Which young Lightweight will have the best UFC career? (Part 3)

[mattandbenny]

Welcome to the 3rd 'UFC prospect' thread - the other 2 are below.

Featherweight Thread: http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/which-young-featherweight-will-have-the-best-ufc-career.3256619/
Bantamweight Thread: http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/which-young-bantamweight-will-have-the-best-career.3256099/

So Currently the standings are:

Featherweight
1) Yair Rodriguez - 36.4% of vote
2) Doo Ho Choi - 27.1% of vote
3) Mirsad Bektic - 16.8% of vote

Bantamweight
1) Cody Garbrandt - 37.8% of vote
2) Michael McDonald - 17.1% of vote
3) Aljamain Sterling - 15.9% of vote


Now on to the Lightweights. Rules are 1) Max age of 26 and 2) Max 6 UFC fights.

Sage Northcutt - 20 Year Old - 7-1 MMA (2-1 UFC)
Jake Matthews - 21 Years Old - 10-1 MMA (4-1 UFC)
Stevie Ray - 26 Years Old - 19-5 MMA (3-0 UFC)
Islam Makhachev - 24 Years Old - 12-1 MMA (1-1 UFC)
Glaico Franca - 25 Years Old - 13-3 MMA (1-1 UFC)
Johnny Case - 26 Years Old - 22-5 MMA (4-1 UFC)
Tony Martin - 26 Years Old - 10-3 MMA (2-3 UFC)

 

[VitorReem]

Jake

 

[skysolo]

Jake

 

[rraaju]

damn, you just made me realise.. lw got nothing on fw or bw

 

[GrAtI]

Jake

 

[Gabe]

Out of those, probably Matthews.

 

[BeeCee]

So happy to see the poll results for Matthews thought i was one of very few noticing that kids skills

 

[ortizgnp]

Serious question? Obviously Sage.

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

You forgot Mairbek Taisumov and Rashid Magomedov TS. I choose Mairbek.

ah shit he's 27.

 

[PureLite]

Honestly Sage Northcutt

People like to troll him, but he had flashes of greatness.

 

[StiG85]

I got Jake Matthews on this one, closely followed by Sage. But no vote for nr 2!

 

[mattandbenny]

Personally i took a risk and went for Stevie Ray. Maybe a bit of bias cause he's a Brit, but he has looked great in his 3 UFC fights. Only down side is he is 26 compared to Sage & Jake who are 20 & 21.

 

[Vinzr]

Jake Matthews.

But I'm actually surprised he is leading by a fair margin.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

As a fighter right?? Jake Matthews is the correct answer.

As a model/sex symbol/role model? People seems to love Sage Northcutt.

 

[heavyarms21]

Northcutt I think has all the physical tools , just waiting to see toughness in the long run , LW is a shark tank he will be tested

 

[mattandbenny]

As a fighter right?? Jake Matthews is the correct answer.

As a model/sex symbol/role model? People seems to love Sage Northcutt.

I think a lot of people underestimate his fighting ability. He has very good stand up, good wrestling, and is extremely explosive. Needs to work hard on his ground game, but the kid is 20 - got to the UFC 5-10 years before most do.

 

[VitorReem]

Jake would absolutely massacre northcutt

 

[SalvadorAllende]

I think a lot of people underestimate his fighting ability. He has very good stand up, good wrestling, and is extremely explosive. Needs to work hard on his ground game, but the kid is 20 - got to the UFC 5-10 years before most do.

Meh. I like the guy and I would absolutely love for him to do well. Im all aboard his hype train.

But I question his thoughness and his desire to fight. He seems like an amazing athlete and a good kid, but I just dont think he has "it".

 

[ArtemV]

Islam Makhachev would tap Matthews, Ray, Northcutt and Case.

 

[mattandbenny]

The Makhachev hype train got derailed a little when he got KO'd by Adriano Martins. But I do like him - a vet like Martins came way too soon for Makachev, he got thrown to the wolves to an extent. Shame he's since had the problems with banned substances, which has also slowed his progress.