Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good fight between Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc women’s Bw champion Amanda Nunes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world. She suffered her last loss when she faced Cat Zingano in 2014 (Zingano vs Nunes), since then she has won six bouts beating Miesha Tate (Tate vs Nunes), Ronda Rousey (Nunes vs Rousey) and Valentina Shevchenko in his last three (Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has an official record of 9-5-0 (44% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 12, 2016 when she defeated Miesha Tate (Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington). She had lost to Holly Holm in 2015 (via split decision) but then she had won over Jessica Andrade, Bethe Correia and Elizabeth Phillips. Nunes vs Pennington, main event of Ufc 224, is valid for the Ufc Women’s bantamweight title (Nunes’ third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, good fight between Kelvin Gastelum and Ronaldo Souza: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The Tuf 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre). He fought three times in 2017 beating Vitor Belfort (then overturned in a no-contest after he tested positive for marijuana – Belfort vs Gastelum), losing to Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Gastelum) and defeating Michael Bisping (Michael Bisping vs Kelvin Gastelum).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, judo and former Strikeforce Mw champion Ronaldo Jacare Souza, has a record of 25-5-0 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He lost to Robert Whittaker last year (Jacare vs Whittaker) but he came back to win in 2018 with Derek Brunson (Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Derek Brunson 2). Gastelum vs Jacare Souza is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good finish between Cheick Kongo and Javy Ayala: it gets three stars.
The black belt in karate and kendo Cheick Kongo entered this fight with a mma record of 27-10-2 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal in 2015 (Lawal vs Kongo) but then he has won five bouts beating Oli Thompson (Kongo vs Thompson) and Augusto Sakai in 2017 (Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai).
His opponent, Javy Ayala, has an official record of 10-6-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Roy Nelson (Roy Nelson vs Javy Ayala); before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Sergei Kharitonov (Kharitonov vs Ayala). Kongo vs Ayala is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal – Bellator 199. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, boring fight between Jon Fitch and Paul Daley: it gets one star!
The current Wsof/PFL Ww champion Jon Fitch entered this fight with a pro mma record of 30-7-1 (37% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Rousimar Palhares in 2014 (Palhares vs Fitch) after this bout he has won four bouts beating Jake Shields (Fitch vs Shields) and Brian Foster in his last two (Jon Fitch vs Brian Foster).
His opponent, Paul Daley, has a record of 40-15-2 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. Semtex Daley fought three times last year defeating Brennan Ward (4-stars fight, Daley vs Ward) and Lorenz Larkin (Lorenz Larkin vs Paul Daley) but between these two bouts he lost Rory MacDonald (MacDonald vs Daley). Fitch vs Daley is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal – Bellator 199. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, fight not so exciting between Ryan Bader and Muhammed Lawal: it gets two stars.
The Bellator light-Hw champion and Tuf 8 tournament winner Ryan Bader entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-5-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He lost to Anthony Johnson in 2016 (Johnson vs Bader) but then he has won four bouts beating Phil Davis (Davis vs Bader 2) and Linton Vassell in 2017 (Ryan Bader vs Linton Vassell).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Muhammed King Mo Lawal, has an official record of 21-6-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 heavyweight. He was defeated by Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic in 2016 (Cro Cop vs Lawal) but he came back to win in 2017 with Quinton Rampage Jackson (Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal 2). Bader vs King Mo, main event of Bellator 199, is the quarterfinal of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, good finish between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Cooper: it gets three stars.
The undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ADCC and no-gi BJJ world champion Mackenzie Dern entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 6-0-0 (50% submission victory rate – she has never won via ko/tko) and she is ranked as the No.21 women’s strawweight in the world. In her last three fights she has won over Mandy Polk, Kaline Medeiros and Ashley Yoder.
Her opponent, Amanda Bobby Cooper, has an official record of 3-3-0 (67% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.44 in the same weight class. She fought twice last year losing to Cynthia Calvillo and beating Angela Magana. Dern vs Cooper is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good finish between John Lineker and Brian Kelleher but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
John Lineker entered this fight with a professional record of 30-8-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world. He lost to current #1 TJ Dillashaw in 2016 (Dillashaw vs Lineker) but he came back to win in 2017 with Marlon Vera (John Lineker vs Marlon Vera).
His opponent, Brian Kelleher, has a mma record of 19-8-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Marlon Vera last year but then he has beat Damian Stasiak and Renan Barao (Brian Kelleher vs Renan Barao Pegado). Lineker vs Kelleher is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, spectacular finish between Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida: this is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!
The black belt in Bjj, judo and former Ufc Hw and light-Hw champion Vitor Belfort entered this fight with a pro record of 26-13-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 middleweight in the world. ‘The Phenom’ Belfort lost three consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017: with Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (Belfort vs Jacare), Gegard Mousasi (Mousasi vs Belfort) and Kelvin Gastelum (then overturned in a no-contest because the American tested positive for marijuana, Belfort vs Gastelum), but then he has beat Nate Marquardt (Vitor Belfort vs Nate Marquardt).
His opponent, the black belt in karate, Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida, has an official mma record of 23-8-0 (48% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He also lost three consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2017, with Luke Rockhold (Machida vs Rockhold), Yoel Romero (Machida vs Romero) and Derek Brunson (Brunson vs Machida) but he came back to win in 2018 against Eryk Anders (Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders). Machida vs Belfort is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-05, disappointing fight between Ivan Shtyrkov and Geronimo dos Santos: it gets two stars.
The undefeated Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 13-0-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has won over Satoshi Ishii (Shtyrkov vs Ishii), Christian M’Pumbu (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Christian M’Pumbu) and Marcin Lazarz (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Marcin Lazarz).
His opponent, Geronimo dos Santos, has an official record of 40-20-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.59 heavyweight but he lost three consecutive bouts in 2017, the last one with Aleksander Emelianenko; after this fight ‘Mondragon’ dos Santos came back to win in 2018 with Kleber Souza Silva. Shtyrkov vs dos Santos is on the undercard of Aleksander Emelianenko vs Gabriel Gonzaga – RCC 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-05, pretty good finish between Alexander Emelianenko and Gabriel Gonzaga but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The three-time world Combat Sambo champion Aleksander Emelianenko entered this fight with a pro mma record of 26-7-0 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Dmitriy Sosnovskiy in 2014 (Aleksander Emelianenko vs Dmitriy Sosnovskiy), since then he has beat Geronimo Dos Santos, Virgil Zwicker and Szymon Bajor.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gabriel Gonzaga, has a record of 17-11-0 (94% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 10, 2016 when he was defeated by Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Gabriel Gonzaga); before this bout ‘Napao’ Gonzaga had won over Konstantin Erokhin (Gonzaga vs Erokhin). Alexander Emelianenko vs Gonzaga is the main event of Russian Cagefighting Championship 2 – RCC 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good fight between Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington: it gets three stars.
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