UFC on Fuel: The Best YouTube Videos of the Newcomers

The UFC on Fuel TV, tonight from Omaha, Nebraska, will feature great main card action from established UFC veterans and rising UFC stars, but kicking off the action in the first three bouts on Facebook will be six men looking to make a successful and memorable debut in the world's largest MMA organization.

Newcomers Anton Kuivanen, Justin Salas, Bernardo "Trekko" Magalhaes, Buddy Roberts, Sean "The Destroyer" Loeffler and "The Dirty Bird," Tim Means (pictured) all make their Octagon debut in the Omaha Civic Auditorium, but only three of these men can leave Omaha with an Octagon victory, while the other three leave with a defeat at the end of their night.

Who are these six men, and what do you need to know about them as they prepare for their Octagon debuts?

Allow me to use the magic of YouTube in order to help you get a better idea of what's going to be running through your Facebook stream tonight.

Tim Means

"The Dirty Bird" is a 16-3-1 product of King of The Cage who has 12 (T)KO wins, three submission wins and one decision win on his pro record, with all but one of his TKO finishes coming in the first round.

He has a good submission game to go along with his striking game, but the striking game is what has brought Means to the dance thus far in MMA, and it's what caused him to step in to face Bernardo Magalhaes when Yoislandy Izquierdo had to withdraw from the bout.

Any of Means' first-round finishes are recommended viewing, and fans will be amped to learn that Means can often be a quick finisher at times, but YouTube doesn't carry many fights from Means' career, unless a fan uploaded a video from their phone of a Means fight.

The best showcase of Means and his abilities as a fighter is the package put together before Means, a former KOTC 160-pound Junior Welterweight and 155-pound Lightweight Champion, went on to defeat Mario Ramos in 1:07 of the first round at KOTC: High Performance on November 19th of last year.

On arguably the greatest night in MMA history, Means earned the second to last win of his KOTC run against Ramos, with his last KOTC win to date coming in the first 30 seconds of his last fight, which came at KOTC: Total Destruction last month.

Did you get all of that, Bernardo?

Good thing if you did, because that's the type of challenge you're facing tonight.

Bernardo Magalhaes

Don't let the nine decision wins and two submission wins on the 11-2 record of this Brazilian-Australian fool you.

Bernardo Magalhaes, who was supposed to face Yoislady Izquierdo, is a prospect on the rise, and although he does favor going the distance, he works for his takedowns and works as well as he can in inflicting damage on the ground.

Really speaking, going mostly to decisions should speak positively to the potential that Magalhaes shows, the possibilities of what could happen if he can score a finish in the ring or the cage instead of going on a streak of decision wins and the toughness of the lesser-known yet respectable competition he's faced so far.

Heaven forbid Magalhaes faces someone competitive and goes the distance with them, but of course, MMA logic seems to be that if a fight ever goes to a decision, it sucks.

Clearly, there's something about Magalhaes that doesn't suck if the largest MMA organization in the world is giving him time to shine, even if he's only getting a chance to shine on Facebook against a former two-division King of The Cage world champion.

Anton Kuivanen

Anton Kuivanen's record might have one think that he's more of a submission guy, especially considering he's won eight fights by submission, but he's scored four wins by decision and four wins by some form of KO in his career.

One of those TKO wins just happens to be the fight we dug up on Kuivanen, in which he faces Tim Radcliffe and closes up his left eye in the first round.

Believe it or not, this is Kuivanen before he ever stepped in the Octagon, and needless to say, he looked ready to go at the weigh-ins today.

He may be seen as a guy with the ability to control guys against the cage from time to time, but the BJJ blue belt fighter out of Helsinki is also pretty precise and fairly accurate with the strikes he does get off in the cage.

He'll need to finely tune those skills in order to prove that he has a place in the Lightweight division, but what he has shown so far only creates a rather bright outlook for what the future has in store for him.

What he shows the world against Justin Salas will give us a great glimpse as to where this kid could realistically go in the UFC Lightweight division.

Justin Salas

Justin Salas is only 9-3 as a professional, with three TKO wins, three submission wins and three decision wins—with two unanimous decision wins and a majority decision win—against a TKO loss and two submission losses.

The first loss of his career was in his pro debut against Corey Lieberth, and the fight we dug up to show y'all was his second pro fight, which avenged that first loss to Lieberth...

...Okay, who are we kidding? The video isn't of the rematch, but Salas did avenge that loss.

The footage we dug up for you all to enjoy is the fight Salas had against Matt Simms in July of 2010, and just to give you some warning in advance: The fight ends in Round 2.

How does Salas go out in this one? Convincingly and with a win.

He draws Anton Kuivanen when the cage door shuts tonight, and it'd be in Kuivanen's best interest to take note of Salas' ability to finish, lest he find himself looking at the lights before he realizes what happened.

Sean Loeffler

You want to know about Sean Loeffler?

Half of his finishes are by a form of KO, the other half by submission and he knocked out his last opponent in seven seconds after dropping him with a head kick.

He has one decision win and two losses by TKO, with one loss by decision and two losses by submission, but again: He's a finisher.

Need I say much more, aside from mentioning that he's facing a fellow newcomer in Buddy Roberts?

Well, there's also the fact that Loeffler is a finisher...I don't think I've mentioned that yet.

That's good for fans and for Loeffler, because it seems as though the fighters on this card share a general hatred for leaving it in the hands of the judges, as is evident by the fact of only two fights in Loeffler's career have gone to decision.

If Loeffler's going to beat Roberts at all, best to believe the prediction that says it's going to end with a clear finish because...well, he is a finisher, after all.

Buddy Roberts

Buddy Roberts shares the name of a classic pro wrestler from the days of Ric Flair, The Four Horsemen, The Fabulous Freebirds and The Von Erich Dynasty, but unlike the classic wrestling stables of the Golden Age, this incarnation of Roberts has four wins by TKO, five submission wins (all by Rear-Naked Choke) and two decisions, all against a TKO and submission loss.

Just like Rousimar Palhares loves the heel hook, just like Kendall Grove has the D'Arce, and just like Cody McKenzie has his version of the Guillotine (the McKenzitine), Roberts has "The Buddy Choke," which is what I'm coining his Rear Naked Chokes from here on out.

Can he slap on a "Buddy Choke" to finish Sean Loeffler?

I guess we'll find out tonight, now won't we?