Will UFC pick up free agent Yaroslav Amosov

[Hellowhosthat]

Granted he lost the title in his last fight but there's obviously a lot of shit going on in Ukraine and I'm not sure what his training camp was like. He was 27-0 and Bellator champ prior to that.

UFC doesn't usually sign people coming off losses though so would they make an exception here or would he need to go and win a fight in LFA or something first?

 

[HuskySamoan]

Granted he lost the title in his last fight but there's obviously a lot of shit going on in Ukraine and I'm not sure what his training camp was like. He was 27-0 and Bellator champ prior to that.

UFC doesn't usually sign people coming off losses though so would they make an exception here or would he need to go and win a fight in LFA or something first?

I'm kinda skeptical. If they sign Yaroslav and he does well...it makes PFL/Bellator look amazing because Jason Jackson beat Yaroslav and Kuramagomedov beat Jackson in a close fight. And if Yaroslav does poorly, it's sorta a waste for them too. And he's not very exciting and doesn't really speak English. Should they sign him? Of course, but they sign soup cans mostly and people can't tell the difference.

I've sorta lost interest in Yaroslav honestly, getting shut down by Jason Jackson and those grueling fights vs Storley don't scream "world beater" to me.

 

[El Panteron]

He's a very good fighter and any company interested in being the home for top talent should give it a go, but I don't think the UFC is interested in that, they want to have the best 3-5 guys and a bunch of mediocre brawlers to prop them up ideally.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I'm kinda skeptical. If they sign Yaroslav and he does well...it makes PFL/Bellator look amazing because Jason Jackson beat Yaroslav and Kuramagomedov beat Jackson in a close fight. And if Yaroslav does poorly, it's sorta a waste for them too. And he's not very exciting and doesn't really speak English. Should they sign him? Of course, but they sign soup cans mostly and people can't tell the difference.

I've sorta lost interest in Yaroslav honestly, getting shut down by Jason Jackson and those grueling fights vs Storley don't scream "world beater" to me.

Second fight with Storley wasn't gruelling, he was kicking his ass the whole time. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for the Jackson fight as it was an outlier for him performance wise.

 

[chinarice]

Amosov is as good as Islam Makhachev, respective to their division. Look at that record!

All that matters is the record and the level of comp they fought is irrelevant. I learned that from coming here.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Amosov is as good as Islam Makhachev, respective to their division. Look at that record!

All that matters is the record and the level of comp they fought is irrelevant. I learned that from coming here.

Islam is goated with the sauce. Yaroslav is solid but mid without sauce.

 

[Johnnny]

Amosov shouldn't sign with the UFC. Basically all of the best welterweights in the world are outside of the UFC.

Ramazam Kuramagomedov
Jason Jackson
Yaroslav Amosov
Shamil Musaev
Magomed Umalatov

The UFC's welterweight rankings are filled with inferior older fighters that rank squat. The only one that might be as good as those 5 is Shavkat Rakhmonov, but he fights infrequently (only 6 fights in the last 5 years) and was beaten by Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov twice.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Amosov shouldn't sign with the UFC. Basically all of the best welterweights in the world are outside of the UFC.

Ramazam Kuramagomedov
Jason Jackson
Yaroslav Amosov
Shamil Musaev
Magomed Umalatov

The UFC's welterweight rankings are filled with inferior older fighters that rank squat. The only one that might be as good as those 5 is Shavkat Rakhmonov, but he fights infrequently (only 6 fights in the last 5 years) and was beaten by Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov twice.

Ramazan isn't elite imo. Jordan Williams should have got the win over him on contender series and Jackson went with the wrong game plan. Musaev will kick the fuck out of him imo.

Tumenov is better than Umalatov for me too at the moment.

 

[pankrat]

Ramazan isn't elite imo. Jordan Williams should have got the win over him on contender series and Jackson went with the wrong game plan. Musaev will kick the fuck out of him imo.

Tumenov is better than Umalatov for me too at the moment.

Ramazan is close to elite status imo, if by elite we mean top10 caliber in UFC.
The Williams fight for him was 5 years ago, when he was pretty young.

I dont know if Magomedkerimov is retired or what, but he is another solid Russian talent at WW.
Musaev is the real deal.

 

[Bubzeh]

Would be a lovely addition but he doesn't fit Dana's 12/12 or ultimate striking championship model does he sadly.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Ramazan is close to elite status imo, if by elite we mean top10 caliber in UFC.
The Williams fight for him was 5 years ago, when he was pretty young.

I dont know if Magomedkerimov is retired or what, but he is another solid Russian talent at WW.
Musaev is the real deal.

Magomedkerimov isn't retired, he was supposed to get a champs vs champs fight and then just didn't fight this season (I think it's smart to take a year off from the PFL schedule sometimes if you can afford to as it wrecks some guys careers.

I think Ramazan would probably just about be top 10 in the UFC, but I don't think he's an example of welterweights outside the UFC being better than ones inside the UFC. Musaev is for sure the non UFC guy with the argument for being the best in the world.

 

[The_Renaissance]

I'm kinda skeptical. If they sign Yaroslav and he does well...it makes PFL/Bellator look amazing because Jason Jackson beat Yaroslav and Kuramagomedov beat Jackson in a close fight. And if Yaroslav does poorly, it's sorta a waste for them too. And he's not very exciting and doesn't really speak English. Should they sign him? Of course, but they sign soup cans mostly and people can't tell the difference.

I've sorta lost interest in Yaroslav honestly, getting shut down by Jason Jackson and those grueling fights vs Storley don't scream "world beater" to me.

This is my view too, I'm just not arsed about him.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

no because UFC only signs neckbeards if they're exciting or know another popular neckbeard already established in the UFC

 

[Hellowhosthat]

no because UFC only signs neckbeards if they're exciting or know another popular neckbeard already established in the UFC

He's not a neckbeard, he's a Ukrainian with a regular beard.

 

[theincognito]

Definitely not on a loss. He will have to get a win or two.

Reinier de Ridder is the free agent they need to go after right now.

 

[Thesnake101]

Doubt they'd pursue him on a loss, it's not like he's Ben Saunders.

 

[blaseblase]

I'm kinda skeptical. If they sign Yaroslav and he does well...it makes PFL/Bellator look amazing because Jason Jackson beat Yaroslav and Kuramagomedov beat Jackson in a close fight. And if Yaroslav does poorly, it's sorta a waste for them too. And he's not very exciting and doesn't really speak English. Should they sign him? Of course, but they sign soup cans mostly and people can't tell the difference.

I've sorta lost interest in Yaroslav honestly, getting shut down by Jason Jackson and those grueling fights vs Storley don't scream "world beater" to me.

They don't think that way, that didn't prevent them from getting Chandler. Thinking "what if this guy does well" is really stupid. No one cares about that. It's a fake concern.

That said, I doubt they are going to pay him what he was making in Bellator so I don't see it happening.

 

[RockyLockridge]

no.

UFC doesn't sign proven prospective good fighters, they ask for too much. They will sign Younger unproven prospects and for less and market them as goats.

Definitely not on a loss. He will have to get a win or two.

Reinier de Ridder is the free agent they need to go after right now.

They won't sign De Ridder either.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

He's not a neckbeard, he's a Ukrainian with a regular beard.

it's the same thing to the UFC. you gotta be extraordinary for them to sign anyone from that area. they literally got rid of an undefeated 24 yr old because they didn't like the cut of his jib. they signed Evloev because he was undefeated and finishing everyone, then he came to UFC and became a backpack, i'm sure they regret that signing too. the casuals don't care about Amosov so why should UFC? other people in this thread have also pointed out reasons not to sign him and that's just the icing on the cake.

if he gets a bunch of tattoos, shaves his beard and dyes his hair and starts cutting 80s WWF promos on podcasts or starts training twitter THEN they'll be interested. trust me bro.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

no.

UFC doesn't sign proven prospective good fighters, they ask for too much. They will sign Younger unproven prospects and for less and market them as goats.



They won't sign De Ridder either.

you also have to be exciting, have a marketable look, or have some kind of gimmick. sad days of MMA but hey, at least the kids like it right?