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

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Takeru vs Taiga 2 – full fight Video K-1 World GP 2015

2017/11/062015/04/20 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-19, two very young kickboxers in a very exciting battle thanks to an outstanding performance by both fighters (they had already fought twice the same night), some tremendous exchanges and a nonstop pace: the second fight between Takeru and Taiga is the first candidate for kickboxing Fight of the Year 2015 and it gets five stars!

Takeru (red and yellow hair) entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 17-1-0 (10 knockouts) while his opponent, the 18-year-old Taiga (five years younger than Takeru), has an official record of 9-1-0 (1 knockout) and he suffered his only defeat in 2014 when he faced Takeru for the first time. Takeru vs Taiga 2 is the final of the K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg championship tournament; Takeru beat Alexandre Prilip in the quarterfinals and Shota Takiya in the semifinals while Taiga won over Soufiane El Haji and Nobuchika Terado. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Souwer vs Jonay Risco – full fight Video Enfusion 27

2015/09/182015/04/20 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, speed, high pace and some very nice combinations in a close fight where the action never stopped: Andy Souwer vs Jonay Risco is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars!

The 2005 and 2007 K-1 World MAX Champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 158-17-1 (98 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, Jonay Risco, has a record of 52-6-1 (4 knockouts). Souwer has already fought four times in 2015 beating Jiao Fukai (=Souwer vs Fukai) but then he lost the final of the Kunlun Fight Mw tournament (Group A) against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (=Souwer vs Sitthichai); after this bout he came back to win with Hideya Tanaka (one of the best knockouts of the year,
Souwer vs Tanaka) and Dong Wenfei (=Souwer vs Wenfei). Souwer vs Risco is on the undercard of Mohamed Boubkari vs Moises Baute – Enfusion Live 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Mathias Gallo Cassarino vs Puenyai – full fight Video

2021/01/072015/04/08 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-05, Mathias Gallo Cassarino vs Puenyai Payyakka Mpan gets four stars thanks to one of the best muay thai knockouts of the year!

The 22-year-old Mathias Gallo Cassarino, also known as Mathias Muay Farang, entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 38-20-4 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Puenyai Payyakka Mpan (or Puenyai Payupkampan), has an official record of 90-15-5. Mathias has already fought twice in 2015 beating a Cambodian fighter but then he lost to Ayoub El Khaidar in France (controversial decision) while the Thai Puenyai has recently won the WMC title. Mathias vs Puenyai is the final of the Max Muay Thai 8 4-man tournament -62kg; in the semifinals the Italian defeated Issam Arabat-Ziane while Puenyai beat Ruslan Berdyev (also known as Ruslam Rusthaiteam). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Victor Saravia vs Sam Poulton – full fight Video

2015/08/292015/03/31 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-27, sometimes, even though two fighters are not well known and ranked among the best in the world, they can create a very exciting fight, and this is the case: Victor Saravia vs Sam Poulton is one of the best muay thai fights of 2015 and it gets four stars thanks to their amazing performance, a high pace and some tremendous exchanges.

The 21-year-old Victor Saravia (ten years younger than Poulton) entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 2-0-0 (2 knockouts) while his opponent, Sam Poulton, has a record of 2-1-0. Saravia has fought twice last year beating Anthony Castrejon and Andy Singh. Saravia vs Poulton is on the undercard of Kevin Ross vs Tetsuya Yamato 2 – Lion Fight 21. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best MMA fight – Justin Gaethje vs Luis Palomino – full fight Video WSOF 19

2022/04/212015/03/29 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-28, brutal first frame (candidate for the Mma Round of the Year), non-stop pace and some tremendous exchanges: we have, finally, the first candidate for the 2015 Mma Fight of the Year, Justin Gaethje vs Luis Palomino was an epic war and it gets five stars!

The undefeated Justin Gaethje entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 13-0-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 lightweight in the world; he fought three times last year beating Richard Patishnock (=Gaethje vs Patishnock), Nick Newell (=Gaethje vs Newell) and Melvin Guillard (=Gaethje vs Guillard).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Luis Palomino, has an official record of 23-9-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class. ‘Baboon’ Palomino suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Efrain Escudero, after losing he came back to win beating Jorge ‘Macaco’ Patino (=Patino vs Palomino) and Lewis Gonzalez (=Palomino vs Gonzalez). Gaethje vs Palomino, main event of Wsof 19, is valid for the WSOF lightweight title (held by Gaethje). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal – full fight Video WBA, IBF, WBO

2016/01/312015/03/15 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, exciting and tough bout thanks to a great performance by two of the best light-heavyweights in the world: Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal is one of the best boxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars (we had rated this fight three stars but [ we were probably drunk:-)] after watching it again we have changed our rating – March 16, 2015).

The undefeated Sergey Kovalev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 26-0-1 (23 KOs=88%) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson); he fought three times in 2014 defending twice his Wbo belt, against Cedric Agnew (=Kovalev vs Agnew) and Blake Caparello (=Kovalev vs Caparello), then he faced Bernard Hopkins in a three titles unification fight (=Hopkins vs Kovalev).
His opponent, Jean Pascal, has an official record of 29-2-1 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class; he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Bernard Hopkins in their rematch (fight in which Pascal lost both his Wbc and Ibo belts, Hopkins vs Pascal 2). After losing he came back to win beating Aleksy Kuziemski (=Pascal vs Kuziemski), George Blades and Lucian Bute (=Pascal vs Bute). Pascal’s last bout, against Roberto Feliciano Bolonti, ended in a no-contest (=Pascal vs Bolonti). Kovalev vs Pascal is valid for the WBA, IBF and WBO world light heavyweight titles (all held by Kovalev); they also faced each other a second time on January 30, 2016 (=Kovalev vs Pascal II). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Zolani Tete vs Paul Butler – full fight Video IBF

2015/12/152015/03/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-06, Zolani Tete vs Paul Butler gets four stars thanks to one of the best boxing knockouts of the year.

Zolani Tete entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 19-3-0 (16 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.2 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Naoya Inoue). He suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Roberto Domingo Sosa (losing via split decision, Sosa vs Tete), since then he has won three consecutive fights winning the vacant IBF super-Flw title in his last bout, against Teiru Kinoshita.
His opponent, the undefeated former Ibf bantamweight champion Paul Butler, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class; he fought three times in 2014 beating Oreste Bernabe Nieva (=Butler vs Nieva), Stuart Hall (=Hall vs Butler) and Ismael Garnica. Tete vs Butler is valid for the IBF World super flyweight title (Tete’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Andy Souwer vs Hideya Tanaka – full fight Video

2015/04/052015/03/03 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-11, good pace, nice exchanges and one of the best knockouts of 2015: Andy Souwer vs Hideya Tanaka it’s the first kickboxing fight of the year 2015 to get four stars.

The 2005 and 2007 K-1 World MAX Champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 155-17-1 (97 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super welterweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2015 beating Jiao Fukai, semifinal of the Kunlun 4-man tournament (=Souwer vs Fukai), but then he lost the final against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (=Souwer vs Sitthichai).
His opponent, the 2013 WPMF Japan welterweight champion Hideya Tanaka, has an official record of 21-6-1 (5 knockouts) and this fight should be his last professional bout. Souwer vs Tanaka was the co-main event of No Kick No Life 2015. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano full fight Video UFC 184 – 2015

2021/04/202015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, great start and spectacular finish: Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano it’s the first mma fight of the year 2015 to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Both undefeated, the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce Bw champion Ronda Rousey entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world while her opponent, Cat Zingano, has an official record of 9-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. Rousey fought twice in 2014 beating Sara McMann (=Rousey vs McMann) and Alexis Davis (in just 16 seconds, Rousey vs Davis) while Zingano fought just once defeating Amanda Nunes (=Zingano vs Nunes). The only common opponent faced by Ronda and Cat was Miesha Tate: ‘Rowdy’ beat her in just one round in 2012 (mma Fight of the Year candidate Rousey vs Tate I) and in three rounds in 2013, both times thanks to her signature armbar submission (=Rousey vs Tate II), while ‘Alpha’ Zingano defeated Miesha by tko in three rounds (4-stars-fight, Tate vs Zingano). Rousey vs Zingano, main event of Ufc 184, is valid for the Ufc women’s bantamweight title (held by Rousey). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo – full fight Video

2018/01/292015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, tremendous pace and very tough exchanges: Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo was an awesome bout, one of the best boxing fights of 2015; it gets four stars but if we don’t find anything better this could be the 2015 female Fight of the Year!

The former Wba, Wbc, Ibf super lightweight and Ibf, Iba, Wbf welterweight champion Anne Sophie Mathis entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-3-1 (23 KOs=85%) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s super welterweight in the world but she won just one out of his last four fights. In fact she suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Holly Holm (in their rematch – Mathis won the first bout) and against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Mathis), then she won the vacant Wbf super-Ww title with Yahaira Hernandez in 2013 and her last bout, against Christina Hammer, ended in a no-contest.
Her opponent, the 20-year-old (17 years younger than Mathis) former Wbo super-Ww champion Oxandia Castillo, has an official record of 13-2-2 (10 KOs=77%) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class; she lost twice between 2013 and 2014, against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Castillo) and Noni Tenge, but then ‘La Loba’ Castillo came back to win beating Yoseidy Zarzuela. Mathis vs Castillo is valid for the WBF female super welterweight title (Mathis’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!