My big stupid hype trains thread.

[Hellowhosthat]

Ken Sekeletu

Country - Zambia
Weight Class - Featherweight
Age : 24
Promotion - EFC Africa
Team - Not sure
Record : 6-0

Really impressed by this guy, I think he's the next great African hope. Really impressive striker with nice control of range and very sharp striking with good speed. Beat Jean-Jacques Lubaya who was also on my radar in a really impressive performance and then crushed Vince Bembe with an early body kick.

He's got a big test of his wrestling coming up in TUF veteran Roedie Roets coming up soon, but if he manages to pass that then he looks every inch a UFC fighter.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Boris Mbarga Atangana

Country - Belgium
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - King of Fighters
Team - Not sure
Record : 5-0

Very active guy who between his amateur and pro bouts has fought 13 times in the last three years since making his ammy debut. Willing to take fights at 205 or 265 but would for sure be 205 in a big promotion.

Physically he's a very gifted guy who's very strong, powerful and explosive. He also seems to have decent enough stamina to go with it, especially for a muscular guy at a higher weight class. He had to go three rounds against Alexis Kiti and although Kiti made it tough he found enough to keep pushing and get a choke at the end of the third before stepping up to heavyweight to demolish UFC vet Raphael Pessoa.

He seems to be developing nice striking, with some really nice rips to the body and decent footwork, his grappling seems to be coming along well and he's especially good at doing damage when he's on top.

Seems to be rapidly developing and has all the physical tools so definitely someone the UFC should pick up imo.

 

[Koala]

Boris Mbarga Atangana

Country - Belgium
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 26
Promotion - King of Fighters
Team - Not sure
Record : 5-0

Very active guy who between his amateur and pro bouts has fought 13 times in the last three years since making his ammy debut. Willing to take fights at 205 or 265 but would for sure be 205 in a big promotion.

Physically he's a very gifted guy who's very strong, powerful and explosive. He also seems to have decent enough stamina to go with it, especially for a muscular guy at a higher weight class. He had to go three rounds against Alexis Kiti and although Kiti made it tough he found enough to keep pushing and get a choke at the end of the third before stepping up to heavyweight to demolish UFC vet Raphael Pessoa.

He seems to be developing nice striking, with some really nice rips to the body and decent footwork, his grappling seems to be coming along well and he's especially good at doing damage when he's on top.

Seems to be rapidly developing and has all the physical tools so definitely someone the UFC should pick up imo.

He's Team Sendo with Habirora, Akhdim, and Boulabarj. I think he's more of a MW than a LHW. He has a DDP-Cannonier body type (around 1.8-1.85m jacked). He fought a tall LHW (Kiti?), looked small, and struggled a bit
At LHW, Bafodé Gassama looks like a good prospect

Middleweight
Ilian Bouafia - France - Hexagone - 5-0

He is signed with Ares, he fought for Hexagone only because Ares didn't have events during the summer

Bantamweight

1. Asaf Chopurov – 2001 – Georgia – RCC – 7-0

He's from Azerbaijan

Strawweight
Assia Miri – 2003 – France – Ares – 2-1

Retired

 

[Hellowhosthat]

He's Team Sendo with Habirora, Akhdim, and Boulabarj. I think he's more of a MW than a LHW. He has a DDP-Cannonier body type (around 1.8-1.85m jacked). He fought a tall LHW (Kiti?), looked small, and struggled a bit
At LHW, Bafodé Gassama looks like a good prospect

He is signed with Ares, he fought for Hexagone only because Ares didn't have events during the summer

He's from Azerbaijan

Retired

Sucks about Miri. One loss and she retires.

 

[Feniamin]

He's Team Sendo with Habirora, Akhdim, and Boulabarj. I think he's more of a MW than a LHW. He has a DDP-Cannonier body type (around 1.8-1.85m jacked). He fought a tall LHW (Kiti?), looked small, and struggled a bit
At LHW, Bafodé Gassama looks like a good prospect

He is signed with Ares, he fought for Hexagone only because Ares didn't have events during the summer

He's from Azerbaijan

Retired

Chopurov is not from Azerbaijan. He was born in Georgia and lives in Russia.

 

[Koala]

Chopurov is not from Azerbaijan. He was born in Georgia and lives in Russia.

His last fight (timestamped)

 

[Feniamin]

Can't watch it, what is there? If he walks out with flag then there is Belal, Barberena, Shahbazyan (Americans who represent some other countries/places). I think in UFC both Sadykhov and Fiziev walks out with Azerbaijani flag while being born in other countries and living their lives outside of Azerbaijan.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

His last fight (timestamped)

Asaf seems to be repping someone different every time he fights.

 

[STAY GOLD]

Strawweight

1. Julieta Martinez - 2004 - Argentina - Samurai Fight House - 8-0

She just signed with Upper Sports Management. They manage many LATAM fighters like Lazy Boy and a ton of the fighters that train at the UFC PI in Mexico City.

I’m not saying we won’t, but now there’s a chance she won’t fight in SFH again. Given the UFC passed on her because of her age, she’ll probably pop up in LUX as they’re close with Upper.

 

[Joinho10]

The upcoming Uae Warriors card looks good on paper. Has both Amru Magomedov and Zaynukov(Sparring partner for Islam). Amru is facing a solid opponent with UFC experience in Alex da Silva. Will be fun to see that matchup. Hopefully Amru does well and the UFC picks him up.