Russia is a hot zone for MMA Talent since mma started with Oleg Taktarov, Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski and now there’s Khabib Nurmagomedov and Zabit Magomedsharipov. The crop of Russian talent will never end as there’s so many future UFC or Bellator Fighters in Russia.

Salman Zhamaldaev

• 17-1 record
• 30 years old
• #1 Russian Featherweight
• #47 Featherweight
• AFC Featherweight Champion
• ACA Featherweight Champion
• ABC Tournament Champion

Beslan Ushukov

• 17-3 record
• #93 record
• #1 russia Middleweight
• #93 Middleweight
• AFC Welterweight Champion
• ACB Middleweight Champion

Marif Piraev

• 26 years old
• 28-2 record
• GMP Welterweight Champion
• #2 Russian Lightweight

Pavel Gordeev

• 25 years old
• 14-1 record
• Fight Club Cherdak Tournament Champion
• #141 Lightweight
• #3 Russia Lightweight

Mikhail Ragozin

• 14-3 record
• 27 years old
• #97 Light Heavyweight
• #2 Russian Light Heavyweight
• Night of Warriors Light Heavyweight Champion

Nariman Abbasov

• 24-3 record
• 25 years old
• 9 win streak
• #132 lightweight
• #4 Russian Lightweight
• Fight Nights Global Lightweight Champion

Aliyar Sarkerov

• 36-4 record
• 20 win streak
• 28 years old
• #4 Russian Featherweight
• OFS Featherweight Champion
• Kunlun Fight Featherweight Champion

Azam Gaforov

• 11-0 record
• 25 years old
• #30 Flyweight
• #3 Russian Flyweight
• AFC Flyweight Champion
• #1 China Flyweight

The Russian Prospects I’ve listed in 2019 will be Future UFC Fighters and have the potential to be Champions.