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The MMA Prospectus: UFC Vegas, Fox 18 standouts, and regional expectations

Zane Simon & TP Grant are back to take a look at the best young fighters in the UFC and making their way through regional MMA. This week focusing on Ray Borg, Misha Cirkunov, Justin Scoggins, Noad Lahat, last week's top performers and some regional standouts for ACB in Russia and Legacy FC in the US.

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The MMA Prospectus is once again invading your internet space to talk all things new and fresh in the MMA world. It 's a huge week for prospects this time around, with tons of fallout from the UFC on Fox 18 card that saw Sage Northcutt take his first career loss. In other news, Carlos Diego Ferreira and Olivier Aubin-Mercier had a battle of 4yr prospects and Randy Brown showed up beyond either of our expectations. And of course we're talking about this week too, with UFC Las Vegas, where Misha Cirkunov is expected to put on a show, and Ray Borg vs. Justin Scoggins is the prospect fight to watch.

We also took a quick swing through the regionals. Top prospects are all over the place outside the big leagues this week. Top bantamweight prospect Ricardo Lucas Ramos fights at Legacy FC 51, Absolute Championship Berkut 29 - Poland is hosting a bevy of elite talents, with heavyweight Zelimkhan Umiev, featherweight Yusuf Raisov, bantamweight Damian Szmigielski, and a host of other promising young fighters. And finally, over in the international World Series of Fighting Global Championship in Japan another top featherweight prospect, Teddy Violet will take on longtime vet Michihiro Omigawa.

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