I wanna start this thread for all the lesser known, but talented fighters from around the world that could break through in the next few years.
I'll start it off with a guy from here in Greenville, SC named Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson. Dude is super legit, a world champion kickboxer, and also a who is making his MMA debut tomorrow night in Greenville, SC's first ever sanctioned MMA event.
He was undefeated in his kickboxing career (51-0 w/40ko) and was in Chuck Norris' World Comabat League. He has been brought in by GSP to train his kickboxing against Jon Fitch and was also brought in by Rashad Evans to help simulate Lyoto Machida.
Here is a youtube link of a kickboxing fight of his back in 08...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XChOKe6lWok
He's been training nothing but MMA for the past few years and should be a kid to lookout for in the future.
There's this UFC fighter from Russia named something like Theodore. Right now he's fighting in some no name show, but I think he'd do pretty good on TUF next time they do a HW season as long as Kimbo isn't there.
Watch out for Ryan Machan he's a local fighter here with a 10-3 record. The kid is very well rounded. I could see him finding a way into the UFC in the next couple of years.
JonnyF said:
There's this UFC fighter from Russia named something like Theodore. Right now he's fighting in some no name show, but I think he'd do pretty good on TUF next time they do a HW season as long as Kimbo isn't there.
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Just a heads up there buddy, he doesnt fight UFC.
MMA=Sport
UFC=Organization
