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MMA Prospect Watch: The Most Impressive Fighters from January

2020 got off to a slow start for MMA, with nary a major event in the first two weeks of the new decade. But once it got going, did it ever. A number of prospects were in action as...
Nate Boucher NEF

Nate Boucher to NEF flyweights: “My takedowns can’t be stopped.”

Former NEF amateur flyweight champion Nate Boucher makes his Professional debut at NEF 42. There, he faces Chris Caterino at a catchweight of 140lbs. The card takes place February 8 in Portland, Maine. Nate was originally slated to fight Norman...
Mariya Agapova

15 Female Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2020

With three full divisions for female fighters, and a fourth that's constantly in limbo, there is always a need for fresh blood in the UFC's women's divisions. The UFC has about 3.2 divisions for the ladies (and we're being kind...
Miranda Maverick Invicta FC

Invicta FC 39: Miranda Maverick Hopes Fight Against High-Profile Pearl Gonzalez Leads to UFC...

Miranda Maverick has been on quite a roll recently. The Invicta flyweight has won four straight bouts, including her three-in-one-night performance at Invicta FC Phoenix Series 2. Winning that tournament, which consisted of a pair of one-round fights then...
Brandon Royval

10 Flyweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2020

Just over a year ago, it looked as if the UFC's flyweight division was dust in the wind. The weight class has refused to go quietly, however. It hasn't been easy being a UFC flyweight in the wake of Demetrious...
Timur Valiev

10 Bantamweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2020

Bantamweight has quietly become one of the strongest divisions in the UFC — what pieces could help complete the 135lb puzzle? The bantamweight division is awaiting (perhaps not so eagerly, if you're Petr Yan or Aljamain Sterling) a title fight...
Senzo Ikeda vs Lito Adiwang

Weekly MMA Prospect Report: CFFC 81 Takes Center Stage

ONE Championship is in action Friday, as is Abu Dhabi Warriors, but it will be Cage Fury that takes center stage in terms of MMA prospects to watch for this week. WXC 86 | Wednesday | US Featherweight: Collin Anglin (6-1) Collin...
Salahdine Parnasse

10 Featherweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2020

Max Holloway was been dethroned, and the Blessed Era is over, at least for now. Featherweight feels like a brand new weight class, but who should join it? The featherweight division produced the biggest star the UFC (and MMA) has...
Usman Nurmagomedov

10 Lightweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2020

Khabib-Tony might finally be happening, Conor is back (but maybe at welterweight). There's a lot going on in the lightweight division these days. Unless, of course, you're Justin Gaethje. In any event, the UFC's lightweight division is one of its...
Herbert Burns, UFC Raleigh

UFC Raleigh’s Debuting Fighters: How Will Nate Landwehr, Herbert Burns, Tony Gravely, and Jamahal...

In only the second event of the new year, a battle between former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and Curtis "Razor" Blaydes tops the UFC Raleigh card. The co-main event, meanwhile, features another former champion, Rafael dos Anjos,...

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Dakota Ditcheva Rips Body, Puts Away UFC Title Challenger Taila Santos...

Dakota Ditcheva, an undefeated flyweight talent who debuted with the PFL in 2022, was being looked at as the new female face of the...