Rankings based off the following....

• ​North American fighters only. For example Thiago Moises wouldn't qualify for these rankings despite training in the U.S. 
  

• ​No fighters that have fought for or are set to fight for the UFC.
  

• ​Fighters competing on Dana White's Contender Series included
  
  
• ​No long-term Bellator fighters or champions. Exceptions for some preliminary fighters
  

• ​All fighters aged 30 and under 
  
  
• ​Rankings based off age, record and level of competition
  

RANK	NAME	AGE	RECORD	COUNTRY	NEXT FIGHT
1	Brendan Allen	21	8-2	USA
2	Ian Heinisch	28	8-0	USA	Fights Sept. 8th vs. Markus Perez
3	Andrew Todhunter	29	8-0	USA
4	Chris Harris	27	9-2	USA
5	Anthony Hernandez	23	5-0	USA
6	Chibwikem Onyenegecha	23	6-0	USA
7	Chris Bukwas Anderson	27	6-0	CANADA
8	Chase Waldon	30	11-3	USA
9	Gilbert Urbina	21	4-0	USA
10	Deron Winn	28	2-0	USA
11	Kevin Nowaczyk	28	19-3	USA
12	Sidney Wheeler	21	6-2	USA
13	Kevin Holland	24	9-3	USA	Fights Aug. 12th vs. Matt Foster
14	Christien Savoie	24	5-0	CANADA
15	Julien LeBlanc	25	4-0	CANADA
16	Bevon Lewis	26	3-0	USA	Fights Aug. 29th vs. Elias Urbina
17	Justin Sumter	27	4-1	USA
18	Julian Learned	22	6-1	USA
19	Teddy Ash	27	8-3	CANADA
20	Phil Hawes	28	4-2	USA

#1 -- Brendan Allen (8-2)

Fans here on FloCombat got a glimpse of how talented this 21-year-old was last year when he defeated Sidney Wheeler by second-round submission in the main event of Valor Fights 39. Allen nearly earned himself a UFC contract this year before losing a unanimous decision to Eryk Anders at LFA 14 in June for the promotion's vacant middleweight championship. Allen has since started training full time at the prestigious Roufusport camp in Milwaukee and it's paid off. Allen defeated #4 ranked Chris Harris at LFA 18 on Aug. 4th by second-round submission to earn his sixth win in his last seven fights. 

#2 -- Ian Heinisch (8-0)

Heinisch has been close to a UFC contract for quite some time and his opponents have had a combined record of 44-21. The 28-year-old trains at Factory-X with the likes fellow middleweights Chris Camozzi, Anthony "Lionheart" Smith and Dustin Jacoby. Heinisch is coming off a first-round victory over Lucas Rota at LFA 10 in April, which was just his second career win by submission. Heinisch fights Markus Perez (8-0) at LFA 22 on Sept. 8th. 

#3 -- Andrew Todhunter (8-0)

Todhunter technically makes this list since he never actually fought for the UFC. He was slated to fight Albert Tumenov at UFC 188 in June 2015, however he passed out during his weight cut and the fight was called off. From there, the 29-year-old was released from the Las Vegas based promotion and is coming off a first-round submission victory over Evan Thompson at Legacy FC 54 in April 2016.

#4 -- Chris Harris (9-2)

Harris started his career off with a perfect 8-0 record, including a victory over recently signed UFC middleweight Julian Marquez at Bellator 150 last year. However since then, the 27-year-old has lost two of his last three fights with setbacks against Jordan Young and most recently #1 ranked Brendan Allen at LFA 18 on Aug 4th.

#5 -- Anthony Hernandez (5-0)

"Fluffy" doesn't like getting paid by the minute as all five of his professional bouts have come by way of first-round stoppage. The 23-year-old is coming off a first-round submission victory over Mike Persons at Global Knockout 9. Hernandez was slated to face undefeated Brandon Hester at Global Knockout 10 on August 5th however he had to pull out due to injury. 


Stay tuned as we continue to unveil our FloCombat Prospect Rankings in the upcoming days all the way through flyweight. 

For heavyweight and light heavyweight rankings, follow these links: 

Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight

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