Career Forecasting: Shah Kamali (Patreon)

In this piece, I will take a young/raw/inexperienced prospect. I'll break down the said fighter and give my prediction on the career trajectory of the highlighted fighter, Shah Kamali.

Kamali is already under a microscope being an undefeated heavyweight. He also fights out of the UK which is a hot market from all the big promotions (UFC/PFL/Bellator). He has that 2-0 pro record and he went 6-0 as an amateur as well. He's only 26 as well which is like being 12 at heavyweight.

Kamali has been all gas no breaks in his fighting career. All eight of his career fights he's finished inside the first round. In such a short amount of cage time he's shown a lot. Kamali has been taken down and dropped in previous fights. Off the takedown he bounced back up. Off the knockdown he was caught in a wild exchange. We still don't know how his cardio looks.

Kamali on the feet has a controlled chaos style. He'll rush in with furious output probably not pacing himself like he should. He hits like a truck and it can be felt from insight with clubbing hooks and short uppercuts. When he is on the outside he has a good jab and chops the leg kicks but he thrives in those brawls.

Not sure about his wrestling and ground game as a whole but has finishing upside. He has a guillotine but he wants to be on top. He has shows to have good top control and actively through ground and pound.

To be fully sold on him I have to see how he looks after three minutes. What I see for his future is PFL Europe. He seems like someone they'd go after early. They are more likely to pull the trigger before the UFC that probably wanna wait another year or two.