy padded record but recent victories over Frolov, Aleksander, and roided monster Shryktov should definitely earn him a spot.
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Ismailov can't be a prospect. He throttles Izzy IMO horrible matchup for him. Bobby is prolly his toughest fight. Ismailov is 2 weight champ material already. Yoel would be a superfight IMO
 
careto said:
I know he is older than your cut off age but where wlhle you fit Ismailov your list? I know he has a heavy padded record but recent victories over Frolov, Aleksander, and roided monster Shryktov should definitely earn him a spot.
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Very high at MW, but as you say he's too old and I don't see him getting much better than he is already, plus he's an admitted juicer.

I think head to head I'd favour him against everyone apart from Mineev on my list at MW if he fought them tomorrow though.
 
ExitLUPin said:
Ismailov can't be a prospect. He throttles Izzy IMO horrible matchup for him. Bobby is prolly his toughest fight. Ismailov is 2 weight champ material already. Yoel would be a superfight IMO
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Yoel vs Ismailov in Japan, fucking book it, Coker!
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Very high at MW, but as you say he's too old and I don't see him getting much better than he is already, plus he's an admitted juicer.

I think head to head I'd favour him against everyone apart from Mineev on my list at MW if he fought them tomorrow though.
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He would have been huge in the UFC for an event in Russia. My understanding is that he is one of the biggest names in Russia, only behind Khabib.
 
careto said:
He would have been huge in the UFC for an event in Russia. My understanding is that he is one of the biggest names in Russia, only behind Khabib.
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Yeah, he's a big name in that market for sure, but with USADA there's no chance he ever fights in the UFC.
 
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Solomon Renfro

Country - USA
Weight Class - Welterweight
Age : 24
Promotion - CFFC
Record : 7-1

Holy fuck am I ever firmly back on the Renfro hype train after last night! He had to prove himself again after his loss to Mike Mallott in his last fight (a fight he was winning until he got caught), but this was the perfect way to rebound from that.

He took on tough Nick Alley (who was coming off a convincing win over the previously hyped John Gotti III) and just went at him with offence. The kid has speed and hits super hard, he's maybe a little bit reckless sometimes and that might mean he has to tighten things up at a higher level but the potential is all there. Athleticism, speed, power, strength, he has it all.

Crazy amount of personality too. I think he gets on the contender series this summer and potentially becomes the star of the season.
 
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Anton Turkalj

Country - Sweden
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 24
Promotion - BRAVE
Record : 7-0

Oh my word, this performance, this performance!

I was already impressed by Turkalj in his last fight, but he took his hype to the stratosphere with this one by getting himself a 15 second spinning back fist knockout. He has an air of a fighting Zlatan Ibrahimovic about him in that he's very calmly cocky about his abilities, but then goes out and does exactly what he said he would do.

I really felt that I could be watching a future superstar when I was watching this fight.

The scramble for his signature begins now.
 
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Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi

Country - Jordan
Weight Class - Welterweight
Age : 28
Promotion - BRAVE
Record : 16-3

Good performance by Al-Silawi in beating a promising young ex-UFC fighter in Ismail Naurdiev by possibly breaking his leg with leg kicks. He's a weird one in that whenever I watch him he doesn't seem to do anything spectacular, but he keeps breaking guys down and winning and in doing so to Naurdiev and Abdoulragimov he's done it to some quality guys. Probably deserves a big league chance.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Anton Turkalj

Country - Sweden
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 24
Promotion - BRAVE
Record : 7-0

Oh my word, this performance, this performance!

I was already impressed by Turkalj in his last fight, but he took his hype to the stratosphere with this one by getting himself a 15 second spinning back fist knockout. He has an air of a fighting Zlatan Ibrahimovic about him in that he's very calmly cocky about his abilities, but then goes out and does exactly what he said he would do.

I really felt that I could be watching a future superstar when I was watching this fight.

The scramble for his signature begins now.
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I though the spinning backfist was rather flukeish but I like this guy. There are a couple of interesting LHW emerging, fun stuff.
 
Have you thought about making a list about the prospects currently in big promotions who have the highst ceiling or better chance at taking the belt? That could be a fun list.
 
careto said:
Have you thought about making a list about the prospects currently in big promotions who have the highst ceiling or better chance at taking the belt? That could be a fun list.
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I could do maybe, but I suspect that one would cause significantly more arguments lol.
 
careto said:

Sorry, Kerimov isnt signing for the UFC anytime soon.
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At least he'll be fighting. Hopefully see him against Bibulatov soon.

I also wonder if he might have a UFC release clause in there.
 
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