Brogan Anderson Archives - Cageside Press Cageside Press - Everything MMA! Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://cagesidepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-cagesidepress512-3-32x32.png Brogan Anderson Archives - Cageside Press 32 32 10 Middleweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2022 https://cagesidepress.com/2022/01/09/10-middleweight-prospects-the-ufc-should-sign-in-2022/ https://cagesidepress.com/2022/01/09/10-middleweight-prospects-the-ufc-should-sign-in-2022/#respond Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:51:04 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=122083 The middleweight division remains ruled by dazzling kickboxer Israel Adesanya, who will defend his title this February against Robert Whittaker. That’s the second straight rematch for “The Last Stylebender,” who is quickly running through all the opponents he can find at 185lbs. We’ve got 10 picks for additions the UFC could make to the weight […]

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]]> The middleweight division remains ruled by dazzling kickboxer Israel Adesanya, who will defend his title this February against Robert Whittaker. That’s the second straight rematch for “The Last Stylebender,” who is quickly running through all the opponents he can find at 185lbs.

We’ve got 10 picks for additions the UFC could make to the weight class this year. But before we get started, here’s a look at last year’s list, featuring current UFC roster members Alex Pereira, Caio Borralho, Isi Fitikefu, and Rinat Fakhretdinov all signing with the UFC in 2020.

Alex Pereira
Aaron Jeffery
Ayub Gimbatov
Caio Borralho
Hashen Arkhagha
Isi Fitikefu
Rinat Fakhretdinov
Ramazan Kuramagomedov
Shamil Abdulaev
Vladimir Mineev

Before we move on, here’s the previous entries in our 2022 “10 Prospects” series.

10 Heavyweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2022

10 Light Heavyweight Prospects the UFC Should Sign in 2022

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]]> https://cagesidepress.com/2022/01/09/10-middleweight-prospects-the-ufc-should-sign-in-2022/feed/ 0 Blind Reacting to Five MMA Prospects Vol. 2 https://cagesidepress.com/2021/12/27/blind-reacting-five-mma-prospects-vol-2/ https://cagesidepress.com/2021/12/27/blind-reacting-five-mma-prospects-vol-2/#respond Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:45:45 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=122171 We’re back with another five prospects to look in this second instalment of our Blind Reacting series. There are plenty of solid prospects floating around in the MMA world, and any one of them could be your next Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, or Demetrious Johnson. We cover a slew of them each and every […]

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]]> We’re back with another five prospects to look in this second instalment of our Blind Reacting series. There are plenty of solid prospects floating around in the MMA world, and any one of them could be your next Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, or Demetrious Johnson. We cover a slew of them each and every week in our Weekly MMA Prospect Report. Beyond that, here are five more prospects to consider — prospects we’ve never seen, nor covered, before.

Lightweight, Nick Fiore (3-0)

Pros

  • Submission threat
  • Utilizes trips well in the clinch
  • Active ground and pound
  • Scrambles well
  • Good back take

Cons

  • One-dimensional

Fiore is a member of the New England Cartel training with the likes of former UFC fighters Rob Font and Calvin Kattar. Alongside MMA Fiore often competes in various jiu-jitsu competitions. Jiu-jitsu competitions where Fiore finds a lot of success.

Looking back to his only loss, which was an amateur, the setback came from a slam knockout. Nothing where he was knocked out clean but just a freak thing that happened. As an amateur, Fiore won the Combat Zone featherweight title and today he competes at lightweight/catchweight. Two of his three pro wins come against journeyman Jay Ellis whose record today is 16-102. Not the best combined record of his opponents but is at least beating much more experienced fighters.

I’m not certain what my expectations are on Fiore. He’s a really good jiu-jitsu guy but his stand-up, in general, is questionable. Even his wrestling I’m not sure of. He’s really good at getting the fight down from the clinch but in space, it’s still a question mark. With all that said I’m not saying his striking is bad or even his defense. He usually takes his opponents down so quickly you never see his stand-up. Grappling on the other hand with what he’s shown so far is superb. Going from takedowns to dominant positions so quickly is impressive. He scrambles really well and will attack submission to submission. Fiore will actively throw ground and pound to get the eventual stoppage or soften up his opponent. It’s tough to determine even how good his grappling is beating the low-level opponents he’s beat. Overall I just have to see much more.

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