Review: 2014-05-10, good exchanges and nice finish: Costas Philippou vs Lorenz Larkin gets three stars. Constantinos Philippou entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-4-0 (58% finishing rate, with only one victory by submission) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world, he comes off two consecutive losses: against Francis Carmont in 2013 (=Philippou vs Carmont) and Luke Rockhold in 2014 (=Rockhold vs Philippou).
His opponent, Lorenz Larkin, has a record of 14-2-0 (57% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class, he also lost in 2013 against Carmont and once in 2014 against Brad Tavares (=Larkin vs Tavares), between these two bouts he defeated Chris Camozzi. Costas Philippou vs Larkin is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva
Date: 2014-05-10
Where: U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Division: middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg)
UFC Fight Night Cincinnati fight card (main card):
Matt Brown vs Erick Silva
Costas Philippou vs Lorenz Larkin
Daron Cruickshank vs Erik Koch
Tim Means vs Neil Magny
Soa Palelei vs Ruan Potts
Chris Cariaso vs Louis Smolka
Philippou’s previous fight: Luke Rockhold vs Costas Philippou
Larkin’s previous fight: Lorenz Larkin vs Brad Tavares
Philippou’s next fight: Gegard Mousasi vs Costas Philippou
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