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Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

Rankings update


Heavyweight
  1. Shamil Gaziev (31/Russia/10-0)
  2. Kirill Kornilov (31/Russia/15-1-1)
  3. Jhonata Diniz (33/Brazil/5-0)
  4. Ben Tynan (28/Canada/4-0)
  5. Alikhan Vakhaev (29/Russia/12-3)
  6. Thomas Petersen (27/USA/7-1)
  7. Eduardo Neves - (22/Brazil/7-1)
  8. Robelis Despaigne (Cuba/2-0)
  9. Anton Vyazigin (30/Russia/16-4)
  10. Mukhamed Vakhaev (32/Russia/11-6-1)
  11. Adam Bogatyrev (27/Russia/9-3)
  12. Alexander Soldatkin (29/Russia/14-3)
  13. Tsuyoshi Sudario (25/Japan/7-2)
  14. Grigoriy Ponomarev (27/Russia/6-2)
  15. Aleksandr Maslov (29/Russia/10-1)
  16. Ricardo Prasel (32/Brazil/13-4)
  17. Stefan Vojcak (Slovakia/6-1)
  18. Greg Velasco (29/USA/6-0)
  19. Hugo Cunha (30/Brazil/7-1)

Light Heavyweight
  1. Oumar Sy (27/France/9-0)
  2. Muslim Magomedov (27/Russia/12-0)
  3. Bruno Lopes (29/Brazil/11-0)
  4. Bogdan Gnidko (21/Ukraine/10-0)
  5. Elkhan Musaev (Russia/10-1)
  6. Diyar Nurgozhay (24/Kazakhstan/8-0)
  7. Rodolfo Bellato (26/Brazil/10-2)
  8. Faridun Odilov (30/Tajikistan/16-2-2)
  9. Yuri Panferov (26/Russia/6-0)
  10. Nasrudin Nasrudinov (31/Russia/10-2)
  11. Kerim Daudov (24/Kazakhstan/8-0)
  12. Igor Glazkov (23/Russia/8-0)
  13. Rasul Magomedov (28/Bahrain/1-0)
  14. Luke Fernandez (27/USA/2-0)
  15. Grigor Matevosyan (29/Armenia/12-3)
  16. Damian Piwowarczyk (25/Poland/6-2)
  17. Ivan Erslan (31/Croatia/13-2)
  18. Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly (Kazakhstan/14-4-1)
  19. Acacio Dos Santos (31/Brazil/15-6)
  20. Uran Satybaldiev (Kyrgyzstan/5-1)

Middleweight
  1. Lucas Fernando (25/Brazil/9-1)
  2. Vladimir Mineev (32/Russia/16-1-1)
  3. Murtaza Talha Ali (Bahrain/6-0)
  4. Magomedrasul Gasanov (Russia/18-2)
  5. Eli Aronov (26/Israel/6-0)
  6. Matej Penaz (25/Czechia/7-1)
  7. Salamu Abdurakhmanov (Russia/14-1)
  8. Azamat Bekoev (26/Russia/16-3)
  9. Lajuan Davis (25/USA/5-0)
  10. Dylan Budka (22/USA/5-2)
  11. Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz (32/Canada/10-2)
  12. In Soo Hwang (South Korea/6-1)
  13. Djati Melan (Senegal/8-1)
  14. Ibragim Magomedov (27/Russia/10-2)
  15. Chad Hanekom (South Africa/9-2)
  16. Virgil Augen (26/France/5-0)
  17. Vladimir Vasiliyev (23/Russia/10-2-1)
  18. Florian Aberger (Austria/9-1)
  19. Ozzy Diaz (32/USA/7-2)
  20. Tornike Gigauri (26/Georgia/4-0)
  21. Vlasto Cepo (27/Serbia/12-2)
  22. Khaled Laallam (Sweden/2-0)
  23. Will Currie (24/England/9-3)
  24. Ilian Bouafia (26/France/3-0)
  25. Naglis Kanisauskas (22/Lithuania/5-2)

Welterweight
  1. Baissangour Chamsoudinov (21/France/7-0)
  2. Abdoul Abdouraguimov (27/France/16-1)
  3. Isaac Moreno (25/USA/6-0)
  4. Cezary Oleksiejczuk (22/Poland/11-2)
  5. Samandar Murodov (23/Tajikistan/8-0)
  6. Adrian Bartosinski (27/Poland/14-0)
  7. Taiylake Nueraji (23/China/9-1)
  8. Michael Oliveira (25/Brazil/5-0) (New entry)
  9. Vitaly Slipenko (27/Ukraine/16-4)
  10. Shakhban Alkhasov (25/Russia/7-0)
  11. Felix Klinkhammer (29/Germany/9-0)
  12. Magomed Magomedov (27/Bahrain/12-0)
  13. Eliezer Kubanza (25/DR Congo/4-0)
  14. Tahir Abdullaev (25/Azerbaijan/16-2)
  15. Shamil Musaev (28/Russia/15-0-1)
  16. Islam Dulatov (24/Germany/8-1)
  17. Danny Barlow (27/USA/6-0) (New entry)
  18. Boris Medvedev (Russia/RCC/16-2)
  19. Kamal Magomedov (30/Russia/10-0)
  20. Ray Waters (USA/3-0)
  21. James Llontop (23/Peru/13-2)
  22. Temirkhan Temirkhanov (24/Russia/8-1)
  23. Denis Maher (28/Belarus/9-1)
  24. Kaik Brito (25/Brazil/16-4)
  25. Raheam Forest (26/USA/7-1) (New entry)
Lightweight

  1. Adam Masaev (22/Russia/9-0)
  2. Amru Magomedov (23/Russia/6-0)
  3. Magomed Kabardiev (27/Kazakhstan/9-0)
  4. Manoel Sousa (25/Brazil/10-0)
  5. George Hardwick (26/England/12-1)
  6. Cristian Perez (23/Mexico/12-1)
  7. Tom Nolan (22/Australia/5-0)
  8. Yusuf Raisov (27/Russia/20-3)
  9. Vasiliy Takhtay (Kazakhstan/9-0)
  10. Khalid Satuev (28/Russia/13-0)
  11. Si Won Park (21/South Korea/8-0)
  12. Lee Hammond (26/Ireland/5-0)
  13. Charlie Campbell (27/USA/7-2)
  14. Samat Mamedov (Kazakhstan/9-0)
  15. Nikita Kulshin (23/Russia/4-0)
  16. Dylan Salvador (29/France/5-1)
  17. Kaue Fernandes (Brazil/8-1)
  18. Juan Pablo Vieira (19/Brazil/4-0)
  19. Axel Sola – (25/France/6-0)
  20. Jacobi Jones (27/USA/6-1)
  21. Jack Becker (29/Australia/10-3)
  22. Luiz Gustavo (26/Brazil/12-2)
  23. Brendo Bispo (29/Brazil/17-5)
  24. Angel Alvarez (27/Cuba/5-1)
  25. Gabriel Costa (22/Brazil/8-0)
 
Featherweight

  1. Losene Keita (25/Senegal/10-0)
  2. Salahdine Parnasse (25/France/17-1)
  3. Evgeniy Ignatiev (27/Russia/20-2-2)
  4. Islam Omarov (25/Russia/13-0)
  5. Alikhan Suleymanov (19/Russia/15-3)
  6. Paul Hughes (Northern Ireland/9-1)
  7. Bibert Tumenov (25/Russia/12-2)
  8. Kevin Vallejos (21/Argentina/11-0)
  9. Jose Ferreira (25/Chile/10-0)
  10. Youssouf Binate (25/Ivory Coast/4-0)
  11. Marcio Barbosa (24/Brazil/14-2)
  12. Jose Delano (26/Brazil/12-3)
  13. Wellington Prado (23/Brazil/13-3)
  14. Tae Kyun Kim (South Korea/9-1)
  15. Andrey Goncharov (25/Russia/17-4)
  16. Mukhamed Eminov (Russia/18-1)
  17. Dawid Smielkowski (27/Poland/10-0)
  18. Hyder Amil (32/USA/7-0)
  19. Mochamed Machaev (23/Austria/13-1)
  20. Jordan Vucenic (26/England/10-2)
  21. Patryk Kaczmarczyk (24/Poland/9-2)
  22. Niko Samsonidse (28/Germany/9-2)
  23. Harry Hardwick (England/9-3-1)
  24. Lazaro Dayron (30/Cuba/6-0)
  25. Luke Riley (23/England/6-0)

Bantamweight

  1. David Martinez (24/Mexico/10-1)
  2. Austin Bashi (21/USA/10-0)
  3. Rustam Kerimov (30/Russia/17-1)
  4. Renat Khavalov (24/Russia/7-0)
  5. Felipe Lima (24/Brazil/11-1)
  6. Jean Matsumoto (Brazil/13-0)
  7. Rahkim Midaev (27/Russia/12-1)
  8. Mehdi Baidulaev (25/Russia/15-2)
  9. Khuseyn Shaykhaev (25/Russia/12-0)
  10. Bernardo Sopai (22/Albania/10-2)
  11. Dzhamaludin Aliev (24/Russia/8-0)
  12. Mauricio Alfonso (25/Venezuela/6-0)
  13. Nicholas Hwende (Zimbabwe/6-1)
  14. Vinicius De Oliveira (27/Brazil/18-3)
  15. Jessie Rosas (20/Mexico/5-0)
  16. Fernando Laurenco (28/Brazil/16-3)
  17. Herbeth Sousa (28/Brazil/15-2)
  18. Otar Tanzilov (24/Georgia/9-0)
  19. Rodrigo Vera (27/Peru/15-1-1)
  20. Payton Talbott (USA/5-0)
  21. Khalim Nazruloev (24/Takjikistan/7-0)
  22. Kai Asakura (29/Japan/20-4)
  23. Jakub Wiklacz (26/Poland/14-3-1)
  24. Mitchell McKee (25/USA/4-0)
  25. Max Holzer (21/Germany/6-0)

Flyweight

  1. Igor Da Silva (19/Brazil/7-0)
  2. Makoto Takahashi (22/Japan/16-1-1)
  3. Lone’er Kavanagh (23/England/5-0)
  4. Rei Tsuruya (20/Japan/7-0)
  5. Azamat Kerefov (Russia/16-0)
  6. Jaret Betancourt (24/USA/4-0)
  7. Murad Magomedov (Russia/13-0)
  8. Alibi Idiris (27/Kazakhstan/8-0)
  9. Luciano Pereira (22/Uruguay/13-1)
  10. Davi Costa (Brazil/14-3)
  11. Badmatsyren Dorzhiev (29/Mongolia/8-0) (New entry)
  12. Tony Laramie (23/Canada/7-2)
  13. Jung Hyun Lee (20/South Korea/8-1)
  14. Daniyar Toychubek (21/Kyrgyzstan/6-0)
  15. An Tuan Ho (22/Vietnam/4-0)
  16. Mark Climaco (25/USA/9-1)
  17. Lucas Rocha – (22/Brazil/16-1)
  18. Andres Luna Martinetti (27/Ecuador/14-1)
  19. Imran Bukuev (26/Russia/14-3)
  20. Dias Erengaipov (27/Kazakhstan/14-3)
  21. Abdula Aliev (26/Russia/11-1)
  22. Joao Elias (27/Brazil/17-4-1)
  23. Eduardo Henrique (27/Brazil/10-2)
  24. Christian Natividad (USA/5-0)
  25. Felipe dos Santos (22/Brazil/7-0)

Women's Bantamweight plus

  1. Jasmine Favero (22/Italy/3-0)
  2. Lucia Szabova (24/Slovakia/6-0)
  3. Firuza Sharipova (28/Kazakhstan/2-0)
  4. Melissa Croden (32/Canada/4-2)
  5. Taneisha Tennant (33/USA/5-2)
  6. Olga Rubin (33/Israel/9-3)
  7. Lisa Verzosa (27/USA/6-2)
  8. Hope Chase (24/USA/3-1)
  9. Alexia Thainara (25/Brazil/7-1)

Women's Flyweight

  1. Stephanie Geltmacher (32/USA/5-1)
  2. Melissa Amaya (27/USA/6-0)
  3. Qihui Yan (26/China/23-4)
  4. Alexandra Tekenah (France/3-1)
  5. Assia Miri (19/France/2-1)
  6. Sora Rakhmonova (24/Kazakhstan/4-1)
  7. Kristina Williams (33/USA/6-4)
  8. Thaiany Lopes (21/Brazil/5-0)
  9. Nayara Maia (32/Brazil/7-1-1)
  10. Martiza Sanchez (25/USA/5-1)
  11. Karoline Martins (25/Brazil/9-5)
  12. Kaytlin Neil (30/USA/7-4)
Strawweight minus

  1. Fatima Kline (22/USA/4-0)
  2. Josefine Knutsson (26/Sweden/5-0)
  3. Maria Silva (27/Brazil/9-1)
  4. Giovanna Canuto (19/Brazil/4-0)
  5. Seika Izawa (25/Japan/10-0)
  6. Julia Polastri (24/Brazil/11-3)
  7. Ewelina Wozniak (29/Poland/7-2)
  8. Rose Conceicao (25/Brazil/6-0)
  9. Hannah Rokala (25/USA/1-0)
  10. Sveltana Gotsyk (26/Ukraine/13-5)
  11. Jacinta Austin (28/Australia/5-1)
  12. Jessica Delboni (29/Brazil/13-4)
  13. Valesca Machado (27/Brazil/12-4)
  14. Tani Torres (Mexico/5-0)
  15. Talita Alencar (32/Brazil/4-0)
  16. Yasmin Castanho (26/Brazil/5-1)
  17. Fabiola Pidroni (29/Italy/5-0)
  18. Sofia Bagishvili (23/Georgia/8-4)
  19. Saray Orozco (31/Mexico/8-5)
  20. Caroline Gallardo – (26/Chile/9-4)
  21. Brenda Gottig (31/Argentina/6-1)
  22. Marnic Mann (29/USA/6-1)
  23. Anastasia Svetkivska (25/Ukraine/2-2)
  24. Ediana Silva (21/Brazil/12-4)
  25. Karolina Wojcik (28/Poland/11-3)
 
Featherweight

  1. Losene Keita (25/Senegal/10-0)
  2. Salahdine Parnasse (25/France/17-1)
  3. Evgeniy Ignatiev (27/Russia/20-2-2)
  4. Islam Omarov (25/Russia/13-0)
  5. Alikhan Suleymanov (19/Russia/15-3)
  6. Paul Hughes (Northern Ireland/9-1)
  7. Bibert Tumenov (25/Russia/12-2)
  8. Kevin Vallejos (21/Argentina/11-0)
  9. Jose Ferreira (25/Chile/10-0)
  10. Youssouf Binate (25/Ivory Coast/4-0)
  11. Marcio Barbosa (24/Brazil/14-2)
  12. Jose Delano (26/Brazil/12-3)
  13. Wellington Prado (23/Brazil/13-3)
  14. Tae Kyun Kim (South Korea/9-1)
  15. Andrey Goncharov (25/Russia/17-4)
  16. Mukhamed Eminov (Russia/18-1)
  17. Dawid Smielkowski (27/Poland/10-0)
  18. Hyder Amil (32/USA/7-0)
  19. Mochamed Machaev (23/Austria/13-1)
  20. Jordan Vucenic (26/England/10-2)
  21. Patryk Kaczmarczyk (24/Poland/9-2)
  22. Niko Samsonidse (28/Germany/9-2)
  23. Harry Hardwick (England/9-3-1)
  24. Lazaro Dayron (30/Cuba/6-0)
  25. Luke Riley (23/England/6-0)

Bantamweight

  1. David Martinez (24/Mexico/10-1)
  2. Austin Bashi (21/USA/10-0)
  3. Rustam Kerimov (30/Russia/17-1)
  4. Renat Khavalov (24/Russia/7-0)
  5. Felipe Lima (24/Brazil/11-1)
  6. Jean Matsumoto (Brazil/13-0)
  7. Rahkim Midaev (27/Russia/12-1)
  8. Mehdi Baidulaev (25/Russia/15-2)
  9. Khuseyn Shaykhaev (25/Russia/12-0)
  10. Bernardo Sopai (22/Albania/10-2)
  11. Dzhamaludin Aliev (24/Russia/8-0)
  12. Mauricio Alfonso (25/Venezuela/6-0)
  13. Nicholas Hwende (Zimbabwe/6-1)
  14. Vinicius De Oliveira (27/Brazil/18-3)
  15. Jessie Rosas (20/Mexico/5-0)
  16. Fernando Laurenco (28/Brazil/16-3)
  17. Herbeth Sousa (28/Brazil/15-2)
  18. Otar Tanzilov (24/Georgia/9-0)
  19. Rodrigo Vera (27/Peru/15-1-1)
  20. Payton Talbott (USA/5-0)
  21. Khalim Nazruloev (24/Takjikistan/7-0)
  22. Kai Asakura (29/Japan/20-4)
  23. Jakub Wiklacz (26/Poland/14-3-1)
  24. Mitchell McKee (25/USA/4-0)
  25. Max Holzer (21/Germany/6-0)

Flyweight

  1. Igor Da Silva (19/Brazil/7-0)
  2. Makoto Takahashi (22/Japan/16-1-1)
  3. Lone’er Kavanagh (23/England/5-0)
  4. Rei Tsuruya (20/Japan/7-0)
  5. Azamat Kerefov (Russia/16-0)
  6. Jaret Betancourt (24/USA/4-0)
  7. Murad Magomedov (Russia/13-0)
  8. Alibi Idiris (27/Kazakhstan/8-0)
  9. Luciano Pereira (22/Uruguay/13-1)
  10. Davi Costa (Brazil/14-3)
  11. Badmatsyren Dorzhiev (29/Mongolia/8-0) (New entry)
  12. Tony Laramie (23/Canada/7-2)
  13. Jung Hyun Lee (20/South Korea/8-1)
  14. Daniyar Toychubek (21/Kyrgyzstan/6-0)
  15. An Tuan Ho (22/Vietnam/4-0)
  16. Mark Climaco (25/USA/9-1)
  17. Lucas Rocha – (22/Brazil/16-1)
  18. Andres Luna Martinetti (27/Ecuador/14-1)
  19. Imran Bukuev (26/Russia/14-3)
  20. Dias Erengaipov (27/Kazakhstan/14-3)
  21. Abdula Aliev (26/Russia/11-1)
  22. Joao Elias (27/Brazil/17-4-1)
  23. Eduardo Henrique (27/Brazil/10-2)
  24. Christian Natividad (USA/5-0)
  25. Felipe dos Santos (22/Brazil/7-0)

Women's Bantamweight plus

  1. Jasmine Favero (22/Italy/3-0)
  2. Lucia Szabova (24/Slovakia/6-0)
  3. Firuza Sharipova (28/Kazakhstan/2-0)
  4. Melissa Croden (32/Canada/4-2)
  5. Taneisha Tennant (33/USA/5-2)
  6. Olga Rubin (33/Israel/9-3)
  7. Lisa Verzosa (27/USA/6-2)
  8. Hope Chase (24/USA/3-1)
  9. Alexia Thainara (25/Brazil/7-1)

Women's Flyweight

  1. Stephanie Geltmacher (32/USA/5-1)
  2. Melissa Amaya (27/USA/6-0)
  3. Qihui Yan (26/China/23-4)
  4. Alexandra Tekenah (France/3-1)
  5. Assia Miri (19/France/2-1)
  6. Sora Rakhmonova (24/Kazakhstan/4-1)
  7. Kristina Williams (33/USA/6-4)
  8. Thaiany Lopes (21/Brazil/5-0)
  9. Nayara Maia (32/Brazil/7-1-1)
  10. Martiza Sanchez (25/USA/5-1)
  11. Karoline Martins (25/Brazil/9-5)
  12. Kaytlin Neil (30/USA/7-4)
Strawweight minus

  1. Fatima Kline (22/USA/4-0)
  2. Josefine Knutsson (26/Sweden/5-0)
  3. Maria Silva (27/Brazil/9-1)
  4. Giovanna Canuto (19/Brazil/4-0)
  5. Seika Izawa (25/Japan/10-0)
  6. Julia Polastri (24/Brazil/11-3)
  7. Ewelina Wozniak (29/Poland/7-2)
  8. Rose Conceicao (25/Brazil/6-0)
  9. Hannah Rokala (25/USA/1-0)
  10. Sveltana Gotsyk (26/Ukraine/13-5)
  11. Jacinta Austin (28/Australia/5-1)
  12. Jessica Delboni (29/Brazil/13-4)
  13. Valesca Machado (27/Brazil/12-4)
  14. Tani Torres (Mexico/5-0)
  15. Talita Alencar (32/Brazil/4-0)
  16. Yasmin Castanho (26/Brazil/5-1)
  17. Fabiola Pidroni (29/Italy/5-0)
  18. Sofia Bagishvili (23/Georgia/8-4)
  19. Saray Orozco (31/Mexico/8-5)
  20. Caroline Gallardo – (26/Chile/9-4)
  21. Brenda Gottig (31/Argentina/6-1)
  22. Marnic Mann (29/USA/6-1)
  23. Anastasia Svetkivska (25/Ukraine/2-2)
  24. Ediana Silva (21/Brazil/12-4)
  25. Karolina Wojcik (28/Poland/11-3)
Hey, Sharipova is 3-0.
Btw, regarding Dorzhiev was he walking out with Mongolian flag or CFFC stats showed him as Mongolian?
 
So Kabardiev-Grozin now happens in September. Vartanyan said that in his opinion 55 to 45 that Grozin wins.
 
Lazaro Dayron is facing Manuel Expósito from Argentina on Sunday at Combate.
 
Klimenko from RCC said that they might make Musaev-Medvedev fight but Shamil got visa and is very close to signing with UFC (according to him might be already signed), and Medvedev needs only to get visa and he will be signed.
 
Would have just been a bunch of repeats this week but Felipe Lima looked great on his return beating Jonas Magard for the Oktagon title and Shamil Musaev looked awesome disposing on Kunchenko easily and then there was Boris Medvedev being the first person since Islam to finish Gleison Tiabu.

Hyped them all before though.
 
I just use whatever nationality Tapology shows them as.
So in Russian video interview he revealed it was him who asked to change flag to Mongolian. Reasons - political, because nowadays representing Russia can be bad for your career and since Buryats are close to Mongols in culture, language and other stuff it’s a nice way to also show them respect.
 
@Feniamin any idea what happened with Amru Magomedov and his upcoming fight? Was he injured or did he get the call from the UFC?
 
No idea. He is like just a guy № 203 from Eagles gym so Russian mma media doesn’t care much.

He's one I'm actually very hopeful for getting signed. Speaks some English, has visa to be in US and is an exciting striker. Damn.
 
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