Sherdog Prospect Watch: Archie Colgan

Archie Colgan will face perhaps the toughest test of his career—on paper—when he puts his perfect 10-0 record on the line against fellow undefeated Bellator MMA prospect Manoel Sousa in a Bellator Champions Series 5 lightweight showcase this Saturday at OVO Arena Wembley in London. Implications run deeper than the zeroes in their respective loss columns.

Colgan puts more emphasis on emerging as a champion someday than he does on staying unbeaten. He understands the difficult task ahead of him against Sousa, who has finished 10 of his first 11 opponents.

“Obviously, the past three fights that I’ve had were a step up in the fact of experience and just facing the veteran side of the sport,”…