Best prospects in action this week (Patreon)

Invicta FC 51 | Wednesday | US

Flyweight, Ketlen Souza (12-3): If you wanna scout WMMA go to Brazil and you will find a slew of them. Souza has won her last four. She's a former SFT bantamweight champion but she's looked much better at flyweight. This Wednesday she's fighting Kristina Williams (6-3) for the flyweight title. Souza is a compact explosive powerful fighter. Souza throws with bad intentions and throws a lot of explosive attacks. An impressive thing about her spinning attacks is there is no load up and they are thrown tight. Using a lot of energy she can maintain a dangerous pace. Souza is a dangerous woman and a 75% finish rate proves that.

Bantamweight, Auttumn Norton (2-0): Norton made me and many others a fan with her outstanding performance last time out. Norton was like a prime striker out there just flowing on the outside and landing clean with everything she threw. She loves a good scrap and can take one to give a heavier one. Her movement is good and so is her head movement. Norton throws everything including the kicking sink from a lot of different angles. Always mixing up her patterns she's beating up girls to the head, body, and legs. She's a real savage and there isn't a striking in MMA quite like her. She is both entertaining and really good. She's fighting TUF 30 veteran Claire Guthrie (4-1). I would be very disappointed if Norton lost this. 

Strawweight, Fatima Kline (2-0): Kline comes to MMA with an extensive jiu-jitsu background. Kline is a BJJ black belt with much success in the sport. She may be new to MMA bet she's looked great. She dominated Sidney Trillo who I liked a lot. It's good to see a jiu-jitsu fighter have good wrestling. Not saying it's exactly where it needs to be but it's checked out. Trillo is a high-level grappler. From the control, transitions, and submission attack she's top-notch. You have to mention the damaging ground and pound she batters her opponents with as well. She's fighting Laura Gallardo (4-1) who is a good test for her.

Ares FC 11 | Friday | France

Middleweight, Abdoul Abdouraguimov (15-1): Abdouraguimov is arguably the most deserving prospect out there. Running out of things to do outside the UFC he's moving up to middleweight in an attempt to become Ares double champ. Russian-born Abdouraguimov had a background in freestyle wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu before switching over to MMA. Anybody at this point should know who this guy is. He fights Rafael Haratyk (16-4-2) who is a feasible opponent.

Welterweight, Baissangour Chamsoudinov (5-0): At just 20 years old he is already so well-rounded, calm in his approach, and just very smart, almost more like a seasoned veteran. Chamsoudinov on the feet moves a lot, circling out and putting the jab in your face. He’s patient and picks away at distance and then explodes in bursts with short power combinations. Everything he does on the feet he does so well and as the fight goes he tends to get stronger. Chamsoudinov has the ability to get the body lock and sling guys to the ground. He’s also good at using trips and creating traps in the clinch for takedowns. Considering all the effort he puts into everything like his takedowns using a lot of muscle and his constant movement on the feet his endurance is fantastic. I like the opponent Alexander Mikael (9-0) but I'm really high on Chamsoudinov.

Welterweight, Jordan Zébo (2-0): Frenchman Jordan Zébo caught my eye in his last performance. Not a great start to his career, Zebo went 3-3 as an amateur. You can see the improvements in his career where training with the MMA Factory has improved him a lot. On the feet, Zebo is highlighted with light movement and leg kicks. What really stands out is the high-impact takedowns. Zebo's ability to get underneath the legs and slam guys down is powerful. Last night he showed he can do that for three rounds. Along with strong wrestling, Zebo has good jiu-jitsu. I really like Zebo but he does need more experience.

KSW 78 | Saturday | Poland

Lightweight, Raimondas Krilavičius (7-2-1): I've never heard of Krilavičius prior to this. He's from Lithuania and is a judo black belt. He has only fought terrible competition and the two guys he's lost to have losing records. Krilavičius from what I've seen is well-rounded. On the feet, he throws a lot of flashy kicks. He likes to throw the sidekick. He throws in bunches mixing up his kicks and punches. The judo has transferred over but can suplex guys on their heads as well. I've been impressed with his ground game more than anything. He's active no matter if he's on top or on the bottom. Krilavičius has five wins by submission. He looks fun but we don't know his level yet.

Captain's Fight Club 2 | Saturday | US

Middleweight, Joel Bauman (6-2): Bauman is on here just for entertainment purposes. Bauman isn't bad but he's just so awkward in and out of the cage he's hard to take seriously. He keeps his hands to his waist and fights really relaxed - maybe too relaxed. Bauman is so unorthodox he's tough to read. He has a nice right cross, a good kickboxer, scrambles well, and his grappling is dangerous. He did just beat former UFC fighter, Anthony Ivy. If he beats Collin Huckbody (11-4) I really hope the UFC signs him cause that would be interesting.

Octagon 39 | Saturday | Kazakhstan

Flyweight, Azat Maksum (15-0): Kazakhstan has a slew of flyweight prospects and Maksum stands out among the group. Maksum is a talented pin-point striker with an underrated ground game. Patient on the feet Maksum uses a lot of feints waiting for his opening. He does a lot of stabbing on the outside with the jab picking guys apart. It’s all to set up a power punch or a takedown. At anytime this year he could be making his debut inside the UFC cage. He fights Fabricio Nunes (8-0) who is a good test.

Bantamweight, Otari Tanzilov (8-0): Tanzilov is a dangerous guy to stand in front of. If you give him space and let him dictate the pace he’s going to style on you. He throws a lot of flashy stuff like flying knees, wheel kicks, and switch kicks. He throws those with a lot of fluidity, speed, and he doesn’t telegraph things. His hands are quick and dangerous but it’s his legs that do the talking. Tanzilov does a great job blending his kicks behind his punches. He’s got a deep toolbox and is really tricky not being difficult to know what he’s gonna throw next. He’s fought low-level guys so it could be a reason he has looked so good.