Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

[Hellowhosthat]

Keita is Guinean btw

Yeah my bad. I think he refers to himself as Belgian most of the time now anyway. I'll change it

 

[Ares Black]

Just doing the post CS rankings. Gonna post them one division at a time as taking a little longer to do but back to normal in future.

Strawweight

1. Fatima Kline - 23/USA/4-0
2. Maria Silva - 27/Brazil/9-1
3. Giovanna Canuto - 20/Brazil/4-0
4. Seika Izawa - 25/Japan/11-0
5. Ewelina Wozniak - 30/Poland/7-2
6. Hannah Rokala - 25/USA/1-0
7. Svetlana Gotsyk - 27/Ukraine/13-5
8. Jessica Delboni - 30/Brazil/13-4
9. Valesca Machado - 27/Brazil/12-4
10. Danae Solangel - 18/Mexico/3-0
11. Aieza Bertolso - 22/Brazil/2-0
12. Rose Conceicao - 26/Brazil/7-0
13. Katharina Dalisda - 32/Germany/10-3
14. Jacinta Austin - 29/Australia/5-2
15. Tania Torres - Mexico/5-0
16. Talita Alencar - 32/Brazil/4-0-1
17. Danni McCormack - 33/Ireland/7-2
18. Yasmin Castanho - 27/Brazil/6-1
19. Fabiola Pidroni - 29/Italy/5-0
20. Taylor Mauldin - USA/4-0
21. Jazmine Navarette - 25/Chile/6-0
22. Sofia Bagishvili - 24/Georgia/9-4
23. Sarah Orozco - 32/Mexico/8-5
24. Caroline Gallardo - 27/Chile/9-4
25. Brenda Gottig - 32/Argentina/7-1


Not huge changes at 115. Knutsson and Polastri are both finally in the UFC having being towards the top of the rankings for ages (with Knutsson being #1 for quite a while before Kline overtook her) and other than that we were right to the low end of the rankins for Marnic Mann getting signed for some reason.

Added a few younger fighters coming up in Bertolso, Navarette and Mauldin as well as a couple of more experienced girls who are now solid regional champs in Dalisda and McCormack.

CFFC just announced a SW title fight between #1 Fatima Kline and #21 Jazmin Navarette, Nov 3

 

[STAY GOLD]

Flyweight

10. Luciano Pereira - 22/Uruguay/13-1

From what I've been told from his team, it's almost certain he's done in the weight class.

 

[Joinho10]

Abdullo is very talented and on this card vs another young and seemingly legit prospect. Abdullo is flashy fun, fast, explosive, dynamic kicks, solid wrestling, big for 155 and young.

Renat Khavalov and Amru Magomedov are two of the best prospects in the world in their divisions.

@Hellowhosthat check out Yryskeldi Duysheev and Sanzhar Zakirov, they're both really good and have comparable records to many on your list.

FIGHT DAY BOIS! better be ready for VIOLENCE.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Nobody really hype train worthy that wasn't already hyped from what I saw last weekend (hello Paul Hughes and I haven't caught FEN yet) but I will say that I was impressed by Solomon Simon on the Cage Warriors show.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Razhabali Shaydullaev

Country - Kyrgyzstan
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 23
Promotion - UAE Warriors
Team - Ilhas
Record : 9-0

I was mainly watching the UAE Warriors show for Amru and Renat and although those two were both really fucking impressive I left even more impressed by this dude as he casually ragdolled and choked a 12-1-1 Abdulmanap trained guy. Dude's scrambling, wrestling and backtakes are just unbelievable. Loved the way he just brute forced the choke through his chin too.

I immediately went back and watched some of his older fights and the dude is just doing what he wants to people. Serious prospect this one.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Abdullo Khodzhaev

Country - Tajikistan
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : ?
Promotion - UAE Warriors
Team - ?
Record : 5-0

Abdullo is another excellent prospect on the UAE Warriors roster that keeps impressing more and more in every performance. Previously I'd noted him more for his kicking game but his opponent in this fight came to wrestle and he did a good job creating scrambles to get back up. Ultimately he managed to sprawl on top and show he's got a pretty devastating game there by managing to hold position and then unload elbows for a win. Seems to be good all round.

Wang Cong

Country - China
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 31
Promotion - UAE Warriors
Team - ?
Record : 3-0

Lord knows decent prospects at women's BW are hard to come by so I'll take them where I can get them. Wang has a pretty extensive kickboxing background and actually beat Valentina in that sport. She's young in her MMA career but seems to be developing well and had a good performance here against a scrappy Australian girl.

Obviously the kickboxing is good as she kept her range well, cut off the cage nicely, keeping measured pressure on her opponent and unloading at the right times. What I think will really help her going forward is how strong she looked, every time her opponent tried to tie up with her she was dominating the clinch positions, which could well mean girls have trouble taking her down.

She slowed a bit in the 3rd but like I say her opponent was tough and scrappy, so not reading much into that.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Myktybek Orolbai

Country - Kyrgyzstan
Weight Class - Welterweight
Age : 25
Promotion - LFA
Team - Uulu Team/Team Alpha Male
Record : 11-1-1

I know this seems to be somewhat of a Kyrgyzstan appreciation thread at the moment but these dudes are doing well.

Anyway, Orolbai had been doing well in LFA, but some critics had suggested he was maybe a bit wrestling heavy. In this fight he decided to strike and although he was in there with a bit of a journeyman he still looked impressive doing it, throwing with power and coming forward effectively before finishing the fights with one of the most brutal uppercuts you'll ever see. He then called for his UFC shot and he probably deserves it.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Quillan Salkilld

Country - Australia
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 23
Promotion - Eternal MMA
Team - Luistro Combat Academy
Record : 5-1

Quillan seems to have come out of nowhere to lead the pack of the Eternal MMA Lightweights over the past year or so. He really impressed me by knocking out Blake O'Donnelly in his last fight, but showed he has more than power and a good all round game in a 5 round decision against a ridiculously tough opponent.

Really good pressure boxer, but also a good wrestler and top BJJ players with good positional control, transitions, back takes and ground and pound. Looks to be a well rounded fighter who can be a problem for a while.

Was due to be on Road to UFC for an exhibition fight before losing his opponent to a tournament weight miss earlier in the year, so we know he's already on the radar and I can see why.

 

[TorontoTO]

Razhabali Shaydullaev

Country - Kyrgyzstan
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 23
Promotion - UAE Warriors
Team - Ilhas
Record : 9-0

I was mainly watching the UAE Warriors show for Amru and Renat and although those two were both really fucking impressive I left even more impressed by this dude as he casually ragdolled and choked a 12-1-1 Abdulmanap trained guy. Dude's scrambling, wrestling and backtakes are just unbelievable. Loved the way he just brute forced the choke through his chin too.

I immediately went back and watched some of his older fights and the dude is just doing what he wants to people. Serious prospect this one.

Thank god he avoided the ONE trap. Was almost booked to face nguyen on a prime card

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Thank god he avoided the ONE trap. Was almost booked to face nguyen on a prime card

Yeah I'm still a bit triggered Akbar Abdullaev seems to be stuck there

 

[TorontoTO]

Yeah I'm still a bit triggered Akbar Abdullaev seems to be stuck there

He's 26 so he might still escape but who knows, expect to see him once a year until then especially since he is ranked

 

[DrRodentia]

Razhabali Shaydullaev

Country - Kyrgyzstan
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 23
Promotion - UAE Warriors
Team - Ilhas
Record : 9-0

I was mainly watching the UAE Warriors show for Amru and Renat and although those two were both really fucking impressive I left even more impressed by this dude as he casually ragdolled and choked a 12-1-1 Abdulmanap trained guy. Dude's scrambling, wrestling and backtakes are just unbelievable. Loved the way he just brute forced the choke through his chin too.

I immediately went back and watched some of his older fights and the dude is just doing what he wants to people. Serious prospect this one.

Ill always bet on a guy that looks like that.

 

[Feniamin]

Midaev going up to 145?

Risky fight.

So, yes. And he was overweight and seems like Ignatiev refused to fight until he makes weight so Midaev went and shaved his head.

 

[Thesnake101]

Ignatiev won.

 

[The_Renaissance]

@Hellowhosthat

LFA
HW - Hugo Cunha (8-1) tapped out Eduardo Neves (7-3) in the 2nd round. Neves probably should give up on any UFC dreams now.
Same card, some lad called Camacho moved to 5-0 with a 1st round finish of previously unbeaten Uriel (4-1).

 

[Hellowhosthat]

@Hellowhosthat

LFA
HW - Hugo Cunha (8-1) tapped out Eduardo Neves (7-3) in the 2nd round. Neves probably should give up on any UFC dreams now.
Same card, some lad called Camacho moved to 5-0 with a 1st round finish of previously unbeaten Uriel (4-1).

Yeah, he's a quitter unfortunately, as soon as it's hard work he's out

 

[The_Renaissance]

Yeah, he's a quitter unfortunately, as soon as it's hard work he's out

Definitely seems like a front-runner who can't handle being the nail.

 

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@Hellowhosthat

LFA
HW - Hugo Cunha (8-1) tapped out Eduardo Neves (7-3) in the 2nd round. Neves probably should give up on any UFC dreams now.
Same card, some lad called Camacho moved to 5-0 with a 1st round finish of previously unbeaten Uriel (4-1).

PQD also got another first round finish on that same card, I seriously hope kid doesn't turn out to be a bust, looks very promising.

 

[HuskySamoan]

So, yes. And he was overweight and seems like Ignatiev refused to fight until he makes weight so Midaev went and shaved his head.

And Midaev looked much bigger than Evgeniy. I never understand fighters being so stupid about what weight they fight at, Evgeniy should be at 135lbs and in a major promotion as soon as possible.