As 2023 draws close, we can reflect on the year's events and the fighters who made a name for themselves across all promotions. With all that said and done, it is time to look forward to 2024. This article lists five words from which you should expect to hear big things this upcoming year. Some are unsigned prospects to any significant organization, and some are already champions in their own right. What links them all together is that they all have the potential to make a substantial impact in 2024.
After being absent from our screens last weekend, the UFC will make its return this Saturday with Grant Dawson taking on Bobby Green in the main event of the evening. Several sections of fans online have been critical of the main event and the card as a whole, which perhaps lacks some of the big and well known names that are usually littered across almost every UFC event.
Dana White’s Contender Series has been a goldmine of talent for the UFC ever since its inception in 2017. There is now a whole host of talent making up the current roster from the contender series. This includes current champion Sean O’Malley and former Light Heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill. Fans watching the most recent addition of the Contender Series this Tuesday may have seen the next in a long line of established fighters to arise from the promotion.
The latest addition to the UFC Bantamweight division has been revealed with the arrival of Cage Warriors Bantamweight Champion Caolan Loughran. Loughran has been one of most hyped bantamweights in Europe for the last several years and after winning the world title with Cage Warriors in May this year, it was matter of time before the Irishman inked a deal with Dana White. The announcement came via Twitter that he has finally put pen to paper in a deal that is now official. Caolan Loughran has signed with the UFC.
On Saturday night at UFC 290, Bo Nickal announced himself to the world on one of the biggest stages possible. As one half of the opening bout on the main card for International Fight week, Nickal was thrust into the Octagon with fellow undefeated prospect, albeit of a much lower level of hype, Val Woodburn. While Nickal was undoubtedly a massive (historic) favorite heading into the bout, few believed that he would emerge victorious in the manner in which he did so. A hugely decorated wrestler, Nickal would rely on none of his trademark skills which have brought him so far in the world of combat sports and would instead rely on his hands in order to secure a first round finish via TKO just 38 seconds into the fight.
While the headlines this week heading into UFC 287 will undoubtedly be about Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira, Gilbert Burns and Jorge Masvidal, there is...
MMASucka spoke with hometown favorite Chepe Mariscal ahead of his main event spot at LFA 153 which is to take place tomorrow at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.
