Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

[Hellowhosthat]

Not sure what this about... but cool poster.
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It's just a fan made poster. Lazy King is fighting Haratyk soon.

 

[TorontoTO]

It's just a fan made poster. Lazy King is fighting Haratyk soon.

You think he beats Haratyk? I am obligated to say he loses because of nationalist fervor.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

You think he beats Haratyk? I am obligated to say he loses because of nationalist fervor.

Yeah, I think it's a smart fight for Haratyk to take though. If he wins he probably gets a go in the UFC (assuming he passes USADA, but I actually think maybe he will considering he's gone this route rather than KSW). I just think Abdoul is improving massive amounts from fight to fight and his grappling is just next level now.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

It was his debut against a jobber so no hype train yet but check out the athleticism on this kid for a HW.

 

[TorontoTO]

It was his debut against a jobber so no hype train yet but check out the athleticism on this kid for a HW.

He looks like a chubby LHW tho, so maybe he moves down

 

[Richard Fannin]

Not sure what this about... but cool poster.
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[David Street]

Congrats UFC's new Middleweight.
CHRISTIAN LEROY DUNCAN

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Not much going on this week, since last time I did rankings UFC signed #1 MW Shara Bullet, #6 MW Christian Leroy Duncan and #19 LW Francisco Prado.

We've got LFA on Friday (Fight Pass)

FLW - Yuma Horiuchi (25/Japan/10-5) looks to get the LFA title against Felipe Bunes (12-6)

Something called Khan Fight on Saturday (Youtube)

WW - Aleksandr Vasiliev (22/Russia/9-1-1) against Emran Hafizoglu (12-1)
LHW - #7 Nikolay Kovalenko (Russia/7-0) against Abdulrakhman Yakhayev (3-0)
BW - The amazingly named Furkan Koc (Turkey/2-0) against Pavel Birmistrov (5-2)

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Also

Junior Tafa

Country - Australia
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight/Heavyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - RIZIN
Team - NTG
Record : 4-0

I'm a bit late with this one but I just caught up with the NYE show and I've got to give Tafa some love because he just absolutely smashed the shit out of Sudario. If people stand with him they're going to be trouble, really impressive power, accuracy and killer instinct. This fight also showed me just how tough Kevin Fitial must be to be able to withstand more than a round of this stuff. Looks better than his brother to me.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Also

Junior Tafa

Country - Australia
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight/Heavyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - RIZIN
Team - NTG
Record : 4-0

I'm a bit late with this one but I just caught up with the NYE show and I've got to give Tafa some love because he just absolutely smashed the shit out of Sudario. If people stand with him they're going to be trouble, really impressive power, accuracy and killer instinct. This fight also showed me just how tough Kevin Fitial must be to be able to withstand more than a round of this stuff. Looks better than his brother to me.

Junior Tafa can crack for sure

 

[TorontoTO]

Also

Junior Tafa

Country - Australia
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight/Heavyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - RIZIN
Team - NTG
Record : 4-0

I'm a bit late with this one but I just caught up with the NYE show and I've got to give Tafa some love because he just absolutely smashed the shit out of Sudario. If people stand with him they're going to be trouble, really impressive power, accuracy and killer instinct. This fight also showed me just how tough Kevin Fitial must be to be able to withstand more than a round of this stuff. Looks better than his brother to me.

Junior Tafa can crack for sure

Against Mitsuro Brandon Tajima

 

[The_Renaissance]

Tafa seems better built for 205lbs, IMO. But yeah seems better than his brother who I barely rate at all!

 

[Ares Black]

Junior Tafa can crack for sure

Yeesh that was a mugging

 

[David Street]

Jung Young Lee - 26 (South Korea) 8-1 Featherweight is on your list though, I do not see the others from Road to UFC on your list.

A lot of new signings...
Jeka Saragih, Anshul Jubli, Yi Zha, Toshiomi Kazama, Rinya Nakamura,
Hyun Sung Park, Seung Guk Choi, Francisco Prado, Melquizael Costa

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Jung Young Lee - 26 (South Korea) 8-1 Featherweight is on your list though, I do not see the others from Road to UFC on your list.

A lot of new signings...
Jeka Saragih, Anshul Jubli, Yi Zha, Toshiomi Kazama, Rinya Nakamura,
Hyun Sung Park, Seung Guk Choi, Francisco Prado, Melquizael Costa

Yeah, I left him on as he was on before. I would have put Rinya on, but I didn't catch a full fight of his until he was already on Road to UFC (they were tough to find) and at that point it felt like it would be cheating.

 

[Feniamin]

Yeah, I left him on as he was on before. I would have put Rinya on, but I didn't catch a full fight of his until he was already on Road to UFC (they were tough to find) and at that point it felt like it would be cheating.

If you cares Shamil Musaev won back in December Battle Of Champions 14 tournament. I guess Sherdog considers it as a fights under custom rules.
Video

 

[Ares Black]

Mitch McKee seems like a legit prospect. Big KO at LFA 150.

 

[careto]

Mitch McKee seems like a legit prospect. Big KO at LFA 150.

I thought he had signed with Bellator, I guess not.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Mitch McKee

Country - USA
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 25
Promotion - LFA
Team - Kill Cliff FC
Record : 4-0

As Ares mentioned, Mitch indeed looked outstanding on the last LFA show. Showcasing his Div 1 wrestling in a dominant first round before faking a level change into a big KO in the second. I think anytime a wrestler shows they can mix up level changes and top control with genuine power once they have their opponent faked out shows a fuckload of potential.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

This week is pretty busy, we've got

Invicta tonight

WBW - #8 Taneisha Tennant (33/USA/5-1) defends her title against UFC vet Talita Bernado (9-4)
WFLW - #9 Kristina Williams (33/USA/6-3) fights for the vacant belt against #19 Ketlen Souza (27/Brazil/12-3)
WBW - #13 Serena DeJesus (31/USA/5-2) Vs #17 Olga Rubin (33/Israel/7-3)
WBW - #8 FLW Claire Guthrie (28/USA/4-1) fights #15 Auttum Norton (28/USA/2-1)
SW - #11 Fatima Kline (22/USA/2-0) fights Laura Gallardo (Mexico/4-1)

ARES on Friday

MW - #1 WW Abdoul Abdouraguimov (27/France/15-1) fights for a 2nd belt against Rafal Haratyk (16-4-2)
WW - #7 Baissangour Chamsoudinov (21/France/5-0) fights Alexander Mikael (26/Brazil/9-0)
WFLW - #7 Alexandra Tekenah (France/2-1) fighs Levi Steedman (1-2)
WFLW - #6 Assia Miri (19/France/1-0) fights Fabiola Pidroni (29/Italy/4-0)
WW - Jordan Zebo (France/2-0) fights Caleb Nasicmento (Debut)

Octagon on Saturday

FLW - #3 Azat Maksum (27/Kazakhstan/15-0) fights Fabrico Nunez (25/Brazil/8-0)
WW - #19 Magomed Magomedov (Bahrain/10-0) fights Sanzar Azhibaev (24-9)
SW - #16 Sofia Bagashvili (23/Georgia/7-1) fights Aleksandra Toncheva (4-3-1)

KSW on Saturday

LHW - #10 Lukasz Sudolski (29/Poland/10-1) fights Kleber Silva (20-11)