Top 5 prospects in action this week (Patreon)

Middleweight, Diego Bandu (3-0)

There isn’t a ton of footage out there, and he’s only fought five times between amateur and pro. He has strong forward pressure that uses his long reach well. He uses a lot of good feints and can shut the lights out going forward or backward. I'm not sold on Bandu but middleweight is thin so Bandu is worth keeping your eyes on.

Bantamweight, Dominique Wooding (9-4)

There is no reason Wooding should still be fighting for Cage Warriors. Unfortunately, due to contract issues, he has to. After a 1-3 run from 2018-2020, Wooding signed with Cage Warriors and had a resurgence in his career. Since signing CW in 2021, Wooding has gone 3-0 and won their bantamweight title. Wooding is a dynamic explosive fighter that is insanely quick and athletic. He can finish the fight at any time. Exciting to watch and still only 26-years-old so the sky is the limit. Wooding defends his title against a good opponent in Michele Martignoni who is 7-1.

Strawweight, Elle Wagman (5-0)

Wagman is a fighter out of Glory MMA that's a bright prospect. Wagman can strike, wrestle, and grapple at a solid pace. On the feet, Wagman is an accurate striker behind a one-two and a nice right hand. Her one-twos are always thrown in different variables. She'll go right hook-left hook and go to the body mixing it up. Wagman has her opponents lulled into her striking so much they don't see the level change coming. She's really good at jumping on the back or just onto the neck in transitions. She keeps getting fed easy fights though and is again. I will say Celine Haga at least has experience with 31 fights so it is a step up.

Flyweight, Dylan Hazan (8-0)

Hazan has a background as a two-time Italian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling champion. He’s a smothering wrestler/grappler always pressing and making the fight ugly.  He does a lot of stalling but is dominant in positions. He can even be a little boring at times but he knows what to do when he’s inside his preferred range. Hazan fights a guy that's 2-1 so he's getting a favorable matchup.

Bantamweight, David Martinez (8-1)

Martinez is solely a striker/kickboxer with very little of his cage time spent on the mat grappling. "Black Spartan" has finished three fights in under two minutes. If he doesn't finish the fight in that time frame he's finished two fights in the second round. He's also gone the distance twice. That being said, Martinez has the endurance to go three rounds and with the same pace throughout. He fights a good fighter in Axel Osuna (5-1) for the Combate title.