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#4. Jailton Almeida – defeated Parker Porter in a UFC heavyweight bout

After his win over Parker Porter, Jailton Almeida must be considered a high-level prospect

The UFC has a ton of hot prospects right now, but based on his showing last night, Jailton Almeida might belong near the top of that list. The Brazilian thoroughly dominated Parker Porter en route to a first-round submission win in what was a flawless victory.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about this win was that it came at heavyweight, when the majority of the Brazilian’s career had previously come at light-heavyweight. Essentially, ‘Malhadinho’ couldn’t find an opponent at 205lbs, so he took a fight with a bigger guy instead, and still smashed him.

This was about as one-sided a clash as you’d find in the UFC, as it took Almeida just seconds to dump Porter onto his back, and from there he punished him before choking him out.

Sure, Porter is no contender for Francis Ngannou’s heavyweight title, but he had won his last three bouts in a row – making this an impressive win for the Brazilian. The sky is clearly the limit for ‘Malhadinho’, and it’ll be exciting to see him fight again soon.

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#3. Chidi Njokuani – defeated Dusko Todorovic in a UFC middleweight bout

Chidi Njokuani looked phenomenal in his win over Dusko Todorovic

It’s probably fair to say that very few UFC fighters in recent memory have made such an impact in their early fights with the promotion as middleweight Chidi Njokuani. Last night, ‘Chidi Bang Bang’ picked up his second $50k bonus in as many fights.

It’s probably fair to say that Dusko Todorovic tested Njokuani more than Marc-Andre Barriault did, but that was only because the Serbian fighter was able to last a little longer than the 16 seconds that Barriault managed.

Overall, Njokuani thoroughly dominated him in all areas, and when he slammed his elbow into Todorovic’s temple at the tail end of the first round, he didn’t even need to follow up, so discombobulated was his opponent.

Essentially, the last fighter to do this kind of damage in such entertaining fashion upon his arrival to the octagon was Jiri Prochazka, and he’s fighting for UFC gold in the upcoming months. Obviously that’s not likely to happen for Njokuani, who hasn’t fought a ranked opponent yet – but this win should move him up the ladder, allowing him to face a top fifteen ranked fighter in his next bout.