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Volkan without question
It was a tough pick with Rose, Till, Ngannou and Volkan. Good year for up and comers. UFC is probably still dying though.All of said fighters had a great year. Really tough just to pick one.... Went with Thug Rose. Waterson was really being hyped. The Joanna fight.... does anything even need to be said.
Not on the list..Sean O’Malley
Going with Volkan here. Went from short notice replacement against OSP and beat him, then booped Cirkunov and Manuwa to win a title shot. If that's not a breakout fighter, from "never heard of him" tapped in Bellator to UFC LHW title shot. People were already talking about Ngannou coming on strong after his power kimura at the end of 2016. Ortega may be my other, although I've been paying attention to him for a while, his sub of Cub was next level.
Surprised Ngannou wasn't a lock for this one.
Ortega has 1 solid win.
You can't compare Sean "The Hipster" O’Malley to the rest of that list... He hasn't done anything of note yet.
With him being untested so to speak I get he hasn’t had the breakout fight but it’s only a matter of time imo that his 9-0 record will have that moment and his breakout,”big name” fight will bring him to the forefront of mma.You can't compare Sean "The Hipster" O’Malley to the rest of that list... He hasn't done anything of note yet.
With him being untested so to speak I get he hasn’t had the breakout fight but it’s only a matter of time imo that his 9-0 record will have that View attachment 323037moment and his breakout,”big name” fight will bring him to the forefront of mma.