Review: 2013-10-12, great performance and amazing pace by both fighters that exchanged shot for shot in an exciting and tough fight: in a fight like this, there is not a loser but two winners, Daniel Ghita vs Rico Verhoeven is definitely one of the best kickboxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars! Daniel Ghita (49-9-0) entered as the No.4 heavyweight in the world while Rico Verhoeven (41-7-1) entered as the No.6. Ghita vs Verhoeven is the final of Glory heavyweight world championship tournament (they also faced each other a second time on Jun 21, 2014 Verhoeven vs Ghita 2); undercard of Tyrone Spong vs Nathan Corbett 2 – Glory 11. Watch the video!
Best fights
Videos of the best Fights of the Year candidates: Mma, Boxing, K-1
2013 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Tyrone Spong vs Corbett 2 – full fight Video GLORY 11
Review: 2013-10-12, speed, power, technique, one knockdown and a spectacular finish: this is professional kickboxing at his very very best and this is one of the best fights of 2013, Tyrone Spong vs Nathan Corbett gets four stars! Tyrone Spong (72-6-1) entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world while Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett (58-3-0) entered as the No.1 super cruiserweight. Their first fight ended in a no contest (June 27, 2009); Spong vs Corbett 2 is the main event of GLORY 11 Chicago. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus – fight Video
Review: 2013-08-17, aggressive start, high pace and some amazing series of punches between two boxers that know only power punches:-) Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars (we had rated this fight three stars but after watching it again we have changed our rating – August, 27, 2013). Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz ranked as the No.80 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 36-4-0 (18 knockouts) while Adailton De Jesus had a record of 30-7-0 (24 knockouts; De Jesus is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 17, 2011 when he defeated Denis De Barros). Diaz vs De Jesus is the main event of the evening. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Giovani Segura vs Jonathan Gonzalez – fight Video
Review: 2013-08-17, tough and exciting fight with three knockdowns, heavy exchanges and a spectacular finish: Giovani Segura vs Jonathan Gonzalez is close to get four stars is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars (we had rated this fight three stars but after watching it again we have changed our rating – August, 27, 2013). Giovani Segura (29-3-1, 25 KOs=75%) entered as the No.10 flyweight in the world while the undefeated Jonathan Gonzalez (13-0-0, 11 KOs=79%) entered as the No.27. Segura vs Gonzalez is valid for the interim WBO Latino flyweight title. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Rustam Nugaev vs Jose Hernandez – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-09, very tough fight with some tremendous exchanges from the first round: Rustam Nugaev vs Jose Hernandez is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars! This is also the second fight of the year for Nugaev in which he gets four stars after his exciting bout against Jonathan Maicelo in April. Rustam Nugaev (24-6-1, 14 KOs) entered as the No.29 lightweight in the world while Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 KOs) entered as the No.82. Nugaev vs Hernandez is the main event of the night. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Kompayak Porpramook vs Koki Eto – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-01, solid chin, great heart, tough exchanges, high pace: this is the formula of an action packed fight and this is why Kompayak Porpramook vs Koki Eto gets four stars!! The Thai Kompayak Porpramook (50-4-0, 35 KOs) entered as the No.12 flyweight in the world while the Japanese Koki Eto (13-2-1, 10 KOs) entered as the No.37. Kompayak vs Eto is valid for the interim WBA World flyweight title. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Curtis Stevens vs Saul Roman – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-03, great start, one knockdown and one of the best knockouts of the year: Curtis Stevens vs Saul Roman gets four stars. The American Curtis Stevens (24-3-0, 17 KOs) entered as the No.30 middleweight in the world while the Mexican Saul Roman (37-9-0, 31 KOs) entered as the No.27 light middleweight. Stevens vs Roman is valid for the vacant NABF middleweight title; undercard of Tomasz Adamek vs Dominick Guinn. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Omar Figueroa vs Nihito Arakawa – full fight Video WBC
Review: 2013-07-27, the fight between Omar Figueroa Jr and Nihito Arakawa was an absolute war from the first bell: a toe-to-toe battle with two knockdowns and a tremendous pace…everything you could want from a candidate for Fight of the Year 2013, it gets five stars! Congratulations to both boxers for the amazing performance, Compubox punching statistics showed that ‘Panterita’ Figueroa landed a total of 480 of 942 punches (51% accuracy rate) compared to 280 of 1170 for Arakawa (24% accuracy rate). The undefeated Omar Figueroa (21-0-1, 17 KOs) entered as the No.23 lightweight in the world while Nihito Arakawa (24-2-1, 16 KOs) entered as the No.14. Figueroa vs Arakawa is valid for the interim WBC lightweight title; undercard of Andre Berto vs Jesus Soto Karass. Watch the video!
Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman full fight Video UFC 162 – 2013
Review: 2013-07-06, the fight between Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva and Chris Weidman was neither a war nor a particularly technical fight, but it was certainly a great show with a spectacular finish (UFC Knockout of the Night), and a bout like this one will go down in mma history: this is one of the most exciting mma fight of the year, four stars! Anderson Silva (33-4-0, 79% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 middleweight in the world while the undefeated Chris Weidman (9-0-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.3. Silva vs Weidman, main event of UFC 162, is valid for the UFC middleweight title (Silva’s eleventh defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 28, 2013 (=Weidman vs Silva 2). Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Erislandy Lara vs Alfredo Angulo – full fight Video WBA
Review: 2013-06-08, high pace and two knockdowns for this spectacular fight between Erislandy Lara and Alfredo Angulo: it is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars…but we want to see a rematch… Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KOs) entered as the No.7 light middleweight in the world while Alfredo ‘Perro’ Angulo (22-2-0, 18 KOs=75%) entered as the No.19. Lara vs Angulo is valid for the interim WBA World light middleweight title; undercard of Marcos Maidana vs Josesito Lopez. Watch the video!