From Ring to Cage: The Evolution of Combat Sports

  The Ancient Roots of Combat Sports Combat sports have a rich and diverse history, tracing their roots back to ancient civilizations. In China, the sport took the form of lei tai, a no-holds-barred combat that combined boxing and wrestling. Similar sports were also prevalent in ancient Egypt, India and Japan. Wrestling was particularly popular … Read more

Best fights of the week 32, year 2023

Weekly selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai fights

After watching and rating all the world’s most important matches of the previous week, we select the best fights of the week for each category (boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai), the ones you have to watch! In this selection we take into consideration the week number 32 of 2023: (Monday-Sunday) from August 7th, 2023 … Read more

Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Melvin Lopez full fight Video – 2023

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Fight rated with 3 stars: good fight or nice koReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, pretty good boxing match: Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Melvin Lopez gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Lopez vs Rodriguez is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill (Maryland, USA), in a 12-round bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the vacant IBF world bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Gary Antuanne Russell vs Kent Cruz full fight Video – 2023

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Fight rated with 2 stars: match not so good/excitingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, one sided boxing match: Gary Antuanne Russell vs Kent Cruz gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Cruz vs Russell is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill (Maryland, USA), in a 10-round light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Melvin Lopez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez full fight Video – 2023

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Fight rated with 3 stars: good fight or nice koReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, great boxing match: Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Valdez vs Navarrete is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale (Arizona, USA), in a 12-round super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBO world super-featherweight title (Navarrete’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Chris Daukaus vs Khalil Rountree full fight Video highlights UFC Vegas 78 – 2023

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Fight rated with 3 stars: good fight or nice koReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, pretty good mma bout: Chris Daukaus vs Khalil Rountree gets three stars
(UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Rountree vs Daukaus is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Vicente Luque vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC Vegas 78 (also known as UFC on ESPN 51). Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Cub Swanson vs Hakeem Dawodu full fight Video highlights UFC Vegas 78 – 2023

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Fight rated with 2 stars: match not so good/excitingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, some good single shots but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Cub Swanson vs Hakeem Dawodu gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Dawodu vs Swanson is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Vicente Luque vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC Vegas 78 (also known as UFC on ESPN 51). Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Vicente Luque vs Rafael dos Anjos full fight Video highlights UFC Vegas 78 – 2023

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Fight rated with 2 stars: match not so good/excitingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, close mma bout but not so exciting: Vicente Luque vs Rafael dos Anjos gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
dos Anjos vs Luque is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC Vegas 78 (also known as UFC on ESPN 51). Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Anthony Joshua vs Robert Helenius full fight Video – 2023

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Fight rated with 3 stars: good fight or nice koReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, the boxing match Anthony Joshua vs Robert Helenius gets three stars only thanks to a nice finish, the rest of the bout was boring (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Helenius vs Joshua is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the O2 Arena in London (United Kingdom), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

Derek Chisora vs Gerald Washington full fight Video – 2023

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Fight rated with 2 stars: match not so good/excitingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-12, boxing match not particularly good: Derek Chisora vs Gerald Washington gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Washington vs Chisora is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th, at the O2 Arena in London (United Kingdom), in a 10-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Robert Helenius. Watch the video and rate this fight!