Review: 2012-03-17, high pace and great performance by Giacobbe Fragomeni and Silvio Branco: thinking at their age, Fragomeni is 42 years old while Branco is 45, this fight is astonishing and we want to reward these two fighters with our four stars. Giacobbe Fragomeni (29-3-1) entered as the No.37 cruiserweight in the world while Silvio Branco (62-10-2) entered as the No.40. Fragomeni vs Branco is valid for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title. Watch the video!
Best fights
Videos of the best Fights of the Year candidates: Mma, Boxing, K-1
2012 best MMA fight – Vitor Vianna vs Brian Rogers – full fight Video Bellator 61
Review: 2012-03-16, the fight between Vitor Vianna and Brian Rogers gets four stars thanks to one of the best knockouts of the year. Vitor Vianna ranked as the No.41 middleweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 12-2-1 while Brian Rogers had a record of 8-3-0. Vianna vs Rogers is the quarterfinal of the Bellator Middleweight Tournament (Bellator 61). Watch the video!
2012 best BOXING fight – Orlando Salido vs Juan Manuel Lopez 2 – fight Video WBO
Review: 2012-03-10, after two tactical rounds, the war begins…one knockdown in the fifth period and three astonishing rounds: the 8th, 9th and 10th; Juanma Lopez vs Orlando Salido 2 could be a candidate for Fight of the Year 2012, five stars! Orlando Salido (37-11-2) entered as the No.1 featherweight in the world while Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1-0) entered as the No.3. Salido vs Lopez 2 is valid for the WBO featherweight title (Salido’s second defense); in their first fight Salido defeated Lopez by TKO (one of the best boxing fights of 2011). Watch the video!
Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey full fight Video Strikeforce – 2012
Review: 2012-03-03, very exciting fight, with an amazing work on the ground and a ferocious finish: Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey gets five stars and is a candidate for Mma Fight of the Year 2012 and mma submission of the year. Miesha Tate (12-2-0) entered as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world while Ronda Rousey (4-0-0) entered as the No.3. Tate vs Rousey is valid for the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight title (Tate’s first defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 28, 2012 (=Rousey vs Tate 2). Watch the video!
2012 best MMA fight – Sarah Kaufman vs Alexis Davis 2 – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-03-03, very nice and tough fight with some amazing exchanges: the second fight between Sarah Kaufman and Alexis Davis gets four stars. Sarah Kaufman (14-1-0) entered as the No.2 women’s bantamweight in the world while Alexis Davis (11-4-0) entered as the No.4. Kaufman vs Davis 2 is on the undercard of Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey (Strikeforce); in their first fight (April 7, 2007) Kaufman defeated Davis by TKO but they also faced each other a third time on April 25, 2015 (=Davis vs Kaufman 3). Watch the video!
2012 best BOXING fight – Juan Jose Montes vs Oscar Ibarra – full fight Video
Review: 2012-02-25, if Montes and Ibarra had fought for twelve rounds as in the first and last rounds, this bout could be a candidate for Fight of the Year 2012; unfortunately in the central part of the fight the pace slows down a little bit: at any rate, it is a four stars fight. Juan Jose Montes (21-2-0) entered as the No.18 super flyweight in the world while Oscar Ibarra (27-5-0) entered as the No.32. Montes vs Ibarra is valid for the vacant WBF and IBF International super flyweight titles. Watch the video!
2012 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Marco Pique vs Mo Medhar – full fight Video
Review: 2012-02-12, amazing performance by Marco Pique and Mohammed Medhar: tremendous pace, tough fight, definitely a four-stars fight. Marco Pique, ranked as the No.13 middleweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 56-28-1 while Mohammed Medhar had a record of 10-5-0. Pique vs Mo Medhar is on the undercard of Nieky Holzken vs Karapet Karapetyan (“Natural Powers”). Watch the video!
2012 best BOXING fight – Adonis Stevenson vs Jesus Gonzales – full fight Video
Review: 2012-02-18, impressive and brutal KO between Adonis Stevenson and Jesus Gonzales: one of the best knockouts of the year, four stars. Adonis Stevenson (16-1-0) entered as the No.12 super middleweight in the world while Jesus Gonzales (27-1-0) entered as the No.11. Stevenson vs Gonzales is valid for the IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title. Watch the video!
2012 best BOXING fight – Tavoris Cloud vs Gabriel Campillo – full fight Video IBF title
Review: 2012-02-18, spectacular first round with two knockdowns and high level of boxing for twelve rounds: four stars for Tavoris Cloud vs Gabriel Campillo (controversial ending…we scored 114-112 in favour of Campillo). The undefeated Tavoris Cloud (23-0-0) entered as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world while Gabriel Campillo (21-3-1) entered as the No.20. Cloud vs Campillo is valid for the IBF light heavyweight title (Cloud’s fourth defense); undercard of Paul Williams vs Nobuhiro Ishida. Watch the video!
Ivan Menjivar vs John Albert full fight Video UFC on Fuel TV – 2012
Review: 2012-02-15, tough exchanges, outstanding work on the ground and great submission: Ivan Menjivar vs John Albert is a non-stop action fight, four stars (UFC Submission of the Night). Ivan Menjivar, ranked as the No.48 bantamweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 23-8-0 while John Albert had a record of 7-1-0. Menjivar vs Albert is on the undercard of Diego Sanchez vs Jake Ellenberger (UFC on Fuel TV). Watch the video!