Coming into 2022 there are tons of promising up-and-comers plying their trade in the UFC. Fighters who have made it to the big show, but who are still working their way up the ladder.
That means there are plenty of UFC athletes to keep an eye on. We’ve got our top 20 compiled, consisting of unranked fighters with five fights or less inside the UFC cage.
First, here is a recap of the 20 UFC prospects we chose last year:
- Movsar Evloev (2-0 in 2021 and now ranked #13)
- Arman Tsarukyan (2-0 in 2021 and now ranked #13)
- Ilia Topuria (1-0 in 2021)
- Sean Brady (2-0 in 2021 and now ranked #9)
- Mudaerji Su (1-0 in 2021 and now ranked #13)
- Kyler Phillips (1-1 in 2021 and FOTN bonus)
- Miguel Baeza (0-2 in 2021 but both FOTN bonuses)
- Brad Riddell (1-1 in 2021 with both FOTN bonuses while now being ranked #14)
- Mounir Lazzez (0-1 in 2021)
- Guram Kutateladze (Didn’t fight in 2021)
- Duško Todorović (1-2 in 2021)
- Lerone Murphy (2-0 in 2021)
- Damis Ismagulov (1-0 in 2021)
- Alexander Romanov (2-0 in 2021)
- Ludovit Klein (0-2 in 2021)
- Tafon Nchukwi (1-1 in 2021)
- Makhmud Muradov (1-1 in 2021 with a POTN bonus)
- Jack Shore (2-0 in 2021)
- Joe Solecki (1-1 in 2021)
- Mariya Agapova (1-0 in 2021)
Now, let’s take a look at this year’s 20 UFC prospects to watch out for.
