2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Sitthichai vs Davit Kiria 2 – full fight Video Glory 28

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, good pace with some nice exchanges: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Davit Kiria 2 gets three stars.

The 2014 Lumpinee Ww champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong entered this fight with a professional record of 106-29-5 (29 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super welterweight in the world. He lost to #1 Robin van Roosmalen last year (controversial decision van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai) but then he has won three consecutive fights beating Enriko Gogokhia in his last bout (=Sitthichai vs Gogokhia 2).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Glory Lw champion Davit Kiria, has an official kickboxing record of 24-10-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Enriko Gogokhia (=Kiria vs Gogokhia). In their first bout Sittichai defeated Kiria in two rounds (June 5, 2015 – Kiria vs Sitthichai); this second fight is the semifinal of the Glory lightweight contender tournament – undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac – Glory 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac – full fight Video Glory 28

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, good fight between Rico Verhoeven and Mladen Brestovac: it gets three stars.

The Glory Hw champion Rico Verhoeven entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 47-10-1 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. He fought four times in 2015 losing to Andrei Herasimchuk (=Verhoeven vs Herasimchuk) but then he has won three consecutive fights beating Benjamin Adegbuyi in his last two bouts (Verhoeven vs Adegbuyi I and Verhoeven vs Adegbuyi II).
His opponent, Mladen Brestovac, has an official record of 49-10-1 (33 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year defeating Colin George but then he lost to Benjamin Adegbuyi (=Adegbuyi vs Brestovac 2). Verhoeven vs Brestovac, main event of Glory 28, is valid for the Glory heavyweight title; they also faced each other a second time on June 2, 2018 (Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Sitthichai vs Marat Grigorian 2 – full fight Video Glory 28

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, great performance by both fighters: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Marat Grigorian 2 is close to get four stars!

The 2014 Lumpinee Ww champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong entered this fight with a professional record of 107-29-5 (29 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super welterweight in the world while his opponent, the 2015 K-1 World Gp -70kg champion Marat Grigorian, has an official record of 45-8-1 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. In their first fight Sittichai defeated Grigorian by majority decision at Kunlun Fight 35 (December 19, 2015 Sitthichai vs Grigorian I) while this second bout is the final of the Glory lightweight contender tournament. In the semifinals Sittichai beat Davit Kiria while Grigorian won over Anatoly Moiseev; undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac – Glory 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Murthel Groenhart vs Cedric Doumbe full fight Video – 2016

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, close fight but not so exciting: Murthel Groenhart vs Cedric Doumbe gets two stars.

Murthel Groenhart entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 58-20-3 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super middleweight in the world while his opponent, Cedric Doumbe, has a record of 55-4-1 (35 knockouts). Both fighters lost their last bout, Groenhart was defeated by #1 Nieky Holzken at then end of 2015 (=Holzken vs Groenhart 2) while Doumbe lost to Fang Bian in 2016. Groenhart vs Doumbe is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac – Glory 28; they also faced each other a second time on August 25, 2017 (Cedric Doumbe vs Murthel Groenhart 2) and a third time in January 29, 2021 (Cedric Doumbe vs Murthel Groenhart 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best of KICKBOXING: Ranking of the best k-1 muay thai Fights of the Year 2016 by ATBF

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‘Best of Kickboxing’, is the annual ranking of the best kickboxing, k-1 and muay thai fights of the year 2016, matches rated by AllTheBestFights.

Clicking on the names of the fighters you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it. However, you do not find a link for all the kickboxing fights because we create a single post just for the 4 and 5 stars bouts or for the most important ones.

Comment this post if you want to suggest your favorite kickboxing, k-1 or muay thai fight and to help us creating the best kickboxing ranking of all the most spectacular fights!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Kaew Fairtex vs Massaro Glunder – full fight Video K-1

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-04, fight not particularly exciting between Kaew Fairtex and Massaro Glunder: it gets two stars.

The former Lumpinee, Wbc and Wpmf muay thai champion Kaew Fairtex (also known as Kaew Weerasakreck) entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 134-31-4 (42 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world. Kaew fought five times in 2015 losing the first bout against Minoru Kimura (by majority decision), but then he won four consecutive fights taking revenge on Kimura in his last bout (=Kaew vs Kimura 2).
His opponent, Massaro Glunder, has an official record of 19-5-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost twice last year, against Minoru Kimura and Cedric Manhoef, but then he won three fights. Kaew vs Glunder is the main event of the K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Mohammed Jaraya vs Nordin Ben Moh – full fight Video

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5 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-27, great action packed fight with some tough exchanges and one of the craziest finish in kickboxing history (if possible, we would like to rate the last round with six stars!-): Mohammed Jaraya vs Nordin Ben Moh is the first candidate for the kickboxing Fight of the Year 2016!

The 19-year-old and former -67Kg Enfusion champion Mohammed Jaraya entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 59-2-0 (34 knockouts) while his opponent, Nordin Ben Moh (7 years older than Jaraya), has an official record of 73-3-1 (48 knockouts). Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2014: Jaraya was defeated by Walid Hamid but then he has won seven consecutive bouts while Ben Moh lost to Harut Grigorian and then he has collected eight victories. Jaraya vs Ben Moh is the semifinal of the Enfusion -70Kg tournament; undercard of Ismael Lazaar vs Jahfarr Wilnis – Enfusion Live 37. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Guto Inocente vs Demoreo Dennis – full fight Video

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-26, fantastic finish between Guto Inocente and Demoreo Dennis: this fight gets four stars!

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce and Ufc fighter Carlos Augusto Inocente Filho entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 28-7-0 (15 knockouts or 47-14-0 on wikipedia) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Demoreo Dennis, has an official record of 9-5-0 (7 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. In their last bout Inocente beat Felipe Micheletti while Dennis lost to Chi Lewis Parry. Inocente vs Dennis is on the undercard of Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3 – Glory 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Giga Chikadze vs Kevin Vannostrand – full fight Video Glory 27

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-26, pretty good fight between Kevin Vannostrand and Giga Chikadze: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Kevin Vannostrand entered this fight with a perfect kickboxing record of 11-0-0 (9 KOs=82%) while his opponent, Giga Chikadze, has a record of 33-4-0 (20 knockouts). In their last Glory bout Vannostrand beat Juston Houghton while Chikadze defeated Ken Tran. Vannostrand vs Chikadze is on the undercard of Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3 – Glory 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Anderson Silva vs Maurice Greene – full fight Video Glory 27

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-26, one sided fight between Anderson Silva and Maurice Greene: it gets two stars.

Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 38-13-1 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses: against Errol Zimmerman (=Zimmerman vs Silva), Sergei Kharitonov (=Kharitonov vs Silva 2) and Jamal Ben Saddik.
His opponent, Maurice Greene, has an official record of 4-1-0 (2 knockouts) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. Silva vs Greene is on the undercard of Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3 – Glory 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!