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Searching for Future Champions: MMA's Top 25 Prospects of 2013-2014
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June 19, 2014
MMA's Top Unsigned Prospects
Patrick Wyman takes a look at the five best unsigned prospects in MMA - Thomas de Almeida, Scott Askham, Musa Khamanaev, Islam Makhachev, and Gleristone Santos - complete with analysis, GIFs, and video.
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June 6, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: June 2014 update
Patrick Wyman takes a half-yearly look back, complete with GIFs and video, at the 25 Searching for Future Champions prospects and their progression.
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April 23, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: April 2014 Update
Patrick Wyman takes the second monthly look back - complete with GIFs and video - at the Searching for Future Champions prospects.
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March 18, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: March 2014 Update
Patrick Wyman takes the first monthly look back at the Searching for Future Champions prospects.
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February 11, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Recap and Analysis
Searching for Future Champions recaps its list of top prospects and takes a look at several trends and points of interest.
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February 9, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: #1, Mirsad Bektic
American Top Team's Mirsad Bektic takes the top spot on the Searching for Future Champions countdown.
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February 7, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Aljamain Sterling
We return with a look at a prospect and recent UFC signee who's been labeled "the bantamweight Jon Jones", Aljamain Sterling. Is this accurate? Searching for Future Champions investigates.
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February 5, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Justin Gaethje
Searching for Future Champions returns with a look at the brick-fisted wrestle-boxer and current WSOF lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje.
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February 3, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Thomas de Almeida
Searching for Future Champions takes a look at undefeated Brazilian Muay Thai striker Thomas de Almeida.
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January 30, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Lance Palmer
Searching for Future Champions takes a look at Team Alpha Male's four-time All-American and occasional bear-wrestler Lance Palmer.
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January 28, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Henry Cejudo
Searching for Future Champions returns to examine the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, Henry Cejudo.
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January 24, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Mike Rhodes
Searching for Future Champions jumps ahead to examine tomorrow's UFC debutante and Roufusport product Mike "Biggie" Rhodes.
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January 23, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: #8, Pedro Munhoz
Searching for Future Champions takes a look at tomorrow night's RFA headliner, undefeated submission specialist Pedro Munhoz.
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January 21, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: #9, Marif Piraev
Another talented Dagestani, Marif Piraev, takes the ninth spot in the Searching for Future Champions series.
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January 18, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: #10 Sheymon Moraes
A crackling Brazilian Muay Thai machine, Sheymon Moraes, takes the tenth spot in the Searching for Future Champions series.
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January 17, 2014
Searching for Future Champions: Niklas Backstrom
Searching for Future Champions returns with an in-depth look at Sweden's top prospect, Niklas Backstrom.
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January 14, 2014
Searching for Future Champions, 13-12
Two exceptionally talented young fighters, Mansour Barnaoui and Islam Makhachev, take center stage in today's installment of our Searching for Future Champions prospect series.
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January 10, 2014
Searching for Future Champions, 15-14
One of the world's best kickboxers and a late bloomer highlight today's installment of our Searching for Future Champions series.
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January 8, 2014
Searching for Future Champions, 17-16
A pair of promising featherweights highlights this installment of our Searching for Future Champions series.
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January 3, 2014
Searching for Future Champions, 19-18
We take a look at the next two prospects in our Searching for Future Champions prospect series.
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December 30, 2013
Searching for Future Champions, 22-20
Continuing the Search for Future Champions series with prospects 22-20.
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December 26, 2013
Searching for Future Champions 23-25
We take a look at the first three prospects of the top 25 in our Searching for Future Champions series.
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December 24, 2013
Searching for Future Champions
We begin our investigation of MMA's Top 25 Prospects with the promising young fighters who just barely missed the cut.