Prospects to watch this week: (Patreon)

Running late this week so I'll go brief with who I'm looking at for this week.

Featherweight, Ken Sekeletu already moved to 5-0. He's someone on my radar. Although I didn't get to watch the fight he beat a good fighter to keep his "0"

Strawweight, Valesca Machado is probably a win away from the UFC. She's coming off a highlight-reel knockout so she's riding a lot of momentum. Machado is a solid striker who is wild but technical. She hits hard, especially for WMMA. She can really be a star in the future. She's looking to improve to 14-4 against some Russian girl with a good record but not good tape

Bantamweight, Kate Bacik is not someone I'm high on but I'm taking slight notice of. She is 31 so it's now or never for her. After watching her I'm impressed with her ground game as she's super aggressive with improving her position and mostly attacking the submissions. She has a high work rate constantly looking to finish the fight. Her stand-up isn't great but makes up for it with her pressure. Bacik is gonna attempt to move to 5-1 this weekend.

Giulliany Perêa is an atomweight and I'm not sure if she's 31 or 32 but I'll give her a mention. Only 1-0 as a pro but in that one fight she won the Shooto Brasil title. As an amateur, she went 14-2 and won IMMAF gold last year. Perêa has a lot of success in MMA. She's a bulldozer whos a big threat once she finds the takedowns. Nasty ground and pound and will go for broke going for submissions.

Taiyilake Nueraji is probably a win away from the UFC but what's the point of fighting a 1-1 fighter? I still question the level of fighter Nueraji is outside of a guy that could get meme knockouts. He is a super fun fighter and violent finisher. He is only 23 and welterweight needs all the new blood it can get. A 11-1 record after this weekend should get him another big opporunity.