Here is my prospect list for 2017
As always is don't include guys who have contracts with UFC, Bellator or World Series of Fighting.
right now it's basically the guys from last years list with a few edits. I'm going to start on this some time next week.
Heavyweight
Steve Mowry age 24 6'9 230 rec 1-0 pro 7-0 am.
at 6'9 he has impressive size and with the right training could be a contender.
Chaz Morgan- age 35 6'2 260 rec 12-2 pro and 2-0 am
Jordan Johnson age 28 6'1 240 rec 6-0 pro and 3-0 am. former wrestler from Iowa currently trains at MMA lab with John Crouch
Nick Biron- 6'4 240 age 26 rec 2-0 pro 12-am. Former Washington state wrestling champ
205
Cameron Olsen 6'1 205 age 27 rec 7-2 pro and 4-0 am. Had one tough loss against a very good prospect. Olsen has a strong wrestling background and can be over-powering.
Austin Vanderford. Age 25 6'0 205. Former NAIA national champ. He is very overpowering at times.
Adam Milstead age 28 6'3 7-1 Pro and 10-2 am
http://youtu.be/arWj6SlobiU
John Lair age 23 6'3 205 rec 6-0 am.
Nicholas Edling- age 6'1 205 age 23 rec 3-0. Edling was a state champion wrestler in Minnesota. He has the size to do well, but has had trouble getting matches.
http://youtu.be/plKLjZtT3YE
185
Ian Heinisch- age 27 5'10 185 rec 4-0 pro and 4-0 am. Heinisch was a four time Colorado high school wrestling champ and was a girfted greco and freestyle wrestler. He is very good with his Mauy Thai.
http://youtu.be/XkT6nxE2EjY
Sidney Wheeler- age 19 5'10 185 rec 3-0. Wheeler won his pro debut by UD. However he is an interesting MMA prospect. He was a high school wrestling state champ in Georgia, and he has won quite a few kickboxing and boxing tournaments. I think with the right camp he could have a great career in MMA.
http://youtu.be/2r3aKpXtheQ
http://www.wdef.com/content/sports/...res-For-MMA-Debut/zuDOK1eyNUK-g79W0eOc8g.cspx
Chance Rencountre- age 28 6'2 7-1 pro and 9-0am
DivIAA All-American wrestler
http://youtu.be/UT9XDANFrDo
Blake Watkins- age 28 6'2 185 rec 5-0 pro all first round wins.
http://youtu.be/W-pG8pCk4cU
Andrew Todhunter- age 26 6'0 rec 7-0pro and 7-0am
http://youtu.be/_gVwosLejMY
Dustin Parrish- age 23 5'11 185 rec 4-0 pro 10-1 am. Parrish has a strong wrestling base and is still very young.
http://youtu.be/3kVmWv-Moco
Sony Yohn- age 27 6'0 rec 7-2 am
All-American from Minnesota
http://youtu.be/4kwFZcQYSRo
170
Rob Wood age 28 6'0 170 6-0 pro
Solid BJJ.
http://youtu.be/qLfFMKlHweY
Brad Darrington age 26 5'10 170 record 4-0 pro and 5-0 pro. Darrington one of the best wrestlers to come out of Utah Valley College, he had defeated quite a few top 25 guys. I don't know why he didn't stay for his senior year, but he could have been an All-American.
http://youtu.be/8HYMGza4vuM
Miles Hunsinger-age 25 6'0 rec 5-0 pro and 3-0 am
All-State wrestler from Idaho
Kyle Stewart age 26 6'1 170 rec 2-0 pro and 8-1 am. Stewart has a background in many different striking forms of martial arts including Boxing, Karate, and Kenpo karate. He is also a former marine and has trained in grappling.
http://youtu.be/hGgSKmjDZC0
http://youtu.be/i9Jham2tkc4
Cody Yohn age 25 5'10 170 record 3-0. Cody is the brother of Sonny Yohn. Cody was also an All-American from Minnesota. He lost the national champ match against one of the best ever in David Taylor. Yohn dominated a very tough opponent in his MMA debut.
http://youtu.be/Rx19Mej_BEk
Sinjen Smith- age 23 6'0 rec 2-0 pro and 6-0am
http://youtu.be/XBSnbrcnpkQ
Jay Speight- age 22 6'2 170 rec 3-0 pro 12-2. Speight has been training BJJ since he was like ten, and he has alway been very good at it. I'd like to see him improve his striking and he has plenty of time to do that.
http://youtu.be/V9VonaMDDyk
Michael Hobby- 5'11 170 age 23 rec 8-1. Top amateur out of Xtreme Couture.
http://youtu.be/ti9MGj2fP-0
Cody Wilson age 27 6'1 170 rec 8-1 pro and 6-1 am. Wilson comes from a small gym in the south, but he has some good fights on his record. Only pro loss was his debut.
http://youtu.be/3xTyXD5qutw
Logan Storley age 23 5’9 170 rec 2-0 pro. Four time All-American wrestler for the University of Minnesota
Gregor Gillespie- age 29 5'9 rec 5-0
All-American for Edinboro
http://youtu.be/Ds0sDQzXvGY
155
New adds
Grant Dawson age 21 5'6 155 rec 7-0 pro and 8-1 am. Dawson is the top prospect out of Nebraska. Very good ground game, and all of his wins have come by submission. He only 21 so I expect him to improve greatly.
http://youtu.be/vaWShQvUKmA
Joseph Maness -age 24 5'10 155 rec 6-0 pro and 12-0 am
Maness is ver gifted in both the stand-up and the ground. Has defeated prospect Isiah Ferguson.
http://youtu.be/QNUqk8lTbOI
Josh Baker age 27 5'6 155 rec 8-0 pro 5-1 am.
Excellant ground game.
http://youtu.be/Hzs0WmRyT_s
Nathan Key-age 26 5'10 155 rec 7-1 am. Key is one of the top ranked kickboxers in the U.S., and he currently has a submission win over wrestler Jeff Loken, showing his well roundedness. Key has the striking of Steven Thompson and if works on his ground game he could be unstoppable.
http://youtu.be/tnWqfZyPV-c
Cody Stamann age 25 5'7 155 rec 10-1 pro and 6-1 am. Stamann has a good mix of boxing and wrestling. I think he could be another Matt Brown type fighter. He recently dominated Chris Dunn.
http://youtu.be/PVtewEg24ZQ
Wade Johnson- age 25 6'2 rec 9-1
http://youtu.be/2MkQvBzpcPY
Bryant Whitaker age 25 5'10 rec 7-2 pro and 10-0 am
http://youtu.be/2enU8BIMxRw
Max Bohanan- age 24 6'1 5-1pro and 3-0am
Golden Gloves boxer and BJJ instructor
http://youtu.be/QJyeg6bcduE
David Putvin- age 23 6'1 rec 8-1 pro
top prospect from the state of Utah.
http://youtu.be/L-uvgUWDUPQ
John Cottrell- age 26 rec 16-3 pro 6-1 am
http://youtu.be/ioD5wCR3cJY
Troy Lamson- age 24 6'1 5-0 pro and 8-0 am
Michigan State University wrestler
http://youtu.be/naBRFDzNSjQ
Mark Cherico- age 29 5'8 rec 9-1 pro and 11-0am'
http://youtu.be/uH6wMZbR0Gw
Adam Townsend age 27 5'7 155 rec 14-3 pro and 8-0 am. Won last ten fights.
http://youtu.be/0NrqUz41QDo
Jake Roberts - age 25 5'10 155 rec 5-0 pro 5-0 am. Roberts was a golden gloves boxer, but he is actually better at the ground game. He is good at setting up his shot with punches. All his wins have come by sub.
http://youtu.be/1WX0zP0N3PY
Jon Neal- age 27 5'11 rec 7-0
http://youtu.be/kWIJncZv4pI
Rob Hanna age 31 5'10 155 6-0 pro and 12-2
Hanna has dominated his competition thus far. I'd love to see him get signed.
http://youtu.be/0yFc7Dj6_5c
Julian Learned- age 21 6'3 155 rec 4-0pro 7-0 am
http://youtu.be/kyqt624Pf4Y
Zak Bucia age 31 5'10 155 rec 15-6 pro.
Has been around for a while and faced tough competition, but has never been signed by one of the big three organizations. Recently defeated prospect Rasul Shovhalov.
http://youtu.be/dBZ5EPzujkM
145
Garry Tonon age 24 5'9 145. BJJ black belt. Impressed at the Eddie Bravo invitational. I hope he works to improve he striking.
http://youtu.be/U8Gd-NUrklY
Bryce Mitchell- age 21 5'9 145 rec 4-0 pro and 10-0 am. 2014 amatuer fighter of the year. I expect big things from him.
http://youtu.be/KDicCTBcaXk
Alex Gilpin age 23 5'6 145 rec 3-0 pro 4-0 am
All-State wrestler out of Texas. Wrestled for the University of Wisconsin but decided to pursue a career in MMA instead.
http://youtu.be/xUFeD08eeVI
Jared Scoggins- age 20 5'7 145 rec 5-1 am
Jared is the younger brother of UFC ver Josh. I think he has the brighter future, being that he is only 20.
http://youtu.be/tI62xY-r3c4
Luke Sanders- age 29 5'7 rec 10-0 pro
http://youtu.be/u4m0HEF2etE
Eric Howser age 28 6'0 145 rec 8-1 pro. Lost his pro debut, but has been 8-0 since then. Six of his wins by first round sub. Howser last week koed UFC vet TJ O'Brien in 12 secs into the first round.http://youtu.be/IMd8TQhJD7I
Chuck Pieritz- age 28 5'7 rec 5-1 pro and 10-1 am
http://youtu.be/zTUP3ScFD0c
Dominic Mazzotta- age 28 5'7 145 rec 9-1 pro 7-1 am
Mazzotta was a gifted college wrestler, and has very good MMA wrestling and cardio. His only pro loss was to current UFC fighter Cody Garbrandt. He does need to work on his striking, and sometimes he is to dependant on his wrestling.
http://youtu.be/K3WgcGpRzks
Pat Sabatini- age 25 5'9 rec 3-1 pro and 12-1 am
http://youtu.be/cmSpu4RXywE
Anthony Cuputo- age 22 5'9 145 rec 4-0 am
http://youtu.be/VvwOZWcigcE
Kenny Jordan age 28 5'9 145 rec 4-0 pro and 3-0 am
http://youtu.be/WJxqHLFIz-Y
Bobby Moffett- age 25 5'10 145 rec 7-1. Outstanding grappler, his one loss was to Kenny Jordan.
http://youtu.be/CozP7ahIv2Q
135
Ricky Steele age 27 5'11 135. Rec 4-0 pro and 2-0 am. I don't know much about him, but from the videos I saw of him, he looks like a good striker.
http://youtu.be/eG3GW32Lz5g
Tyler Diamond age 24 5'6 135 rec 2-0 pro 7-0 am former North Dakota State wrestler was one of the top amateurs in California.
http://youtu.be/LWBY2-D1Owg
Shaun Spath age 28 5'7 135 rec 2-0 pro 9-1 am
Strong wrestling background.
http://youtu.be/Z7Ags02_C3Q
125
Brandon Lewis age 17 5'5 125 rec 4-1. Lewis is an instructor now and is only 17. Lost his debut at age 12 to a guy in his 20s. Lewis reminds me of a young Uriah Faber.
http://youtu.be/e-tMQ1O-wRE
Jesse James Kosakowski- age 17 5'7 155. Already a BJJ black belt and great stand-up.
http://youtu.be/CD_gu33SPnU
Sid Bice age 26 rec 5'6 125 rec 4-0 pro and 2-0 am
Gifted wrestler with ko power.
http://youtu.be/Z7Ags02_C3Q
David Klingsheim age 25 5'6 125
rec 3-0 am. Klingsheim was the top high school wrestler in California and wrestled at the University of Nebraska. He is currently training with Team Alpha Male.
http://youtu.be/yiYEGaSWI_A
Jarred Brooks age 22 5'3 125 rec 7-0 pro and 11-0 am.
Brooks was a former Indiana State wrestling champ.
http://youtu.be/d3CE2fvnEJc
As always is don't include guys who have contracts with UFC, Bellator or World Series of Fighting.
right now it's basically the guys from last years list with a few edits. I'm going to start on this some time next week.
Heavyweight
Steve Mowry age 24 6'9 230 rec 1-0 pro 7-0 am.
at 6'9 he has impressive size and with the right training could be a contender.
Nick Biron- 6'4 240 age 26 rec 2-0 pro 12-am. Former Washington state wrestling champ
205
Cameron Olsen 6'1 205 age 27 rec 7-2 pro and 4-0 am. Had one tough loss against a very good prospect. Olsen has a strong wrestling background and can be over-powering.
Austin Vanderford. Age 25 6'0 205. Former NAIA national champ. He is very overpowering at times.
http://youtu.be/arWj6SlobiU
John Lair age 23 6'3 205 rec 6-0 am.
Nicholas Edling- age 6'1 205 age 23 rec 3-0. Edling was a state champion wrestler in Minnesota. He has the size to do well, but has had trouble getting matches.
http://youtu.be/plKLjZtT3YE
185
Ian Heinisch- age 27 5'10 185 rec 4-0 pro and 4-0 am. Heinisch was a four time Colorado high school wrestling champ and was a girfted greco and freestyle wrestler. He is very good with his Mauy Thai.
http://youtu.be/XkT6nxE2EjY
Sidney Wheeler- age 19 5'10 185 rec 3-0. Wheeler won his pro debut by UD. However he is an interesting MMA prospect. He was a high school wrestling state champ in Georgia, and he has won quite a few kickboxing and boxing tournaments. I think with the right camp he could have a great career in MMA.
http://youtu.be/2r3aKpXtheQ
http://www.wdef.com/content/sports/...res-For-MMA-Debut/zuDOK1eyNUK-g79W0eOc8g.cspx
Chance Rencountre- age 28 6'2 7-1 pro and 9-0am
DivIAA All-American wrestler
http://youtu.be/UT9XDANFrDo
Blake Watkins- age 28 6'2 185 rec 5-0 pro all first round wins.
http://youtu.be/W-pG8pCk4cU
Andrew Todhunter- age 26 6'0 rec 7-0pro and 7-0am
http://youtu.be/_gVwosLejMY
Dustin Parrish- age 23 5'11 185 rec 4-0 pro 10-1 am. Parrish has a strong wrestling base and is still very young.
http://youtu.be/3kVmWv-Moco
Sony Yohn- age 27 6'0 rec 7-2 am
All-American from Minnesota
http://youtu.be/4kwFZcQYSRo
170
Rob Wood age 28 6'0 170 6-0 pro
Solid BJJ.
http://youtu.be/qLfFMKlHweY
Brad Darrington age 26 5'10 170 record 4-0 pro and 5-0 pro. Darrington one of the best wrestlers to come out of Utah Valley College, he had defeated quite a few top 25 guys. I don't know why he didn't stay for his senior year, but he could have been an All-American.
http://youtu.be/8HYMGza4vuM
Miles Hunsinger-age 25 6'0 rec 5-0 pro and 3-0 am
All-State wrestler from Idaho
Kyle Stewart age 26 6'1 170 rec 2-0 pro and 8-1 am. Stewart has a background in many different striking forms of martial arts including Boxing, Karate, and Kenpo karate. He is also a former marine and has trained in grappling.
http://youtu.be/hGgSKmjDZC0
http://youtu.be/i9Jham2tkc4
Cody Yohn age 25 5'10 170 record 3-0. Cody is the brother of Sonny Yohn. Cody was also an All-American from Minnesota. He lost the national champ match against one of the best ever in David Taylor. Yohn dominated a very tough opponent in his MMA debut.
http://youtu.be/Rx19Mej_BEk
Sinjen Smith- age 23 6'0 rec 2-0 pro and 6-0am
http://youtu.be/XBSnbrcnpkQ
Jay Speight- age 22 6'2 170 rec 3-0 pro 12-2. Speight has been training BJJ since he was like ten, and he has alway been very good at it. I'd like to see him improve his striking and he has plenty of time to do that.
http://youtu.be/V9VonaMDDyk
Michael Hobby- 5'11 170 age 23 rec 8-1. Top amateur out of Xtreme Couture.
http://youtu.be/ti9MGj2fP-0
Cody Wilson age 27 6'1 170 rec 8-1 pro and 6-1 am. Wilson comes from a small gym in the south, but he has some good fights on his record. Only pro loss was his debut.
http://youtu.be/3xTyXD5qutw
Logan Storley age 23 5’9 170 rec 2-0 pro. Four time All-American wrestler for the University of Minnesota
Gregor Gillespie- age 29 5'9 rec 5-0
All-American for Edinboro
http://youtu.be/Ds0sDQzXvGY
155
New adds
Grant Dawson age 21 5'6 155 rec 7-0 pro and 8-1 am. Dawson is the top prospect out of Nebraska. Very good ground game, and all of his wins have come by submission. He only 21 so I expect him to improve greatly.
http://youtu.be/vaWShQvUKmA
Joseph Maness -age 24 5'10 155 rec 6-0 pro and 12-0 am
Maness is ver gifted in both the stand-up and the ground. Has defeated prospect Isiah Ferguson.
http://youtu.be/QNUqk8lTbOI
Josh Baker age 27 5'6 155 rec 8-0 pro 5-1 am.
Excellant ground game.
http://youtu.be/Hzs0WmRyT_s
Nathan Key-age 26 5'10 155 rec 7-1 am. Key is one of the top ranked kickboxers in the U.S., and he currently has a submission win over wrestler Jeff Loken, showing his well roundedness. Key has the striking of Steven Thompson and if works on his ground game he could be unstoppable.
http://youtu.be/tnWqfZyPV-c
Cody Stamann age 25 5'7 155 rec 10-1 pro and 6-1 am. Stamann has a good mix of boxing and wrestling. I think he could be another Matt Brown type fighter. He recently dominated Chris Dunn.
http://youtu.be/PVtewEg24ZQ
Wade Johnson- age 25 6'2 rec 9-1
http://youtu.be/2MkQvBzpcPY
Bryant Whitaker age 25 5'10 rec 7-2 pro and 10-0 am
http://youtu.be/2enU8BIMxRw
Max Bohanan- age 24 6'1 5-1pro and 3-0am
Golden Gloves boxer and BJJ instructor
http://youtu.be/QJyeg6bcduE
David Putvin- age 23 6'1 rec 8-1 pro
top prospect from the state of Utah.
http://youtu.be/L-uvgUWDUPQ
John Cottrell- age 26 rec 16-3 pro 6-1 am
http://youtu.be/ioD5wCR3cJY
Troy Lamson- age 24 6'1 5-0 pro and 8-0 am
Michigan State University wrestler
http://youtu.be/naBRFDzNSjQ
Mark Cherico- age 29 5'8 rec 9-1 pro and 11-0am'
http://youtu.be/uH6wMZbR0Gw
Adam Townsend age 27 5'7 155 rec 14-3 pro and 8-0 am. Won last ten fights.
http://youtu.be/0NrqUz41QDo
Jake Roberts - age 25 5'10 155 rec 5-0 pro 5-0 am. Roberts was a golden gloves boxer, but he is actually better at the ground game. He is good at setting up his shot with punches. All his wins have come by sub.
http://youtu.be/1WX0zP0N3PY
Jon Neal- age 27 5'11 rec 7-0
http://youtu.be/kWIJncZv4pI
Rob Hanna age 31 5'10 155 6-0 pro and 12-2
Hanna has dominated his competition thus far. I'd love to see him get signed.
http://youtu.be/0yFc7Dj6_5c
Julian Learned- age 21 6'3 155 rec 4-0pro 7-0 am
http://youtu.be/kyqt624Pf4Y
Zak Bucia age 31 5'10 155 rec 15-6 pro.
Has been around for a while and faced tough competition, but has never been signed by one of the big three organizations. Recently defeated prospect Rasul Shovhalov.
http://youtu.be/dBZ5EPzujkM
145
Garry Tonon age 24 5'9 145. BJJ black belt. Impressed at the Eddie Bravo invitational. I hope he works to improve he striking.
http://youtu.be/U8Gd-NUrklY
Bryce Mitchell- age 21 5'9 145 rec 4-0 pro and 10-0 am. 2014 amatuer fighter of the year. I expect big things from him.
http://youtu.be/KDicCTBcaXk
Alex Gilpin age 23 5'6 145 rec 3-0 pro 4-0 am
All-State wrestler out of Texas. Wrestled for the University of Wisconsin but decided to pursue a career in MMA instead.
http://youtu.be/xUFeD08eeVI
Jared Scoggins- age 20 5'7 145 rec 5-1 am
Jared is the younger brother of UFC ver Josh. I think he has the brighter future, being that he is only 20.
http://youtu.be/tI62xY-r3c4
Luke Sanders- age 29 5'7 rec 10-0 pro
http://youtu.be/u4m0HEF2etE
Eric Howser age 28 6'0 145 rec 8-1 pro. Lost his pro debut, but has been 8-0 since then. Six of his wins by first round sub. Howser last week koed UFC vet TJ O'Brien in 12 secs into the first round.http://youtu.be/IMd8TQhJD7I
Chuck Pieritz- age 28 5'7 rec 5-1 pro and 10-1 am
http://youtu.be/zTUP3ScFD0c
Dominic Mazzotta- age 28 5'7 145 rec 9-1 pro 7-1 am
Mazzotta was a gifted college wrestler, and has very good MMA wrestling and cardio. His only pro loss was to current UFC fighter Cody Garbrandt. He does need to work on his striking, and sometimes he is to dependant on his wrestling.
http://youtu.be/K3WgcGpRzks
Pat Sabatini- age 25 5'9 rec 3-1 pro and 12-1 am
http://youtu.be/cmSpu4RXywE
Anthony Cuputo- age 22 5'9 145 rec 4-0 am
http://youtu.be/VvwOZWcigcE
Kenny Jordan age 28 5'9 145 rec 4-0 pro and 3-0 am
http://youtu.be/WJxqHLFIz-Y
Bobby Moffett- age 25 5'10 145 rec 7-1. Outstanding grappler, his one loss was to Kenny Jordan.
http://youtu.be/CozP7ahIv2Q
135
Ricky Steele age 27 5'11 135. Rec 4-0 pro and 2-0 am. I don't know much about him, but from the videos I saw of him, he looks like a good striker.
http://youtu.be/eG3GW32Lz5g
Tyler Diamond age 24 5'6 135 rec 2-0 pro 7-0 am former North Dakota State wrestler was one of the top amateurs in California.
http://youtu.be/LWBY2-D1Owg
Shaun Spath age 28 5'7 135 rec 2-0 pro 9-1 am
Strong wrestling background.
http://youtu.be/Z7Ags02_C3Q
125
Brandon Lewis age 17 5'5 125 rec 4-1. Lewis is an instructor now and is only 17. Lost his debut at age 12 to a guy in his 20s. Lewis reminds me of a young Uriah Faber.
http://youtu.be/e-tMQ1O-wRE
Jesse James Kosakowski- age 17 5'7 155. Already a BJJ black belt and great stand-up.
http://youtu.be/CD_gu33SPnU
Sid Bice age 26 rec 5'6 125 rec 4-0 pro and 2-0 am
Gifted wrestler with ko power.
http://youtu.be/Z7Ags02_C3Q
David Klingsheim age 25 5'6 125
rec 3-0 am. Klingsheim was the top high school wrestler in California and wrestled at the University of Nebraska. He is currently training with Team Alpha Male.
http://youtu.be/yiYEGaSWI_A
Jarred Brooks age 22 5'3 125 rec 7-0 pro and 11-0 am.
Brooks was a former Indiana State wrestling champ.
http://youtu.be/d3CE2fvnEJc
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