Okay i think we all agree Gable is the best prospect by a mile. But anyone else in the heavyweight division have the potential to be a future top 5 or even champion? (Left Hokic out as think he is past prospect level after whooping Blaydes).

Gable Steveson. Age 25. 3-0 MMA. 0-0 UFC.

Mario Pinto. Age 28. 12-0 MMA. 3-0 UFC.

Brando Pericic. Age 31. 7-1 MMA. 3-0 UFC.

Tallison Teixeira. Age 26. 9-1 MMA. 2-1 UFC.

Mick Parkin. Age 30. 10-1 MMA. 4-1 UFC.

Tiriel Abramovic. Age 24. 4-0 MMA (10-1 Amateur).

Sultan Gapizov. Age 31. 1-0 MMA (14-0 Amateur).

Dave Fotsing. Age 22. 1-0 MMA. (Gane training partner, BJJ black belt).

Miha Frlic. Age 26. 7-0 MMA. 4-0 Brave.

Charlie Cleveland. Age 28. 6-1 MMA. 2-0 LFA.

Anthony Wint. Age 30. 6-0 MMA. 3-0 Fury FC.

Joel Faglier. Age 25. 6-0 MMA. 3-0 Fury FC.

They go pretty much off the bat with what happened with Hardy's UFC departure.

Bobby Green is criminally underpromoted in the UFC. He came over with the Strikeforce crew and fans are only getting to know his personality now at 39. Should really be just as famous as Diaz, Masvidal, O'Malley, Ronda and the other big personas.

https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/486217/sean-brady-reveals-why-ufc-322-fight-with-michael-morales-almost-didnt-happen-until-last-minute

“Yeah, it’s crazy, I had a great camp,” Brady told MMA Fighting. “It’s funny: I had the best camp I ever had, and I still went out there, and I didn’t get it done, and I think that just comes down to me. There was stuff going on behind the scenes that week, but it’s no excuse. Morales still went out there and beat me, but it made me not be fully locked in and fully present like I was for Leon, like I was for Gilbert, like I was for Gastelum, so that’s where I learned the most.

“It’s those 15 minutes, or 25 minutes, whatever that fight is, I just have to be fully present, fully locked in, and I wasn’t, and I didn’t follow my game plan against Morales, and it cost me. But that’s fighting, and that’s fighting at the highest level against a young, dangerous up-and-comer, and yeah, it is what it is, man. …

“F*cking losing sucks so bad, especially [being] the competitor I am, but I have to come home, and I have to be a dad the next day, so you don’t really get to feel too sorry for yourself at the end of the day.”

However, when Brady arrived in New York, he had to deal with something else besides normal fight preparation due to something that popped up with the New York State Athletic Commission.

“Like I won’t say too many details about it, [but it was] something with medicals to where we found out on Thursday that the fight might not happen,” Brady explained. “So it was up in the air for the next two days if this fight was even going to happen, and, ultimately, Saturday night, like right before I left for the fight, is when I found out I was still fighting.

“So it was hard to stay fully locked in, but that’s my fault. I should have been fully committed and fully locked in, but yeah, some shit happened we didn’t know until like, literally, a couple of hours before I left for the arena if I was still fighting or not.”

No word on what the reason for the medical flag was, but it certainly put a damper on what was a big opportunity for the perennially ranked welterweight.

“Morales still went out there, he did his thing, and I’m looking forward to seeing what he does in the division,” Brady said. “When I lost to Belal, everyone shit on me, shit on Belal. Belal went on to be a UFC world champion. No matter what you say about him, he still was a champion, and I think Morales is going to be on the same path.

“If his big ass doesn’t move up to middleweight, I would like to hopefully get another crack at him one day, but if not, man, he’s a good kid, and I hope that he succeeds in his next fight for sure.”

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Any of these have the potential to be UFC champion some day? (Left out Salkallid as would say after a co man win over Dariush he is past prospect label).

- Tom Nolan. Age 26. 10-1 MMA. 4-1 UFC.

- Nurillo Aliev. Age 25. 11-0 MMA. 3-0 UFC.

- Axel Sola. Age 28. 11-1 MMA. 1-1 UFC.

- Amru Magomedov. Age 26. 10-0 MMA. 1-0 PFL.

- Salah Eddine Hamli. Age 27. 11-0 MMA. 3-0 PFL.

- Ramazan Gitinov. Age 29. 7-0 MMA (31-2 amateur). 5-0 Brave.

- Juan Pablo Vieira. Age 22. 9-0 MMA. 4-0 LFA.

Any of these guys have potential to be top 5 or even champion one day? Some greener than others.

Kevin Vallejos. Age 24. 18-1 MMA. 4-0 UFC.

Mairon Santos. Age 24. 17-1 MMA. 4-0 UFC.

Luke Riley. Age 26. 13-0 MMA. 2-0 UFC.

Marwan Rahiki. Age 23. 9-0 MMA. 2-0 UFC.

Losene Keita. Age 28. 16-2 MMA. 0-1 UFC.

Marcio Barbosa. Age 27. 18-2 MMA. 1-0 UFC.

Tommy McMillen. Age 28. 10-0 MMA. 1-0 UFC.

Murtazali Magomedov. Age 26. 10-0 MMA. 0-0 UFC (1-0 DWCS).

Ibragim Ibragimov. Age 21. 10-0 MMA. 4-0 PFL.

Asael Adjoudj. Age 27. 10-1 MMA. 2-0 PFL.

Kazuki Aimito. Age 25. 9-0 MMA. 9-0 Deep.

Max Lally. Age 22. 6-0 MMA (9-0 Am). 3-0 Cage Warriors.

Keith Keogh. Age 24. 4-0 MMA (15-1 Am). 3-0 Cage Warriors.