Videos of the best Fights of the Year candidates: Mma, Boxing, K-1

BJ Penn vs Ryan Hall full fight Video UFC 232 – 2018

2021/05/252018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, spectacular finish between BJ Penn and Ryan Hall: this is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former Ufc Lw and Ww champion BJ Penn entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-12-2 (81% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 25, 2017 when he was defeated by Denni Siver (BJ Penn vs Dennis Siver); before this bout he had also lost four consecutive bouts, his last victory was in 2010 against Matt Hughes.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitu Ryan Hall, has an official record of 6-1-0 (67% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 3, 2016 when he defeated Gray Maynard; before this bout, in 2015, he had also beat Artem Lobov (Artem Lobov vs Ryan Hall). BJ Penn vs Hall is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Carl Frampton vs Josh Warrington full fight Video – 2018

2021/09/022018/12/23 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-22, amazing fight thanks to a great performance by both boxers: Josh Warrington vs Carl Frampton is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (close to five)!

The world champion in two different weight classes Carl Frampton entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-1-0 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world. Between 2016 and 2017 he faced current #1 Fw Leo Santa Cruz defeating the Mexican in their first bout (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) and losing the rematch (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II); after this fight he has won three bouts beating Luke Jackson in his last one (Carl Frampton vs Luke Jackson).
His opponent, the undefeated Ibf Fw champ Josh Warrington, has a perfect record of 27-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Kiko Martinez (Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez), Dennis Ceylan (Josh Warrington vs Dennis Ceylan) and Lee Selby (Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington). Frampton vs Warrington is valid for the IBF World featherweight title (Warrington’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Takeru vs Koji – full fight Video K-1

2018/12/19 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-08, tremendous exchanges between two Japanese warriors in a high pace fight: Takeru vs Koji is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!

The K-1 world champion in three different weight classes Takeru Segawa entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 35-1-0 (21 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. His only loss occurred when he faced Kyotani Yuki in 2012, but it was a doctor stoppage technical decision, since then he has won 30 consecutive bouts defeating Stauros Exakoustidis, Masanobu Goshyu, Kosuke Komiyama and Daniel Puertas Gallardo in 2018.
His opponent, the former Iska Lw champ Koji (also known as Kouzi), has an official record of 25-12-0 (9 knockouts) and he has already fought three times in 2018 beating Hirotaka Urabe and Stauros Exakoustidis but between these two fights he lost to Kosuke Komiyama. Takeru vs Koji, main event of K-1 WGP 2018 Japan, is valid for the K-1 super featherweight title (Takeru’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury full fight Video – 2018

2021/10/102018/12/02 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-01, entertaining fight thanks to a good performance by both boxers and some tremendous shots: Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!

Both undefeated, the former Olympian and Wbc Hw champion Deontay Wilder entered this fight with a perfect record of 40-0-0 (39 KOs=98%) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Anthony Joshua) while his opponent, the former IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO Hw champ Tyson Fury, has an official boxing record of 27-0-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. In their last three bouts Wilder has won over Gerald Washington (Wilder vs Washington), Bermane Stiverne (Deontay Wilder vs Bermane Stiverne 2) and Luis Ortiz (Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz) while Fury has beat Wladimir Klitschko (in 2015, Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury), Sefer Seferi (Tyson Fury vs Sefer Seferi) and Francesco Pianeta in 2018 (Tyson Fury vs Francesco Pianeta). Wilder vs Fury is valid for the WBC World heavyweight title (Wilder’s seventh defense); they also faced each other a second time on Februrary 22, 2020 (Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury 2) and a third time on October 9, 2021 (Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Chan Sung Jung vs Yair Rodriguez full fight Video UFC FN 139 – 2018

2024/09/192018/11/11 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-10, good fight with a spectacular finish: Chan Sung Jung vs Yair Rodriguez is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night, UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in hapkido, judo and tae-kwon-do Chan Sung Jung entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-4-0 (86% finishing rate) while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Yair Rodriguez, has an official record of 10-2-0 (50% finishing rate). Both fighters are not ranked as they haven’t fought for more than one year: ‘The Korean Zombie’ was defeated by Jose Aldo in 2013 (Aldo vs Jung) but then he beat Dennis Bermudez in February 2017 (Dennis Bermudez vs Chan Sung Jung) while ‘Pantera’ Rodriguez fought twice last year defeating BJ Penn in January (Rodriguez vs Penn) and losing to Frankie Edgar in May (Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriguez).Jung vs Rodriguez is the main event of UFC Fight Night 139. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Miguel Berchelt vs Miguel Roman full fight Video WBC – 2018

2022/11/052018/11/04 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-03, amazing mexican war in which both boxers showed big heart and granite chin: this is the action we want for a boxing Fight of the Year 2018 candidate, Miguel Berchelt vs Miguel Roman gets five stars!

The Wbc super-Fw and former interim Wbo champion Miguel Berchelt entered this fight with a pro record of 34-1-0 (30 KOs=88%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt suffered his only loss when he faced Luis Eduardo Florez in 2014, since then he has won 13 consecutive bouts beating Takashi Miura (Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura), Maxwell Awuku (Miguel Berchelt vs Maxwell Awuku) and Jonathan Victor Barros in his last three (Miguel Berchelt vs Jonathan Victor Barros).
His opponent, Miguel Roman, has an official boxing record of 60-12-0 (47 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. Mickey Roman lost to Takashi Miura last year (Roman vs Miura) but then he has won four bouts defeating Aristides Perez (Miguel Roman vs Aristides Perez) and Michel Marcano in 2018 (Miguel Roman vs Michel Marcano). Berchelt vs Roman is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Berchelt’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 best BOXING fight – Lewis Ritson vs Francesco Patera – full fight Video

2018/10/152018/10/13 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-13, close and excitng fight thanks to an amazing performance by both boxers from the first bell: Lewis Ritson vs Francesco Patera is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!

The undefeated Lewis Ritson entered this fight with a perfect record of 17-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.13 lightweight in the world. He has already fought four times in 2018 winning over Joe Murray, Scott Cardle (Lewis Ritson vs Scott Cardle), Paul Hyland Jnr (Lewis Ritson vs Paul Hyland Jnr) and Oscar Amadro.
His opponent, Francesco Patera, has a boxing record of 19-3-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He faced Edis Tatli twice in 2017 winning the first bout but losing the second one; after this fight he has beat Ruben Gouveia. Ritson vs Patera is valid for the vacant EBU European lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 best BOXING fight – Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka – full fight Video WBO

2019/03/162018/09/24 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-24, epic japanese war thanks to an impressive performance by both boxers: Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka is the best boxing fight of 2018 so far and it gets four stars!

The Wbo Flw champion Sho Kimura entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 17-1-2 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cristofer Rosales). He suffered his only defeat at his pro boxing debut in 2013, against Shosuke Oji, since then he has collected 17 victories and two draws beating Zou Shiming (Shiming vs Kimura), Toshiyuki Igarashi (Sho Kimura vs Toshiyuki Igarashi) and Froilan Saludar in his last three (Sho Kimura vs Froilan Saludar).
His opponent, the undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Angel Acosta (Tanaka vs Acosta), Palangpol CP Freshmart (Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart) and Ronnie Baldonado (Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado). Kosei vs Kimura is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kimura’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Gennady Golovkin vs Saul Canelo Alvarez 2 full fight Video – 2018

2022/09/172018/09/16 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, tough fight with some nice combinations, this is professional boxing at his very very best: Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 2 is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!

The undefeated former Olympian and current Wbc, Wba and Ibo champion Gennady Golovkin entered this fight with a pro record of 38-0-1 (34 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world. In his last three fights he has beat Daniel Jacobs in 2017 (Golovkin vs Jacobs) and Vanes Martirosyan in 2018 (Gennady Golovkin vs Vanes Martirosyan) but between these two bouts he drew with Saul Alvarez in their first fight (controversial decision, Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin).
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Saul Canelo Alvarez, has an official boxing record of 49-1-2 (34 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class but he comes off the draw with ‘GGG’ Golovkin; they had to face again in May 2018 but the Mexican tested positive for two drug tests after their first clash. Before this bout Canelo suffered his only loss when he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013 (via majority decision, Mayweather vs Alvarez), since then Alvarez had won seven consecutive fights defeating Amir Khan (4-stars fight, Canelo vs Khan), Liam Smith (Canelo vs Smith) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in his last three (Canelo vs Chavez Jr). Their first fight ended in a controversial split draw (110-118 for Alvarez, 115-113 for Golovkin, 114-114) but in the CompuBox Punch Stats Canelo got just 169 punches landed out of 505 thrown (33.5%), while Gennady 218 out of 703 punches thrown (31%). Moreover, some of the most important media scored the first fight in this way: ESPN.com 116-112 for Golovkin, Harold Lederman from HBO 116-112 for Golovkin and the Associated Press 114-114. Canelo vs Golovkin 2 is valid for the IBO, WBA, WBC World middleweight titles; they also faced each other a third time on September 17, 2022 (Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Jose Ramirez vs Antonio Orozco full fight Video WBC – 2018

2021/11/252018/09/15 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-14, tremendous battle thanks to an amazing performance by both boxers: Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Antonio Orozco is one of the best boxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!

Both undefeated, the former Olympian and current Wbc light-Ww champion Jose Carlos Ramirez entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 22-0-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.18 super lightweight in the world while his opponent, Antonio Orozco, has an official record of 27-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. In their last three bouts Ramirez has won over Jake Giuriceo, Mike Reed (Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Mike Reed) and Amir Imam (Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Amir Imam) while Orozco has beat Abner Lopez (Antonio Orozco vs Abner Lopez), Keandre Gibson (Antonio Orozco vs Keandre Gibson) and Martin Honorio. Ramirez vs Orozco is valid for the WBC World super lightweight title (Ramirez’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!