The Beaten Path: 5 Lightweights the UFC Should Sign Now

We let off last time with the welterweights. Now, the “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series moves onto the lightweight division.
The lightweight division is a shark tank that is stacked with talent from top to bottom. Anthony Pettis is the champion, b…

We let off last time with the welterweights. Now, the “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series moves onto the lightweight division.

The lightweight division is a shark tank that is stacked with talent from top to bottom. Anthony Pettis is the champion, but he is always in danger of guys like Rafael dos Anjos, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Donald Cerrone, among others, coming for his title.

The UFC has always focused on keeping that the lightweight division stacked. In fact, the UFC signed a lot of guys in 2014 and recent times who would have made this list this year, such as Islam Makhachev, Lukasz Sajewski and Joseph Duffy.

Without further ado, here are the five lightweight prospects the UFC should ink.

Below are the previous installments of this series.

 

Heavyweight

Light Heavyweight

Middleweight

Welterweight

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