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For years MMA matchmakers, pundits, and fans have sought out the next generation of stars. A reality show, such as "The Ultimate Fighter" is the perfect vehicle for bringing young talent to the forefront. However, for other fighters, they have had to make their own way, having to compete for years on small shows or undercards of medium sized events—all in an attempt to impress someone enough to earn a shot on the big stage. MMA Spot's David McKinney and J.A. Yount combed through hundreds of fighters to pinpoint 15 of the best fighters that many people have not heard of, but should know.

1. Eduardo Pamplona (13-2) Welterweight
Aside from being one of the meanest looking fighters on the face of the planet, the Brazilian Muay Thai specialist is also one of the biggest 170-pound fighters in the world. In his 2007 International Fight League bout with Robbie Lawler, Pamplona completed dwarfed the top-ten middleweight and appeared to be stronger and willing to trade with the slugger. Currently riding an eight-fight winning streak dating back to that loss to Lawler in 2007, the 35-year-old is now training at Black House in Los Angeles and is looking to become more active in the near future. He boasts victories over Jorge "Macaco" Patino, Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, and Daniel Acacio, and has competed in Shooto, Pancrase, and M-1 Challenge along with the one time in the IFL.


2. Givanildo “The Arm Collector” Santana (15-1) Middleweight
“The Arm Collector”—there may be no better nickname in all of the sport. Santana owns 13 of 15 wins by armbar, including 12 in a row at one point in his career. Although he has competed for promotions such as EliteXC and M-1, he has yet to find the right fit in one of the bigger organizations, partly because there are very few established middleweights willing to put their arms on the line against him. Santana’s submission ability is unquestioned and in recent bouts he has shown a vastly improved striking game. Expect to see the Santana in one of the major organizations in the next year.


3. Alexis “The Exorcist” Vila (9-0) Flyweight
One of the baddest 125-pound fighters on the planet, undefeated Cuban native Alexis Vila is currently training with the killers at American Top Team. His life has had ups and downs—including a three-year stint in prison after driving his car directly into the Ft. Lauderdale International Airport—but his MMA career has only been ups so far as he continues to dominate progressively stronger competition. The former two-time world champion wrestler and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist may be long in the tooth at 39 years old, but he feels that he still has many years left to compete and recently called out any 125- or 135-pound fighter in the world. So far there have been no takers.


4. Jimi “The Poster Boy” Manuwa (9-0) Light Heavyweight
Jimi “The Poster Boy” Manuwa has the size, talent, and personality to become one of the biggest stars in the sport. At 28 years old Manuwa is still learning the sport, but has been impressive since his first outing, finishing all nine of his bouts to date. His striking power will always be his strength, but he has shown great improvements in his jiu-jitsu, wrestling and Muay Thai. The only negative against the former power lifter is his durability, having battled injuries on-and-off for a few years. Currently the Ultimate Challenge MMA light heavyweight champion, he has almost outgrown the European circuit and should soon be looking to make an impact internationally.


5. Mike “Lil Hulk” Easton (10-1) Bantamweight
Despite not having competed in nearly a year and a half, the Ultimate Warrior Challenge bantamweight champion and Lloyd Irvin product is still one of the best prospects in the sport. Easton is the quintessential fighter of the new generation: he loves to strike, but his ground game is even more dangerous. On top of being a solid prospect, Easton has boosted his resume with wins over top ten flyweight John Dodson and former WEC bantamweight champion Chase Beebe. No plans are currently in place for Easton to return to the cage in the near future, but when he does, expect him to possibly get a look from the UFC.


6. Renan "Barao" Pegado (25-1) Bantamweight
Twenty-five consecutive wins, 12 submissions, six TKOs, even two wins in the WEC—yet, Renan “Barao” do Nascimento Mota Pegado is still unknown to most MMA fans. The 24-year-old Nova Uniao product has been impressive throughout his winning streak, rarely losing a round. His two WEC appearances have come by submission, hopefully earning him a television spot soon. Expect big things from him as the new UFC bantamweight division begins to settle out amidst the recent upheaval.

7. Stanislav “Staki” Nedkov (11-0) Light Heavyweight
This fierce Bulgarian has had his UFC debut put on hold multiple times due to injuries to whether his own or his opponents. However, once he makes his debut there should not be much doubt as to why he is a star in the making. Nedkov’s power, together with his grappling ability makes him a very dangerous opponent. His two Sengoku bouts against Kevin Randleman and Travis Wiuff are his biggest wins in his career. Nedkov has been compared to current UFC fighters Karlos Vemola.


.....8-15 HERE

El Guapo!

Dana White talks about Michael Bispings punishment, GSP v Silva, Chael Sonnen, and the return of the UFC to Ireland.



http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/15/dana-white-talks-michael-bispings-punishment-chael-sonnens-fu/

Xlami

http://www.cagepotato.com/easter-sunday-video-tribute-back-from-the-dead-fights/


Great page with videos of best comebacks in MMA.

Sid_Justice

sandywh wrote: »

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I'm not distubing that list but just it's very easy for a mediocre fighter to like classy and very exciting when fighting a weak fighter. The last clip for example the guys wearing the tshirt...

SuperWoody101

Fight Hound's Alan Keane talks to Gary Morris & Brian Moore about there upcoming fight at the TuffNut Promotions 5: Bad Intentions MMA event.

Interviews: Gary Morris & Brian Moore.

fightireland

Sorry but Machida and Steven Seagal take it to a new level with their latest carry on - video is long but worth a look.

http://www.fightireland.com/2011/05/steven-seagal-teaching-lyoto-machida.html

Its probably all nonsense but it's very funny all the same!

sandywh

MMA Spot - Thomas Fires Back At New Talk From Mayorga

Over a year removed from a fight that never was, the friction between Din Thomas and Ricardo Mayorga has still not subsided. Mayorga has continuously made statements regarding fights with mixed martial arts fighters and has been largely ignored, until now. As the one-year mark from the failed Shine Fights “Worlds Collide” event that was to be headlined by Mayorga vs. Thomas passed, Thomas—who has not fought since then—still wants to settle the score with the former boxing champion.

In a statement to MMA Spot’s Andrew Yount, the nine-time UFC veteran relit the flame that the two began burning over a year ago.

Din Thomas wrote:

“Comedian Steve Harvey said, ‘Dogs don't bark at parked cars...they only bark at cars that are moving.’ This couldn't be more evident than all the Chihuahua style yappin' from Ricardo Mayorga. It's easy to yap when there’s people to protect him at press conferences, weigh-ins, and now on Twitter. He claims to want to fight Nick Diaz, B.J. Penn, and myself, of course. He had his chance with me at Shine Fights last May in Fayetteville, N.C. and he didn't show up.”

Thomas went on to explain how he saw the situation surrounding Mayorga’s unwillingness to step into the ring against him last May............>>Continue Reading<<

kainer2

Cage Warriors 43 in London on July 9th has a pretty big MW fight signed between the highly regarded UK fighter Jack Mason (15-7-0) and the TUF 11 and Bellator veteran Norman Paraisy (9-1-1-1nc).


http://www.yourmma.tv/news/details.asp/id/1594/jack-mason-norman-paraisy-cage-warriors-43-main-event.htm

kainer2

And Cage Warriors Fight Night 1 in Jordan also makes Sherdog.com

Veach-Madadi Title Bout Headlines CWFC Debut in Jordan

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Veach-Madadi-Title-Bout-Headlines-CWFC-Debut-in-Jordan-32824

sandywh

kainer2 wrote: »

And Cage Warriors Fight Night 1 in Jordan also makes Sherdog.com

Veach-Madadi Title Bout Headlines CWFC Debut in Jordan

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Veach-Madadi-Title-Bout-Headlines-CWFC-Debut-in-Jordan-32824

that is so awesome!

SuperWoody101

We also have an Events Calendar on the the site.

Happy to plug any upcoming Irish event.

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fightireland

Ahead of tomorrow's TUF 13 Finale - here's some vids of the finalists before they were ruined by TUF :-P

http://www.fightireland.com/2011/06/unknowns-ramsey-nijem-and-tony-ferguson.html

:-)

fightireland

Dont know if you are aware of Genghis Con's work as a film make but this is just top drawer stuff - THIS is the standard for MMA vids IMO.

Danillo Villefort @ Shark Fights 14

http://www.fightireland.com/2011/06/another-day-danillo-villefort-by.html

fightireland

Folks,

We were delighted to get a chance to talk to Conor about a range of topics - ranging from punching people - to the Irish MMA scene - and his "family" at SBG.

I hope you enjoy the read

http://www.fightireland.com/2011/06/conor-mcgregor-future-of-irish-mma.html

fightireland

Another one for you folks as we got to speak to SBG Head Coach John Kavanagh and got his thoughts on all things MMA.

Next up we'll be speaking to Paul Cowzer and John Ferguson ahead of Cage Contender X.

Enjoy:

http://www.fightireland.com/2011/06/mma-pioneer-john-kavanagh-in-another.html

SevereMMA

SevereMMA.com: You recently announced that a number of UFC veterans have been signed to Cage Contender, and that Champion Cathal ‘The Punisher’ Pendred (9-2-1) will face Chris ‘The Westside Strangler’ Brennan (19-13-1). Any other matchups you would like to reveal?

John Ferguson: This fight has been postponed due to Cathal being injured, there will be a full announcement in regards to replacements etc soon.

But I can confirm that international grappling wizard Gunnar Nelson will be making his return to the Cage Contender octagon at this event!

More at http://severemma.com/2011/12/20/cage-contender-promoter-john-ferguson/

SevereMMA

SevereMMA.com - With Cage Contender having announced the signings of top fighters like Gunnar Nelson and Dean Lister, how much bigger do you see Cage Contender getting in 2012?

Stuart - I think we’ve only really reached the tip of the iceberg in terms of how big this promotion can be. There’s a reason why we’ve become so successful and that reason is John Ferguson. The bottom line is that people like and trust him, and he always follows through on his word which is why every gym in the country and beyond wants to have their fighters on the show. Every time we put on an event it gets a packed house in excess of 3.000 so the atmosphere at Cage Contender is unrivalled in Ireland, plus all the fights are well-matched and there is always entertainment for even a novice MMA fan. It’s very exciting this year to have so many UFC vets taking on our champions, and giving these Irish guys a chance to increase their profile and progress their careers. The UFC has been expanding very quickly too and is bound to be looking at more European expansion so we’re in an excellent position to capitalise on this potential growth.

Full interview - http://severemma.com/2012/01/09/interview-cage-contender-commentator-stuart-mcquitty/

SevereMMA

Exclusive Video from the Cage Contender Awards last night in Belfast - Interview with Cage Contender featherweight champion OWEN RODDY

http://severemma.com/2012/01/15/exclusive-video-interview-with-cage-contender-champ-owen-roddy/

El Guapo!

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jan 17, 2012 at 12:05 pm ET
The USA TODAY Sports Media Group announced today that its MMA destination, MMAjunkie.com, will be the exclusive online home for live coverage of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship events in 2012.

Cage Warriors, the top MMA circuit in the U.K. and Europe, has sent many top prospects on to compete within organizations including the UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator. Additionally, many other notables – including Brian Foster, Matt Veach and Pascal Krauss – have competed within the fighter-friendly promotion.

MMAjunkie.com will provide free live streams of all 16 Cage Warriors shows in the coming year, including three during the month of February.

Cage Warriors has already scheduled 16 events in 13 countries for 2012, including events in England, Lebanon, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Turkey and Russia.

Additionally, a prospects-rich eight-man middleweight tournament will determine a new titleholder while notables such as Rosi Sexton and Aisling Daly are part of a four-slot women's championship tournament.

"We're excited to bring more great fights to our MMAjunkie.com community," said MMAjunkie.com editor-in-chief and co-founder Dann Stupp. "Our past Cage Warriors streams have been a big hit with Junkie Nation, and we look forward to streaming even more."

As part of the agreement, MMAjunkie.com will stream all live main cards from Cage Warriors' 2012 schedule. Preliminary-card bouts will stream live on Cage Warriors' Facebook page.

"To have one of the biggest MMA websites in the world partner with Cage Warriors is a big deal to our team," said Cage Warriors director Graham Boylan. "It shows that Cage Warriors is a promotion that ranks with the best when MMAjunkie.com decides to be our exclusive partner.

"Cage Warriors will showcase the fighters to the rest of the world and open the eyes of the bigger organizations to the talent that's out there, as we are one of the top feeder shows and will continue to grow talent for the big guns. We are very proud to say our media partner is MMAjunkie.com and the USA TODAY Sports Media Group."

In addition to MMAjunkie.com's online stream, Cage Warriors broadcasts its events on Sky Sports (U.K.), Fight Now TV (U.S.) and The Fight Network (Canada), among other TV outlets.

The 2012 Cage Warriors schedule includes:

• Saturday, Feb. 11 – Beirut, Lebanon (CWFC Fight Night 3)
• Saturday, Feb. 18 – London, United Kingdom (CWFC 45)
• Thursday, Feb. 23 – Ukraine (CWFC 46)
• Friday, March 16 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Thursday, April 12 – Saudi Arabia
• Thursday, May 3 – Qatar
• Saturday, May TBA – Dublin, Ireland
• Saturday, June 16 - Turkey
• Saturday, July 7 – Poland
• Saturday, July 21 – London, United Kingdom
• Saturday, July 28 – Ukraine
• Thursday, Aug. 30 – Amman, Jordan
• Saturday, September (TBA) – Russia (TBA)
• Friday, Oct. 19 – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Saturday, Nov. 17 – Hungary
• Friday, Nov. 30 – Kuwait
• Friday, Dec. 14 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This has to be great news for all Irish fighters getting a chance to fight on a Cage Warriors card. With the events streaming on MMAjunkie.com the extra exposure these guys will get could help attract the attention of the UFC and get a few Irish lads in the organisation.

theboxingclinic

Ties in nicely with what I said about duffy and mcgregor having great management

MA Fighter News

Hi Everyone Martial Arts Fighter News is launching a new online magazine, you can check it out on the facebook page for more info. But they are offering free advertising to for first 20 adverts sent in & are accepting all martial arts related news in Ireland. Here is the link

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martial-Arts-Fighter-News/197223387021630[IMG][/img]

SuperWoody101

MA Fighter News wrote: »

Hi Everyone Martial Arts Fighter News is launching a new online magazine, you can check it out on the facebook page for more info. But they are offering free advertising to for first 20 adverts sent in & are accepting all martial arts related news in Ireland. Here is the link

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martial-Arts-Fighter-News/197223387021630[IMG][/img]

Best of luck with it lads, if we can help in any way just let us know.

MA Fighter News

Thanks a million SuperWoody101. We're going to publish all news articles that we get in so if you have any news particular in relation to the Marus Davis Seminar that is coming up just send it on.....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martia...97223387021630

SuperWoody101

This Saturday Man of War returned with a great card for their third event and first since Shiel took the Middleweight title from Fadipe in October. The card consisted of 10 bouts; 2 contested under the junior class rules, 6 C-class rules fights (3 of which were for a title) and two pro bouts, both for titles. The two headline fights we’re international affairs as the Boxing Clinic’s Malko brothers took on fighters representing Team Pythagore in France. This was the first Irish MMA event of 2012 and the standard has been set. Saturday’s card showcased the best young fighters in the country and fans we’re treated to nine first round finishes. The hugely entertaining fights were accompanied by great production quality and congratulations to Stefan Moriarty and anyone else that helped organise the event.

Man Of War 3: The Review.

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SuperWoody101 wrote: »

Best of luck with it lads, if we can help in any way just let us know.