Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, pretty good finish between Brandon Halsey and John Salter but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Bellator Mw champion Brandon Halsey entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Kendall Grove (=Halsey vs Grove) and losing to Rafael Carvalho (=Halsey vs Carvalho).
His opponent, John Salter, has an official record of 11-3-0 (100% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 16, 2015 when he defeated Dustin Jacoby. Halsey vs Salter is on the undercard of Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas 2 – Bellator 156. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, disappointing fight between Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas: it gets two stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Bellator champion Marcos Galvao entered this fight with a record of 17-6-1 (29% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Eduardo Dantas in their first fight in 2013 (=Dantas vs Galvao I), since then he has won four bouts beating Joe Warren in his last one (=Warren vs Galvao 2).
His opponent, the former Bellator Bw champion Eduardo Dantas, has a mma record of 17-4-0 (59% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). ‘Dudu’ Dantas lost to Joe Warren in 2014 (=Dantas vs Warren) but he came back to win in 2015 against Mike Richman (=Dantas vs Richman). ‘Loro’ Galvao vs Dantas 2, main event of the Bellator 156, is valid for the Bellator bantamweight title (Galvao’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, epic and brutal fight in which both fighters exchanged shot for shot in an authentic war: Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado gets five stars and it is a candidate for the Mma Fight of the Year 2016 but also for the Mma Round of the Year!
The former Pride and world combat sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko entered this fight with a mma record of 35-4-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.48 heavyweight in the world. Fedor suffered three consecutive defeats between 2010 and 2011, against the former #1 Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum, with Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Emelianenko), and against Dan Henderson (=Henderson vs Emelianenko), after this bout he has won four fights beating Singh Jaideep in 2015 (after three years of inactivity, Emelianenko vs Jaideep).
His opponent, the former Ufc fighter and undefeated professional boxer Fabio Maldonado, has an official record of 22-9-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 light heavyweight but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Hans Stringer (=Maldonado vs Stringer); after this bout he lost twice in 2015, with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (=Rampage vs Maldonado) and Corey Anderson (=Anderson vs Maldonado). Emelianenko vs Maldonado is the main event of the EFN 50 (Eurasia Fight Nights). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, pretty good finish between Vitaly Minakov and Peter Graham but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The undefeated black belt in judo, former Bellator and world combat sambo champion Vitaly Minakov entered this fight with a perfect record of 17-0-0 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year winning over Adam Maciejewski, Geronimo dos Santos (=Minakov vs dos Santos) and Josh Copeland (=Minakov vs Copeland).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former ISKA kickboxing world champion Peter Graham, has a mma record of 11-9-0 (91% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class but he won just two out of his last six bouts, against Marcin Rozalski in 2014 (=Graham vs Rozalski) and Mariusz Pudzianowski in 2015 (= Pudzianowski vs Graham). Minakov vs Graham is on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado – EFN 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-16, good performance by both fighters and nice finish: Alexander Shlemenko vs Vyacheslav Vasilevsky 2 gets three stars.
The former Bellator Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 52-9-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (fight in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey), but then he has won three bouts beating Melvin Manhoef (then the result was overturned in a no-contest because the Russian tested positive for anabolic, Shlemenko vs Manhoef) and Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in 2015 (their first fight, Shlemenko vs Vasilevsky I).
His opponent, the black belt in judo, world combat sambo, M-1 light-Hw and Mw champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, has an official record of 27-4-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Ramazan Emeev (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2) and Alexander Shlemenko; between these two bouts he beat Kristijan Perak. Shlemenko vs Vasilevsky 2, main event of the M-1 Challenge 68, is the final of the M-1 Global middleweight GP. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-16, good exchanges between Alexander Volkov and Attila Vegh: it gets three stars.
The former Bellator and current M-1 Global Hw champion Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-6-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 heavyweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive losses in 2015, against Tony Johnson (=Volkov vs Johnson) and Cheick Kongo (=Kongo vs Volkov), but he came back to win in 2016 with Denis Smoldarev (=Volkov vs Smoldarev).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Bellator light-Hw champion Attila Vegh, has a record of 29-6-2 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 light heavyweight but he comes off two defeats, both by split decision: against Emanuel Newton (=Vegh vs Newton 2) and Goran Reljic (=Vegh vs Reljic). Volkov vs Vegh is valid for the M-1 Challenge heavyweight title (Volkov’s first defense); undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Vyacheslav Vasilevsky 2 – M-1 Challenge 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, good exchanges between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former Strikeforce and current Ufc Mw champion Luke Rockhold entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-2-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Vitor Belfort in 2013 (4-stars fight Belfort vs Rockhold), since then he has won five bouts beating Lyoto Machida (=Machida vs Rockhold) and Chris Weidman in 2015 (Weidman vs Rockhold).
His opponent, the Tuf 3 light-Hw winner Michael Bisping, has an official record of 28-7-0 (68% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. In their first fight Bisping lost to Rockhold in two rounds (November 8, 2014 Rockhold vs Bisping), after this bout he has won three times defeating Anderson Silva in 2016 (=Silva vs Bisping). Rockhold vs Bisping 2, main event of the Ufc 199, is valid for the Ufc middleweight title (Rockhold’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, great fight between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber: it gets three stars.
The Ufc champion Dominick Cruz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-1-0 (38% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Urijah Faber in 2007, since then he has won 12 consecutive bouts taking revenge on Faber in 2011 and beating TJ Dillashaw in 2016 (=Dillashaw vs Cruz).
His opponent, Urijah Faber, has a record of 33-8-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Faber) and winning over Frankie Saenz (=Faber vs Saenz). Cruz vs Faber 3 is valid for the Ufc bantamweight title (Cruz’s first defense); undercard of Luke Rockhold vs Michael Bisping 2 – UFC 199. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, some good exchanges between Max Holloway and Ricardo Lamas but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Max Holloway entered this fight with a mma record of 15-3-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and #1 Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway), but then he has won eight bouts beating Charles Oliveira (=Holloway vs Oliveira) and Jeremy Stephens in his last two (=Holloway vs Stephens).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Ricardo Lamas, has an official record of 16-4-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Chad Mendes (=Mendes vs Lamas) and winning over Diego Sanchez (=Lamas vs Sanchez). Holloway vs Lamas is on the undercard of Luke Rockhold vs Michael Bisping 2 – UFC 199. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, nice and tough exchanges between Dan Henderson and Hector Lombard: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The formner Ufc, Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson entered this fight with a professional record of 31-14-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 middleweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Tim Boetsch (=Boetsch vs Henderson); after this fight, his last one, Hendo was defeated by Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Henderson 3).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, judo and former Bellator Mw champion Hector Lombard, has a mma record of 34-5-1 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 welterweight. He fought just once last year, winning over Josh Burkman (result then overturned after he tested positive for anabolic steroids, Lombard vs Burkman) and then he has lost to Neil Magny in 2016 (=Lombard vs Magny). Henderson vs Lombard is on the undercard of Luke Rockhold vs Michael Bisping 2 – UFC 199. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, pretty good finish between Brandon Halsey and John Salter but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
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