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Luciano Pereira

Country - Uruguay
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 23
Promotion - Samurai Fight House
Team - Combate Vlamir
Record : 14-1

He hasn't really fought anyone yet but fuck it, I'm backing this kid because he's just a physical tank.

He made his name as a flyweight, got a fight on the contender series but got too thick, missed weight and now seems to have accepted that he's a bantamweight.

Fight wise he reminds me of John Lineker a bit. Just tanky as fuck and comes forward throwing hard hooks. He's got a really explosive double leg he takes people down with and in his fight at the weekend he was just dropping massive Kevin Randleman style knees to the body from side control which were really hurting his poor opponent before he decided to drop a few hard hammerfists for the finish.

There's still a bit of a question mark as to what happens when he comes up against real competition but I really like him.
 
November rankings



Fucking Heavyweight

#1 Mario Pinto got into the UFC from the contender series and #3 Felipe Franco dropped to 205.

  1. Mario Pazzon - 1998 - Brazil – Centurion FC - 8-0 (honestly an awful number one but it is what it is)
  2. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 3-0
  3. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  4. Alexander Soldatkin – 1993 – Russia – GFC – 15-4
  5. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  6. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  7. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 15-1-1
 
Light Heavyweight

  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. Felipe Franco – 2001 – Brazil – Demo Fight – 8-0 (Division change)
  5. Arlind Berisha – 2000 – Albania – All Stars FN – 2-0
  6. Andres Ramos – 1995 – Cuba – FNC – 5-0
  7. Boris Mbarga Atangana – 1999ish – Belgium – KOF – 3-0 (New entry)
  8. Igor Glazkov - 1999 - Russia - Eagle FC - 11-0-1
  9. Rafael Tobias – 2003 – Brazil – FFC – 12-1
  10. Kerim Daidov - 1997 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 10-1
  11. Alik Lorenz – 1997 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  12. Billy Elekana – 1995 – USA – LOXF – 7-1
 
Middleweight



Since last time #4 AlaIn Van Der Merckt signed for KSW

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



Since last time #9 Islam Dulatov and #21 Kody Steele signed for the UFC through Contender Series and #13 Carlos Leal signed directly

  1. Michael Oliveira - 1998 - Brazil - LFA - 7-0
  2. Khotam Boynazarov - Uzbekistan - UAE Warriors - 10-0
  3. Elizier Kubanza - DR Congo - BRAVE - 6-0
  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. Cezary Oleksiejczuk - 2000 - Poland - FEN - 14-3
  10. Geovanis Palacios - 1996 - Cuba - LFA - 7-0
  11. Temirkhan Temirkhanov - 1998 - Russia - RCC - 11-1
  12. Murad Guseinov – 1998 – Russia – BRAVE – 8-0
  13. Saygid Izagakhmaev - 1994 - Russia - Free Agent - 22-2
  14. Felix Klinkhammer - Germany - Ares - 10-0
  15. Tahir Abdullaev - 1997 - Azerbaijan - UAE Warriors - 17-3
  16. Shakhban Alkhasov - 1996 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 8-1
  17. Austin Clayon – 1998 – USA – CFFC – 4-0
  18. Ernesto Rodriguez - 1997 - Cuba - Tuff-n-Uff – 9-1
  19. Luis Hernandez - 1996 - USA - Fury FC - 4-0
  20. Ray Waters - USA - Tuff-n-Uff - 5-0
  21. Richard Martins – Brazil – LFA – 8-1 (re-entry)
  22. Mukhiddin Mamazhonov – 1992ish – Uzbekistan – MPL – 7-0 (re-entry)
  23. Nikola Joksovic – 1994 – Serbia – FNC – 15-0
  24. Kaik Brito – 1997 – Brazil – Oktagon (re-entry)
  25. Justin Burlinson – 1997 – England – Cage Warriors (re-entry)
 
Lightweight

  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
  14. Damian Rzepecki – 2002ish – Poland – FEN – 7-0 (New entry)
  15. Jefferson Nascimento - Brazil - LFA - 11-0
  16. Marcelo Marques - 1997ish - Brazil - LFA - 10-0
  17. Eduardo Vazquez - 1998 - Mexico - Budo Sento - 8-0
  18. Sayat Abduali – 2004ish – Kazakhstan – Octagon (New entry)
  19. Nikita Kulshin - 2000 - Russia - LFA - 6-0
  20. George Hardwick - 1996 - England - Cage Warriors 13-2
  21. Vladislav Rudnev - 1996 - Ukraine - UAE Warriors - 10-0
  22. Felipe Douglas - 1992 - Brazil - Centurion FC - 24-6
  23. Magomed Kabardiev - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Nashe Delo - 10-1
  24. Magomed Magomedov – Bahrain – Octagon – 14-0
  25. Radley Da Silva – Canada – BFL – 6-1
 
Featherweight


  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 - 10-0
  9. Harry Hardwick 1995ish - England - Cage Warriors - 11-3-1
  10. Ramiro Jimenez - 1999 - Mexico - Combate Global - 10-0
  11. Inglesson de Lara – 1994 – Brazil – LFA – 10-1 (up 5 places)
  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 - 7-0
  16. Marsel Nurlanbek Uulu - 1997 - Kyrgyzstan - Octagon - 14-0
  17. Maike Linhares - 1993 - Brazil - Fury FC - 19-3
  18. Canaan Kawahaei - 1997 - United Fight League - 9-2
  19. Damien Anderson – 1997ish – USA – Fury FC – 3-0
  20. Max Holzer - 2002 - Germany - Oktagon - 9-0
  21. Mochamed Machaev – 1999 – Austria – Oktagon – 9-2 (Re-entry)
  22. Michael Aswell – 2000 – USA – Fury FC – 9-2
  23. Samuel Bark – Sweden – UAE Warriors – 11-2
  24. Mukhamed Eminov – 1997ish – Russia – Nashe Delo – 18-2-1
  25. Ilias Bulaid – 1995 – Morocco – BRAVE (6-0) (New entry)
 
Bantamweight

  1. Asaf Chopurov – 2001 – Georgia – RCC – 6-0
  2. Santiago Luna – 2004 – Mexico – LXF – 5-0
  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. Christian McAuley – 1999 – USA – CFFC – 5-0 (New-entry)
  13. Luciano Pereira – 2001- Uruguay – Samurai Fight House – 13-1 (Up 8 places)
  14. John Sweeney - 1995 - USA - LFA - 14-3
  15. Youssouf Binate - 1997 - Ivory Coast - Ares - 5-0
  16. Bakhtovar Yunusov - 1998 - Tajikistan - MMA Series - 10-0
  17. Cody Chovacek – 1998 – Canada – Unified MMA – 7-0
  18. Yryskeldi Duysheev – 2001 – Kyrgyzstan – Road FC – 11-0
  19. Mehemmedeli Osmanli – 2004 – Azerbaijan – UAE Warriors – 9-0
  20. Louis Lee-Scott - 2000 - England - Ares - 8-0
  21. Ren Ozaki - 2002ish - Japan - DEEP - 6-1-2
  22. Hecher Sosa – 1995 – Spain – Wow FC – 10-1 (New-entry)
  23. Gabriel Martinez – 2002 – Argentina – Samurai Fight House (New entry)
  24. Otar Tanzilov - 1998 - Georgia - Octagon - 9-1
  25. Mauricio Partida - 1998 - Venezuela - LUX - 8-0
 
Flyweight

#9 Luis Gurule signed for the UFC

  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. Oscar Miguel – 2001 – Peru – FFC – 14-1 (New entry)
  8. An Tuan Ho - 2000 - Vietnam - LFA - 6-1
  9. Iago Ribeiro - 1993 - Brazil - UAE Warriors - 13-3
  10. Imanol Rodriguez – 1999 – Mexico – Fury FC – 5-0
  11. Sean Gauci – 1996 – Australia – HEX Fight Series – 10-1
  12. Davi Bittencourt - 1994 - Brazil - Favela Combat - 16-4
  13. Dias Erengaipov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Naiza FC - 15-3
  14. Marcos Degli - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  15. Jack Duffy - 1995 - USA - A1 Combat - 7-1
  16. Damir Tolenov - 1995 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 12-1
  17. Alisson Murillo - 2000 - Brazil - LFA - 11-2
  18. Jarret Betancourt - 1998 - USA - All in Combat - 5-0
  19. Andres Luna Martinetti - 1995 - Ecuador - Fusion FC - 15-1
  20. Shawn Da Silva - 1996 - Germany - Cage Warriors - 6-1
  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
  25. Paris Moran – 1996 – USA – Fury FC – 12-2 (New entry)
 
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. Melissa Croden - Canada - LFA - 6-2
  6. Emily Martins - 2004 - Brazil - CFFC - 2-1
  7. Beatriz Mesquita – 1991 – Brazil – LFA – 2-0 (New entry)
  8. Cecilie Bolander – 1994ish – Norway – Oktagon (New entry)
 
Women's Flyweight

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

  1. Julieta Martinez - 2004 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 8-0
  2. Natasha Kuziuntina - 1989 - Russia - LFA - 6-1
  3. Yasmin Guimaraes - 1995 - Brazil - LFA - 8-1
  4. Camila Reynoso - 2002 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 5-0
  5. Giovana Canuto - 2002 - Brazil - LFA - 5-1
  6. Valesca Machado - 1995 - Brazil - A1 Combat - 14-4
  7. Aleksandra Savicheva - 1999ish - Russia - Octagon - 6-1
  8. Gabriella Fujimoto - 2003 - Brazil - LFA - 6-0
  9. Jacinta Austin - 1994 - Australia - Eternal MMA - 8-2
  10. Aieza Bertolso - 2001 - Brazil - LFA - 4-0
  11. Hailai Wusamo – 2000 – China – Happy Elephant – 8-1 (New entry)
  12. Valentina Escobar - 1998 - Chile - UAE Warriors - 6-1
  13. Benita Van Rooij - 1999ish - Netherlands - Levels Fight League - 5-0
  14. Ayan Tursyn - 1996 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 6-0
  15. Karen - 2003 - Japan - Shooto - 10-2
  16. Melissa Amaya – 1994 – USA – Combate Global – 7-0
  17. Carol Foro – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 5-1
  18. Assia Miri – 2003 – France – Ares – 2-1
  19. Lany Silva – 2002 – Brazil – LFA – 6-1
  20. Laura Vasconcelos – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 4-0
  21. Delphine Benouaich – 1995ish – France – KOF – 5-0 (New entry)
  22. Marina Monteiro – 2001ish – Brazil – LFA – 5-0 (New entry)
  23. Melissa Hurtado – 1999ish – Cuba – Ares – 3-0
  24. Rose Conceicao - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 7-1
  25. Sidney Trillo – USA – LFA – 4-1
 
Hellowhosthat said:
November rankings



Fucking Heavyweight

#1 Mario Pinto got into the UFC from the contender series and #3 Felipe Franco dropped to 205.

  1. Mario Pazzon - 1998 - Brazil – Centurion FC - 8-0 (honestly an awful number one but it is what it is)
  2. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 3-0
  3. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  4. Alexander Soldatkin – 1993 – Russia – GFC – 15-4
  5. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  6. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  7. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 15-1-1
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I fucking love the sheer hatred you have of doing this division, every time! Hahaha! That's a depressing 7 I agree, but HW seems to ebb and flow a bit, sometimes the prospects list is actually decent but then they all get snapped up at 6-0 or something.
 
Bouafia is fighting for Ares, he has a fight scheduled next month. He fought for Hexagone once because Ares didn't have a lined card
Laallam is around 30yo - roughly the same age as Chimaev
Your ranking of Si Won Park makes me interested in watching him as Keita and Vartanyan are elite
Do you have Eminov ranked at FW and not Kabdrakhmanov because the refereeing of the fight was shady?
I also like Asaf Chopurov
 
Koala said:
Bouafia is fighting for Ares, he has a fight scheduled next month. He fought for Hexagone once because Ares didn't have a lined card
Laallam is around 30yo - roughly the same age as Chimaev
Your ranking of Si Won Park makes me interested in watching him as Keita and Vartanyan are elite
Do you have Eminov ranked at FW and not Kabdrakhmanov because the refereeing of the fight was shady?
I also like Asaf Chopurov
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I put Eminov back in because that fight was after a long layoff so I think he was rusty and he was much better against a top level guy in Ignatiev.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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Luciano Pereira

Country - Uruguay
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 23
Promotion - Samurai Fight House
Team - Combate Vlamir
Record : 14-1

He hasn't really fought anyone yet but fuck it, I'm backing this kid because he's just a physical tank.

He made his name as a flyweight, got a fight on the contender series but got too thick, missed weight and now seems to have accepted that he's a bantamweight.

Fight wise he reminds me of John Lineker a bit. Just tanky as fuck and comes forward throwing hard hooks. He's got a really explosive double leg he takes people down with and in his fight at the weekend he was just dropping massive Kevin Randleman style knees to the body from side control which were really hurting his poor opponent before he decided to drop a few hard hammerfists for the finish.

There's still a bit of a question mark as to what happens when he comes up against real competition but I really like him.
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I’m a fan. Glad he’s getting some recognition. His brother fights as well, but he’s not as good.

I wanted to watch Gabi Martinez yesterday, but SFH can’t get their streams right. I know he won and he KO’d Ziller who was Luciano’s rival previously.
 
STAY GOLD said:
I’m a fan. Glad he’s getting some recognition. His brother fights as well, but he’s not as good.

I wanted to watch Gabi Martinez yesterday, but SFH can’t get their streams right. I know he won and he KO’d Ziller who was Luciano’s rival previously.
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I saw it, it's on their full card Youtube stream. Dude did very well.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
I saw it, it's on their full card Youtube stream. Dude did very well.
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The stream took a dive during Cami Reynoso’s fight I think it was.

Not sure you’re aware, but they’re all under the same management team — Luciano, Vallejos, Juli and Gabi.

I just hope they keep Vallejos, Juli, Gabi and Luciano as far away from the Goat Shed Academy as possible. These kids need to go to a better gym than that once they begin competing on bigger international events.
 
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STAY GOLD said:
The stream took a dive during Cami Reynoso’s fight I think it was.

Nit sure you’re aware, but they’re all under the same management team — Luciano, Vallejos, Juli and Gabi.

I just hope they keep Vallejos, Juli, Gabi and Luciano as far away from the Goat Shed Academy as possible. These kids need to go to a better gym than that once they begin competing on bigger international events.
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I imagine they'll all probably end up at the PI in Mexico.
 
They just got rid of Robelis Desapaigne. Since's he's not UFC anymore he is now a proper subject of discussion here. Big hype train, although I'm sure he is probably very smart.
 
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