Leland Roling Archives: 12/2011

Photo by Anton Tabuena Name: Eduard Folayang Nickname: Landslide Age: 27 Height: 5’9″ Location: Baguio City, Philippines For the last few years, the Philippines has…

Name: Zorobabel Moreira Nickname: Zoro Age: 28 Height: 6’3″ Location: Singapore The popularity of mixed martial arts and its global reach has created a high…

Mixed martial arts may not be the hot trend anymore in Japan, but that hasn’t stopped Japanese fight promotion DREAM from putting together one of…

Name: Anton Kuivanen Nickname: — Age: 27 Height: 6’0″ Location: Helsinki, Finland That didn’t take long, did it? After Finnish MMA fans everywhere relished in…

Name: Jordan Rinaldi Nickname: — Age: 24 Height: 5’10” Location: Charlotte, North Carolina The Carolinas aren’t known for producing top-tier mixed martial arts talent at…

Name: Juha-Pekka Vainikainen Nickname: — Age: 27 Height: 6’0″ Location: Espoo, Finland Finland may not have the prominence of its neighbor, Sweden, in regards to…

Name: Joey Gambino Nickname: The Raging Warrior Age: 23 Height: 5’7″ Location: Saugerties, New York Despite sharing his name with an infamous New York City…

Name: Brandon Bender Nickname: — Age: 24 Height: 5’8″ Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California A quick glance at the résumé of California-native Brandon Bender (8-0) might…

Name: Lance Palmer Nickname: The Party Age: 23 Height: 5’6″ Location: Sacramento, California Ten years ago, the NCAA’s best wrestlers didn’t have many options after…

Photo by CageWarriorsUSA.com Name: Jim Alers Nickname: — Age: 24 Height: 5’9″ Location: Orlando, Florida South Florida’s Jim Alers (6-1) isn’t your typical mixed martial…

Photo by Keith Mills, Sherdog Name: Anthony Gutierrez Nickname: Sharkbait Age: 21 Height: 5’11” Location: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Missouri is one of the Midwest’s highest…

Name: Max Holloway Nickname: Lil Evil Age: 20 Height: 6’0″ Location: Wai’Anae, Hawaii One of the highlights of digging through the depths of the talent…

Name: Cody Bollinger Nickname: — Age: 20 Height: 5’10” Location: Sultana, California During our arduous journey through the sport’s vast prospect pool, one trend stood…

Name: Bubba Jenkins Nickname: — Age: 23 Height: 5’7″ Location: Coconut Creek, Florida With only one professional mixed martial arts bout to his credit, 2011…

Photo by Gleidson Venga, Sherdog Name: Rony Mariano Bezerra Nickname: Jason Age: 27 Height: 5’10” Location: Mossoro, Brazil Many of the placements we made for…

Name: Aljamain Sterling Nickname: — Age: 22 Height: 5’7″ Location: Cortland, New York Chiming in at #2 on the 2012 World MMA Bantamweight Scouting Report,…

Photo by Chris Garcia Name: Chris Holdsworth Nickname: — Age: 24 Height: 5’11” Location: Las Vegas, Nevada One would be hard pressed to find a…

Photo by MMANewsCanada.com Name: Josh Hill Nickname: — Age: 25 Height: 5′ 6″ Location: Stoney Creek, Ontario With an ever-growing fanbase that supports MMA, even…

Photo by Keith Mills, Sherdog Name: Claudio Ledesma Nickname: — Age: 28 Height: 5′ 5″ Location: Denville, New Jersey After an international journey that took…

Photo by Patrick Jenkinson Name: Sirwan Kakai Nickname: Zohan Age: 22 Height: 5′ 6″ Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Not to be outdone by the rest of…