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This weekend’s UFC Fight Night 67 might not have the same depth as UFC 187, but across its 12-fight bill, it’s got plenty of big names. Between Carlos Condit, Thiago Alves, Nik Lentz, Charles Oliveira, and others like KJ Noons and Ryan Jimmo, there will be plenty of recognizable faces walking onto the canvas in beautiful Goiania, Brazil. Also on the card, however, are a whopping five undefeated prospects that might not be as familiar to some fans. Of these five up-and-comers, three fight at welterweight, one fights at featherweight, and another at strawweight, representing a new influx of talent to three of the UFC’s most stacked divisions and a handful of fighters very much worth getting acquainted with. Allow us to make the proper introductions.

The first of Goiania’s five unbeaten competitors is the debuting Tom Breese, a 7-0 welterweight out of the UK who will kick off the Fight Pass Early Prelims. A long-time competitor in BAMMA, and more recently Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, “The Octopus” has yet to see the judges’ scorecards as a pro. And while the lone knockout on his record (a knee to the body) shows that he does have some juice behind his strikes, it’s the Brit’s grappling game that his opponent, Luiz Dutra, will be on the lookout for. Breese is the owner of six submission victories: two by triangle choke, and a four by rear-naked choke. It goes without saying, but at 6’3, he is just the kind of wiry welterweight you don’t want on your back. However his debut in Brazil goes, expect The Octopus to wrap up some necks in the deep water of the UFC welterweight division.

Next up, in the second bout of the early prelims is our second undefeated debutant, Ericka Almeida. Almeida, who fights out of Sorocaba, Brazil, is stepping in against Juliana Lima to replace Jessica Penne, who has been ushered up to a title shot against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in Berlin this June. Against Lima, Almeida will put her perfect, 7-0 record on the line and look to become the newest prospect in the quickly expanding strawweight division. She’ll look to accomplish this with an aggressive submission game that has carried her to six submission victories—only one of which occurred outside the first round. And while her stand up game has looked clunky in the past, constructed mainly of basic, two or three-punch combos, that part of her game is quickly evolving. Where this 26-year-old Brazilian fits in amongst monsters like Jedrzejczyk, Penne, Claudia Gadelha, Jessica Aguilar, even Lima, remains to be seen, but her working her way into the divisional top-15 down the line is not out of the question.

Then, there’s Mirsad Bektic, the only one of Fight Night Goiania’s five undefeated fighters who has already competed inside the UFC. In fact, the well-rounded Bosnian is already 2-0 in the organization, having scored decisions over Chas Skelly and Paul Redmond in his first two bouts. In Brazil, the 9-0 featherweight will look to keep the zero on his record against Lucas Martins, a short notice replacement for fellow undefeated pro, Renato Carneiro, who withdrew from the bout with a knee injury. What Bektic will bring onto the canvas against Martins—and what he brings to the featherweight division as a whole—is wrestling. The 24-year-old American Top Team rep started with karate, but has evolved into a locomotive in the takedown department. The owner of the kind of ruthless wrestling that allowed him to absorb just 10 significant strikes against Redmond, the young American Top Team rep is the kind of fighter who can wear down just about anybody. He represents not just the hottest prospect on this card, but one of the most promising new faces in the UFC overall. Expect big things from him in what could be one of his last prelim appearances.

The fourth of Goiania’s undefeated fighters is Denmark’s Nicolas Dalby, who enters the chaos of the UFC welterweight division with a 13-0 record. Dalby will make his promotional debut against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, a knockout-machine who will also be making his debut with the organization. Dalby’s strengths, which are the reason for his status as one of the night’s most substantial betting favorites, have been honed over the course of a career that began back in 2008. At 30 years old, the Dane has developed a fairly versatile toolkit, having stopped seven of his previous opponents—four by knockout and three by submission. Against a striker like dos Santos, expect Dalby to showcase more of his grappling game, but with a nickname like “Sharpshooter,” you can rest assured he’s got serviceable striking too. Win or lose in Goiania, expect to see the Scandinavian fighter in action again soon, possibly on one of the UFC’s upcoming European cards.

The final of UFC Fight Night 67’s undefeated fighters, and the only one who will be competing on the main card, is the much-hyped Darren Till. Also a European welterweight, the 12-0 Brit makes his debut against Wendell Oliveira, as a replacement for the injured TJ Waldburger. Despite the abundance of solid training camps in the UK, Till does his training in Brazil. He’s made his home at Astra Fight Team, alongside several other noteworthy prospects, and the veteran Rafael Silva—and it is obviously paying off. The owner of two submissions and eight knockouts, Till has seen the judges’ scorecards just twice. The surplus of KOs on the 22-year-old’s record can be attributed to his Muay Thai base, the foundation of his MMA arsenal. Though most of his stoppage wins have been dealt by punches, the Brit is a nasty kicker whose shins frequently find their marks on the legs, bodies, and heads of his opponents. That’s bound to pay dividends against Oliveira, who is primarily a puncher. Look for the 6’0 welterweight to find a good deal of success kicking from outside his opponent’s range. Whether that will be enough to earn him the W remains to be seen, but following in the footsteps of fighters like John Hathaway and Gunnar Nelson, Till walks onto the canvas as one of Europe’s hottest welterweight prospects.

Needless to say, there’s a lot more to UFC Fight Night 67 than its bigger names. Condit, Alves, Lentz and Oliveira are the reason we’ll all tune in, but don’t be surprised if the night’s five undefeated prospects steal the limelight.

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