My big stupid hype trains thread.

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Eduardo Penha

Country - USA
Weight Class - Bantamweight
Age : 29
Promotion - Tuff-n-Uff
Team - Sergio Penha BJJ Academy
Record : 6-0

The son of legendary coral belt Sergio Penha was absolutely rolling through lower level guys on the regionals, subbing everyone in the first. I was pretty interested to see how he'd do against his first proper test against one time UFC and DWCS vet Josh Weems and he responded by absolutely rolling through him and subbing him in the first with a lovely set up and finished D'arce.

He's already 29 but he didn't even have an amateur fight until he was 25/26 so having done his amateur career, then turned pro and since turning pro putting together a 6-0 record in about 30 months he's certainly keeping active enough.

Three fights in the last four months suggests he's looking to get himself on the Contender Series this year.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
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In Soo Hwang

Country - South Korea
Weight Class - Middleweight
Age : 31
Promotion - Road FC
Team - KPW Single Combat
Record : 8-1

Finally being active again after a couple of years off, Hwang is pretty much the most chill fighter in the world. He's kind of the ultimate counter fighter as he calmly sets dudes up to fuck up so he can counter them while looking ridiculously relaxed like he's waiting in the line at the shop rather than in a cage fighting. Seems pretty hard to take down too, although he maybe does spend a bit too much time letting guys push him against the cage.

Still, the way he sets up the timing on his strikes and makes each one count is a sight to behold. I'm not quite sure what the UFC brass would make of his style, but for me he'd be a really interesting puzzle to watch guys at that level try and figure out.

Also probably has the coolest tattoos in the sport, so sign him just for that. Handsome fucker too.
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Banging tatts. Looks kinda small for a MW though?
 
The_Renaissance said:
Banging tatts. Looks kinda small for a MW though?
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5'11 according to tap so definitely small, even more so if his game centers around counter striking. Ferreira has been able to get away with being a fire hydrant so far because he's hyper aggressive, a more passive guy would just get picked off at range.
 
Thesnake101 said:
5'11 according to tap so definitely small, even more so if his game centers around counter striking. Ferreira has been able to get away with being a fire hydrant so far because he's hyper aggressive, a more passive guy would just get picked off at range.
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Yeah, screams welterweight to me. He's nowhere near the build of guys like Ferreira, Finney etc either. He'd get mauled at 185lbs in the UFC.
 
Adrian Lee, the younger brother of Christian Lee is currently 3-0 with a 100% finish rate.

He has a wrestling background in the amateurs, won a few tournaments. Probably a good prospect with a bright future since he is very young.
 
Ara tech said:
Adrian Lee, the younger brother of Christian Lee is currently 3-0 with a 100% finish rate.

He has a wrestling background in the amateurs, won a few tournaments. Probably a good prospect with a bright future since he is very young.
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Sad when they burn out so early... like his sister... bring him up slowly.. no pressure
 
STAY GOLD said:
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.
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As expected.
 
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Artur Minev

Country - Ukraine
Weight Class - Lightweight
Age : 21
Promotion - Fury FC
Team - Syndicate
Record : 5-0

Looked a great prospect in his fight with Keefe in his first step up. Had a lot of finishes previously but against cans and this was his first fight against a decent level regional guy. Boxing looked really good, feinting and jabbing, but doing so to try and set up big power punches rather than trying to pick Keefe apart. About halfway through the round he set up a big overhand that came behind the jab and absolutely nuked Keefe.

That kind of boxing with fight ending power definitely makes him one to keep an eye out for even if I haven't seen him in any kind of adversity yet.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Flyweight

21. Andres Luna Martinetti - 1995 - Ecuador - Fusion FC - 15-1
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He competed in the EBI on Sunday and got choked out bad with a gogoplata.

Not sure if you follow his twin brother Adrian as well. He fought on a card that was streamed on UFC Fight Pass on Saturday night and won by first round TKO as his opponent suffered a shoulder injury. It was a layup match as his opponent was making his debut.

Both are very talented fighters, but need to stay active and move up in competition.

Pegajoso was also as the EBI and went 1-1.
 
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Hellowhosthat said:
The joys of Heavyweight

  1. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 4-0
  2. Mario Piazzon - 1998 - Brazil – Centurion FC - 8-0
  3. Marsel Sychev – 1997 – Belarus – RCC – 4-1
  4. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  5. Alexander Soldatkin – 1993 – Russia – GFC – 14-5
  6. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  7. Joel lier – 2001 – USA – Fury FC – 3-0
  8. Lazar Todev – 1995 – Bulgaria – Oktagon – 11-6
  9. Roman Likashevich – 1991 – Belarus – UAE Warriors – 10-0
  10. Aleksandr Maslov – 1993 – Russia – MMA Series – 11-1 (Re-entry)
  11. Josh Hokit - 1997 – USA – LFA – 3-0
  12. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 5-1
  13. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 16-1-1

Not much happened really, I put Maslov back in as he doesn't seem to be with ACA anymore. He's not that great but hey it's HW. Nobody really fought.
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You never listed Uran Satybaldiev UFC just signed, did you consider him?
 
David Street said:
You never listed Uran Satybaldiev UFC just signed, did you consider him?
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He's a 205lb'er, he took the fight on short notice at HW and was about 60lbs lighter than Buday, haha. I'm sure TS has listed Uran in the LHW at one point, around the time he was supposed to be on Contender Series.
 
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Arlind Berisha

Country - Albania
Weight Class - Light Heavyweight
Age : 24
Promotion - Fight Club Rush
Team - Sarpsborg Chi
Record : 4-0

This guy looks like he has UFC rankings potential to me. Had a very good amateur career and is adapting really well to the pros where he's looking much better each time I see him. Seems to find it hard to find fights which is understandable on the Swedish regional scene but smashing the guys who have the balls to fight him.

Really good long punches, really good high kicks and very violent ground and pound. Seems to have the athletic ability that is lacking in a lot of fighters at the higher weights too. Could well go straight onto the Contender Series this summer even though it'd maybe be a big jump in comp for him it's just tough to see what else he does.
 
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Luis Ivan Rodriguez

Country - Mexico
Weight Class - Flyweight
Age : 25
Promotion - LUX Fight League
Team - UFC PI Mexico
Record : 9-1

Yet another Mexican flyweight and fast improving kid who looks better every time I see him. Lost when he was quite inexperienced against possibly the best LATAM champ who hasn't moved onto a bigger promotion in Jorge Calvo but since selected to train at the Mexico City PI and has been on an absolute roll since then, slicing through people in the first round. In his last fight he easily subbed recent title challenger Alexandro Bravo, showcasing impressive back takes and relentless early attacking of chokes and then next logical step would seem to be a rematch with Calvo for the title and if he can get that done then surely the UFC beckons.
 
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Joao Pedro Moreira

Country - Brazil
Weight Class - Featherweight
Age : 24
Promotion - LFA
Team - Bonfim Brothers
Record : 7-1

Very impressed with this guy on first watch. He trains with the Bonfim brothers and was fighting an undefeated dude in Gustavo Riberio who I'd seen beat other undefeated dudes before. Looks a really good counter fighter as he was timing great leg kicks as Ribeiro tried to walk him down. Threw some excellent straight counter punches in there too and as soon as he had Ribeiro buzzed he picked his shot and melted him with a cross. Only loss was in his 2nd fight against another highly lauded prospect in Juan Pablo Vieira so I'm not reading much into that. Looks a very interesting prospect.
 
April rankings

The joys of Heavyweight

The RIZIN GP raided the rankings a bit as if they weren’t shit enough already with #5 Alexander Soldatkin going there with #10 Alexander Maslov going back to ACA

  1. Shah Kamali – 1999ish – England – Levels Fight League – 4-0
  2. Josh Hokit - 1997 – USA – LFA – 4-0 (up 9 places)
  3. Marsel Sychev – 1997 – Belarus – RCC – 4-1
  4. Odie Delaney - 1989 - USA - Alaska FC - 5-0
  5. Denzel Freeman – 1991 – USA – LFA – 6-1 (up 7 places)
  6. Bailey Schoenfelder - 1997 - USA - CFFC - 5-1
  7. Joel :eek::eek::eek:lier – 2001 – USA – Fury FC – 3-0
  8. Roman Lukashevich – 1991 – Belarus – UAE Warriors – 10-0
  9. Lazar Todev – 1995 – Bulgaria – Oktagon – 11-7
  10. Azamat Nuftillaev – 1994 – Uzbekistan – Open FC – 16-1-1

#2 Mario Piazzon got KO’d by a random can so forget about him.

Hokit had a solid win in LFA and goes very high in the list because the division sucks.

Freeman climbs a bit too after winning the LFA belt against Cunha

Todev drops a tiny bit after losing a close one with Fleury but I’ll keep him on for now because numbers are low.
 
Light Heavyweight

#3 Boris Mbarga Atangana seems to have been picked up by PFL

  1. Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev - 2001 - Turkey - Ares - 6-0
  2. Arlind Berisha – 2000 – Albania – Fight Club Rush – 4-0 (up 3 places)
  3. Luke Fernandez - 1995 - USA - CFFC - 4-0
  4. Rasul Magomedov - 1995 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 7-0
  5. Felipe Franco – 2001 – Brazil – Demo Fight – 8-0
  6. Rafael Tobias – 2003 – Brazil – FFC – 12-1
  7. Emilio Quissua – 1997 – Germany – UAE Warriors – 6-0
  8. Andres Ramos – 1995 – Cuba – FNC – 5-1
  9. Kerim Daidov - 1997 - Kazakhstan - Octagon - 10-1
  10. Akhmed Gasanov – Russia – Hardcore FC – 10-0
  11. Jakob Nedoh – 1996 – Slovenia – FNC – 8-3 (New entry)
  12. Igor Glazkov - 1999 - Russia - RCCC - 11-1-1
  13. Alik Lorenz – 1997 – USA – LFA – 6-1

Berisha moves up after really impressing me in his last win.

Nedoh got let go by the PFL because they hate depth and he’s still young and isn’t bad so I stuck him in.
 
Middleweight

  1. Baysangur Susurkaev – 2001 – Russia – Fury FC – 8-0
  2. Matej Penaz - 1996 - Czechia - Oktagon - 10-1
  3. Virgil Augen - 1997ish - France - Ares - 8-0
  4. Norbert Novenyi Jr – 1999 – Hungary – Hexagone - 7-1
  5. Dani Barbir – Croatia – FNC – 7-0
  6. In Soo Hwang – 1994 – South Korea – Road FC – 8-1
  7. Ilian Bouafia - France - Hexagone - 6-0
  8. Murtaza Talha - 1996 - Bahrain - BRAVE - 7-1
  9. Khabib Nabiev – 1999 - Russia – UAE Warriors – 10-0
  10. Christopher Ewert – 1993 – Chile – Fury FC – 7-0
  11. Vitor Costa – 2000 – Brazil – Jungle Fight – 8-1
  12. Alibeg Suleimanov - 1997 - Russia - UAE Warriors - 6-0
  13. Khaled Laalam - Sweden - UAE Warriors - 6-0
  14. Theo Haig – 1996 – USA – LFA – 6-0
  15. Neemias Santana – 1997 – Brazil – LFA – 7-2-1 (new entry)
  16. Lucas Fernando - 1997 - Brazil - LFA - 11-3
  17. Reese Watkins – 2001 – USA – Fury FC – 5-1
  18. Tornike Gigauri - Georgia - GFC - 7-0
  19. Dario Bellandi - Italy - Cage Warriors - 9-1
  20. Jackson McVey – 1999 – USA – LFA – 5-0
  21. Noach Blyden – 1992 – Netherlands – BRAVE – 6-1
  22. Lajuan Davis – 1997 – USA – Peak Fighting – 6-1
 
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