Limelight My big stupid hype trains thread.

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Axel Sola

Country - France
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 27
Promotion - Ares
Team - Boxing Squad
Record : 8-0-1

The boy's finally got himself a hype train after being in the rankings for an age at this point. Coming off a hard fought draw against Imavov in which he did get hurt he needed to put a stamp on his title against another of the endless Dagi's that keep getting thrown at him in Soslan Gagoev.

And boy did he put his foot down and show that he's the man in the division with his jab busting Gagoev up and mixing the cross and body kicks in well. When he wanted to wrestle he showed he could do that against the Dagestani fighter too en route to a second round finish.

Could well be the performance that gets him into the UFC if they decide to clear some of this bottleneck of regional lightweights.
 
October rankings

Fucking Heavyweight

#2 Talisson Teixeira got into the UFC off contender series



  1. Mario Pinto - 1998 - Portugal - Levels Fight League - 8-0
  2. Mario Piazzon - 1998 - Brazil – Centurion FC - 8-0
  3. Felipe Franco - 2001 - Brazil - Demo Fight – 8-0
  4. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 3-0 (New entry)
  5. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  6. Alexander Soldatkin – 1993 – Russia – GFC – 14-4 (Re-entry)
  7. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  8. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 5-1 (Re-entry)
  9. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 15-1-1 (New entry)
 
Light Heavyweight

#3 Diyar Nurgozhay and #5 Navajo Stirling both got a UFC contract on Contender Series

#7 Nasrudin Nasrudinov dropped divisions and sucked there

#10 Jacky Jeanne I dropped because I just don’t think it’s going to happen for him.

  1. Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev - 2001 - Turkey - Ares - 6-0
  2. Rasul Magomedov - 1995 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 6-0
  3. Luke Fernandez - 1995 - USA - CFFC - 3-0
  4. Arlind Berisha – 2000 – Albania – All Stars FN – 2-0
  5. Andres Ramos – 1995 – Cuba – FNC – 5-0
  6. Igor Glazkov - 1999 - Russia - Eagle FC - 10-0-1
  7. Rafael Tobias – 2003 – Brazil – FFC – 12-1
  8. Kerim Daidov - 1997 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 10-1
  9. Alik Lorenz – 1997 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  10. Billy Elekana – 1995 – USA – LOXF – 7-1 (New entry)
 
Middleweight

#5 Jacobe Smith, #8 Torrez Finney are both gone due to getting contender series contracts



I’ve dropped #16 Will Currie because the dude just isn’t improving

  1. Matej Penaz - 1996 - Czechia - Oktagon - 9-1
  2. Virgil Augen - 1997ish - France - Ares - 7-0
  3. Murtaza Talha - 1996 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 6-1
  4. Alain Van Der Merckt 1993 - Belgium - Levels Fight League - 8-0
  5. Ilian Bouafia - France - Hexagone - 5-0
  6. Azamat Bekoev - 1995 - Russia - LFA - 18-3
  7. Eli Aronov - 1996 - Israel - Unified MMA - 6-1
  8. Florian Aberger - Austian - Cage FS - 9-1
  9. Khabib Nabiev – Russia – UAE Warriors – 9-0
  10. Vitor Costa – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 8-1 (new entry)
  11. Dario Bellandi - Italy - Cage Warriors - 8-1
  12. Khaled Laalam - Sweden - UAE Warriors - 5-0
  13. Lucas Fernando - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  14. Tornike Gigauri - Georgia - GFC - 7-0
  15. Alibeg Suleimanov - 1997 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 5-0
  16. Theo Haig – 1996 – USA – LFA – 4-0 (new entry)
  17. Jackson McVey – 1999 – USA – LFA – 5-0 (new entry)
  18. Noach Blyden – 1992 – Netherlands – BRAVE – 5-1 (new entry)
  19. Yi Sak Lee - 2001ish - WKG - 6-0
  20. Christopher Ewert – 1993 – Chile – Fury FC – 4-0 (new entry)
  21. Lajuan Davis – 1997 – USA – Peak Fighting – 6-1 (re-entry)
 
Welterweight

  1. Michael Oliveira - 1998 - Brazil - LFA - 7-0
  2. Elizier Kubanza - DR Congo - BRAVE - 6-0
  3. Khotam Boynazarov - Uzbekistan - UAE Warriors - 9-0
  4. Isaac Moreno - 1997 - USA - Fury FC - 6-0
  5. Samandar Murodov - 1999 - Tajikistan - UAE Warriors - 11-0
  6. Taiyilake Nueraji - 2001 - China - WKG - 11-1
  7. Boris Medvedev - 1992ish - Russia - RCC - 18-2
  8. David Samuel – 2003ish – Russia – Nashe Delo – 3-0
  9. Islam Dulatov - 1999ish - Germany - Oktagon - 10-1
  10. Cezary Oleksiejczuk - 2000 - Poland - FEN - 13-3
  11. Geovanis Palacios - 1996 - Cuba - LFA - 7-0
  12. Murad Guseinov – 1998 – Russia – BRAVE – 8-0
  13. Carlos Leal - 1994 - Brazil - UAE Warriors - 21-5
  14. Kamal Magomedov - 1991 - Russia - BRAVE - 11-0
  15. Saygid Izagakhmaev - 1994 - Russia - Free Agent - 22-2
  16. Felix Klinkhammer - Germany - Ares - 10-0
  17. Tahir Abdullaev - 1997 - Azerbaijan - UAE Warriors - 17-2
  18. Temirkhan Temirkhanov - 1998 - Russia - RCC - 11-1
  19. Shakhban Alkhasov - 1996 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 8-1
  20. Ernesto Rodriguez - 1997 - Cuba - Tuff-n-Uff - 8-1
  21. Kody Steele - 1995 - USA - Fury FC - 6-0
  22. Luis Hernandez - 1996 - USA - Fury FC - 4-0
  23. Ray Waters - USA - Tuff-n-Uff - 5-0
  24. Nikola Joksovic – 1994 – Serbia – FNC – 15-0
  25. Austin Clayon – 1998 – USA – CFFC – 4-0 (new entry)
 
Lightweight

#7 Quillan Salkilld signed for the UFC through contender series.

#18 Abdullo Khodzhaev dropped out with a loss but only because it’s a deep division and I’m sure he’ll be back

  1. Marko Bojkovic – 2001 – Serbia – FNC – 7-0
  2. Amru Magomedov - 1999 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 8-0
  3. Si Won Park - 2002 - South Korea - Road FC - 7-0
  4. Eduard Vartanyan - 1991 - Russia - Nashe Delo - 26-4
  5. Losene Keita - 1997 - Guinea - Oktagon - 15-1
  6. Cristian Perez - 1999 - Mexico - Combate Global - 13-1
  7. Ramazan Gitinov - 1997 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 5-0
  8. Mansher Khera - 1992 - USA - Fury FC - 7-0
  9. Magomed Zaynukov – 1995 – Russia – UAE Warriors – 6-0
  10. Juan Pablo Vieira - 2003 - Brazil - LFA - 7-0
  11. Harry Webb - 1999 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 5-0
  12. Axel Sola - 1997 - France - Ares - 8-0-1
  13. Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga – 1999 – Japan – Tribe Tokyo – 9-0 (new entry)
  14. Jefferson Nascimento - Brazil - LFA - 11-0
  15. Marcelo Marques - 1997ish - Brazil - LFA - 10-0
  16. Eduardo Vazquez - 1998 - Mexico - Budo Sento - 8-0 (new entry)
  17. Nikita Kulshin - 2000 - Russia - LFA - 6-0
  18. George Hardwick - 1996 - England - Cage Warriors 13-2
  19. Vladislav Rudnev - 1996 - Ukraine - UAE Warriors - 10-0
  20. Felipe Douglas - 1992 - Brazil - Centurion FC - 24-6
  21. Magomed Kabardiev - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Nashe Delo - 10-1
  22. Magomed Magomedov – Bahrain – Octagon – 14-0
  23. Radley Da Silva – Canada – BFL – 6-1 (new entry)
  24. Luann Sardinha - 1996 - Brazil - Fusion - 8-0
  25. Ritchie Lewis - 1994 - USA - LFA - 6-0
 
Featherweight



#3 Austin Bashi and #6 Kevin Vallejos got UFC contracts on contender series.



I took Omok out of #10 as he’s a LW really

  1. Losene Keita - 1997 - Guinea - Oktagon - 15-1
  2. Icaro Brito – 1999 – Brazil – LFA – 7-1
  3. Evgeny Ignatiev - 1995 - Russia - RCC - 21-2-3
  4. Marcio Barbosa - 1998 - Brazil - LFA - 15-2
  5. Jose Delano - 1996 - Brazil - LFA - 14-3
  6. Tae Kyun Kim - South Korea - UAE Warriors - 10-1
  7. Joo Sang Soo – 1994ish – South Korea – Zombie Fight Night – 7-0
  8. Luke Riley - 1999 - England - Cage Warriors - 9-0
  9. Jose Ferreira - 1998 - Chile - LFA - 12-1
  10. Harry Hardwick 1995ish - England - Cage Warriors - 11-3-1
  11. Ramiro Jimenez - 1999 - Mexico - Combate Global - 10-0
  12. Igeu Kabesa - 1993 - DR Congo - EFC - 19-2
  13. Willian Souza - 1996 - Brazil - Jungle Fight - 13-2
  14. Keweny Lopes – 1995 – Brazil – LFA – 11-1-1
  15. Anzor Chakhaev - Russia - Fight Nights Global - 6-0
  16. Inglesson de Lara – 1994 – Brazil – LFA – 9-1
  17. Marsel Nurlanbek Uulu - 1997 - Kyrgyzstan - Octagon - 14-0
  18. Maike Linhares - 1993 - Brazil - Fury FC - 19-3
  19. Canaan Kawahaei - 1997 - United Fight League - 9-2
  20. Damien Anderson – 1997ish – USA – Fury FC – 3-0
  21. Max Holzer - 2002 - Germany - Oktagon - 8-0
  22. James Hendin – 1997 – England – Oktagon – 9-2
  23. Michael Aswell – 2000 – USA – Fury FC – 9-2 (new entry)
  24. Samuel Bark – Sweden – UAE Warriors – 10-2 (new entry)
  25. Mukhamed Eminov – 1997ish – Russia – Nashe Delo – 18-2-1 (re-entry)
 
Bantamweight

#1 David Martinez and #20 Elijah Smith got a UFC contract from contender series

  1. Asaf Chopurov – 2001 – Georgia – RCC – 5-0
  2. Santiago Luna – 2004 – Mexico – LXF (new entry)
  3. Rakhim Midaev - 1995 - Russia - RCC - 13-2
  4. Marcos Aurelio – 2004 – Brazil – LFA – 6-0
  5. Mitch McKee - 1997 - USA - LFA - 7-0
  6. Rodrigo Vera - 1995 - Peru - Fusion FC - 19-1-1
  7. Nkosi Ndebele - South Africa - BRAVE - 8-2
  8. Juan Diaz - 1998 - Peru - LUX - 12-1-1
  9. Aboubakar Younousov - France - Ares - 6-0
  10. Khuseyn Shaykhaev - 1997 - Russia - CFFC - 12-1
  11. Nicholas Hwende - 1997ish - Zimbabwe - BRAVE - 8-1
  12. John Sweeney - 1995 - USA - LFA - 14-3
  13. Youssouf Binate - 1997 - Ivory Coast - Ares - 5-0
  14. Bakhtovar Yunusov - 1998 - Tajikistan - MMA Series - 10-0
  15. Cody Chovacek – 1998 – Canada – Unified MMA – 7-0
  16. Yryskeldi Duysheev – 2001 – Kyrgyzstan – Road FC – 11-0
  17. Mehemmedeli Osmanli – 2004 – Azerbaijan – UAE Warriors – 9-0 (new entry)
  18. Louis Lee-Scott - 2000 - England - Ares - 8-0
  19. Ren Ozaki - 2002ish - Japan - DEEP - 6-1-2
  20. Otar Tanzilov - 1998 - Georgia - Octagon - 9-1
  21. Luciano Pereira - 2001 - Uruguay - Samurai Fight House - 13-1
  22. Mauricio Partida - 1998 - Venezuela - LUX - 8-0
  23. Giovanni Garcia – 2004ish – Brazil – LFA – 8-0
  24. Jonas Magard - 1992 - Denmark - Oktagon - 17-6
  25. Fernando Laurenco – 1994 – Brazil – LFA – 17-4
 
Flyweight


  1. Bilal Hasan- 2001 - USA - CFFC - 5-0
  2. Luiz Felipe Herculano - 1999 - Brazil - LFA - 7-0
  3. Alibi Idiris - 1995ish - Kazakhstan - Naiza FC - 10-0
  4. Jeremy de la Mata – 2003 – Peru – FFC – 6-0
  5. Phumi Nkuta - 1995 - USA - CFFC - 8-0
  6. Eduardo Chapolin - 1995 - Brazil - LFA - 13-2
  7. An Tuan Ho - 2000 - Vietnam - LFA - 6-1
  8. Iago Ribeiro - 1993 - Brazil - UAE Warriors - 13-3
  9. Luis Gurule - 1993 - USA - Fury FC - 9-0
  10. Sean Gauci – 1996 – Australia – HEX Fight Series – 9-1
  11. Imanol Rodriguez – 1999 – Mexico – Fury FC – 5-0 (new entry)
  12. Davi Bittencourt - 1994 - Brazil - Favela Combat - 16-4
  13. Jack Duffy - 1995 - USA - A1 Combat - 7-1
  14. Dias Erengaipov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Naiza FC - 15-3
  15. Marcos Degli - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  16. Damir Tolenov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 12-1
  17. Alisson Murillo - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 10-2
  18. Jarret Betancourt - 1998 - USA - All in Combat - 5-0
  19. Shawn Da Silva - 1996 - Germany - Cage Warriors - 6-1
  20. Andres Luna Martinetti - 1995 - Ecuador - Fusion FC - 15-1
  21. Marciano Ferreira – 1993 – Brazil – LFA – 13-3
  22. Lincon Santos – 1998 – Brazil – LFA – 9-2
  23. Christian Torres – 2000 – Mexico – Budo Sento – 8-0
  24. Nilson Rojas – 1999 – Chile – Open Fight Latam – 7-0 (new entry)
  25. Badmatsyren Dorzhiev - 1994 - Mongolia - CFFC - 8-1
 
Women's Bantamweight

  1. Sabrina De Sousa - 2000 - Brazil - BRAVE - 1-0
  2. Jasmine Favero - 2000 - Italy - Cage Warriors - 3-0
  3. Lucia Szabova - 1997 - Slovakia - Oktagon - 8-0
  4. Alice Pereira - 2005 - Brazil - Demo Fight – 5-0
  5. Emily Martins - 2004 - Brazil - CFFC - 2-1
  6. Melissa Croden - Canada - LFA - 5-2
 
Women's Flyweight

  1. Maritza Sanchez - 1998 - USA - Combate Global - 6-1
  2. Jacinta Austin - 1994 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 7-2
  3. Alexandra Tekenah - 1994 - France - Ares - 5-1
  4. Beatriz Consuli - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 4-0
  5. Cheyanne Bowers – 1994 – USA – LFA – 5-1 (new entry)
  6. Mafalda Carmona – 2001ish – Portugal – Kingdom Fighting – 7-2
  7. Marina Spasic – 1994ish – Serbia – FNC - 6-0
  8. Shannon Clark - 1992 - Canada - LFA - 5-1
  9. Veronika Borisova – 2001 – Russia – LFA – 6-1
  10. Sora Rakhmonova – 1998 – Kazakhstan – Naiza FC – 4-1
 
Strawweight



#17 Alexia Thainara got into the UFC from contender series (probably a bit underrated in retrospect)

  1. Julieta Martinez - 2004 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 7-0
  2. Natasha Kuziuntina - 1989 - Russia - LFA - 6-1
  3. Yasmin Guimaraes - 1995 - Brazil - LFA - 8-1
  4. Camila Reynoso - 2002 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 4-0
  5. Valesca Machado - 1995 - Brazil - A1 Combat - 14-4
  6. Valentina Escobar - 1998 - Chile - UAE Warriors - 6-0
  7. Giovana Canuto - 2002 - Brazil - LFA - 4-1
  8. Aleksandra Savicheva - 1999ish - Russia - Octagon - 6-1
  9. Gabriella Fujimoto - 2003 - Brazil - LFA - 6-0
  10. Jacinta Austin - 1994 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 7-2
  11. Aieza Bertolso - 2001 - Brazil - LFA - 4-0
  12. Benita Van Rooij - 1999ish - Netherlands - Levels Fight League - 5-0
  13. Ayan Tursyn - 1996 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 6-0
  14. Karen - 2003 - Japan - Shooto - 10-2
  15. Melissa Amaya – 1994 – USA – Combate Global – 7-0
  16. Carol Foro – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 5-1
  17. Assia Miri – 2003 – France – Ares – 2-1
  18. Lany Silva – 2002 – Brazil – LFA – 6-1
  19. Laura Vasconcelos – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 4-0 (new entry)
  20. Melissa Hurtado – 1999ish – Cuba – Ares – 3-0
  21. Rose Conceicao - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 7-1
  22. Sidney Trillo – USA – LFA – 4-1
  23. Yasmin Castanho - 1996 - Brazil - LFA - 6-1
  24. Tatiana Postarnakova – 2000 – Russia – Nashe Delo – 5-0
 
UAE Warriors is a tough organization and extremely competitive. It is common to see people with great undefeated record or only few loss clashing against each others early on in their careers. N°1 prospect factory on the world.

I saw many talents there. Won't be easy taking that road for upcoming fighters.
 
2 Fighters at LHW from Brazil I have my eye on atm are:

Vitor Costa He looked very hittable in his last fight, while he still got the first round finish a better striker might actually hurt him so I will see how he is gonna perform in the future.

Maycon Rodrigues At 21 years old this kid is still very young, his last fight he got a very experienced Opponent (20-8) and finished him in the second. It is hard to find footage on this kid but I expect him to get a prelim fight or something on a LFA card soon.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga

Country - Japan
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 24
Promotion - Tribe Tokyo
Team - Tribe Tokyo
Record : 9-0

It's an absolute ballache to find this guy's fights but thankfully Tribe Tokyo finally uploaded his recent win against former Bellator title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez so I was actually able to catch a full fight of his.

Anyway I wasn't disappointed as the guy looks great. Very smooth and poised on the feet, looked very patient and never got drawn into the kind of all action brawl that Sanchez favours. Hops in and out of the pocket, closing distance quickly to land his strikes and being gone when the opponent tries to throw back while mixing in nice leg kicks and having a nice high kick he throws from time to time. Kept doing that until he caught Sanchez and followed up to put him out of there.

Granted Sanchez isn't the same fighter that fought Patricio for the title in Bellator a few years ago but it's still impressive to make beating him look as easy as this.
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Ephoeviga also has an amateur win over Worlds Bronze Medalist in Freestyle Yuhi Fujinami.

Check out Mehemmedeli Osmanli, kids very good.
 
STAY GOLD said:
Got recked yesterday at APFC.
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Yeah, I think he's chinny, it's happened a couple of times now. Mecate who he lost to is decent though, beat Jesse Delgado who won on contenders too.

At least Ewert won to keep Chilean hopes alive.
 
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