Heavyweight – 265 pounds 1. Shamil Abdurahimov (12-1) Russian fighter Shamil Abdurahimov tops our list at heavyweight. Not much is known about Abdurahimov, but with limited footage, one can see that he is developing into a top prospect. He’s a smaller heavyweight at this stage in his career, so...

Light Heavyweight – 205 pounds 1. Glover Teixeira (12-2) Glover Teixeira may be the most talked about fighter on the underground forums, who does not fight for a major promotion. Teixeira’s popularity goes all the way back to his appearance on Tapout’s reality series, where Teixeira was a training...

Middleweight – 185 pounds 1. Kazuo Misaki (24-11-2) The time may be right for Kazuo Masaki to make a stateside return. He most recently fought in Deep, but for the last 2+ years was fighting in the Sengoku promotion, which looks to be on its last legs. Misaki has...

So for those just checking in, I’m writing a series about the top 10 fighters in each of the major five divisions not currently signed to a UFC, Strikeforce, or Bellator contract. Yesterday I profiled the top 10 unsigned lightweight talents. I do want to reiterate that there may...