Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-02, fight not particularly good between David Branch and Clifford Starks: it gets two stars.
David Branch entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-3-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Anthony Johnson in 2012 (=Johnson vs Branch), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts beating Teddy Holder in his last one (=Branch vs Holder).
His opponent, Clifford Starks, has an official record of 13-2-0 (46% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 middleweight. He lost two consecutive fights between 2012 and 2013, against Ed Herman (=Herman vs Starks) and Yoel Romero Palacio (=Romero vs Starks), but then he has won five bouts. Branch vs Starks, main event of Wsof 30, is valid for the WSOF middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-20, pretty good finish between Mark Hunt and Frank Mir but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
The 2001 K-1 champion Mark Hunt entered this fight with a professional mma record of 11-10-1 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.8 heavyweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2014 and 2015, against Fabricio Werdum (=Werdum vs Hunt) and Stipe Miocic (=Hunt vs Miocic), but then he came back to win against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Hunt vs Silva 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Frank Mir, has an official record of 18-10-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year beating ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Mir) and Todd Duffee (4-stars-fight, Mir vs Duffee) but then he lost to Andrei Arlovski (=Arlovski vs Mir). Hunt vs Mir is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 85. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-20, nice back and forth fight between Neil Magny and Hector Lombard: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj, judo and former Bellator Mw champion Hector Lombard entered this fight with a pro mma record of 34-4-1 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Yushin Okami in 2013 (via split decision, Lombard vs Okami), after this bout he has collected three consecutive victories, the last one against Josh Burkman (then the result was overturned in a no-contest because the Cuban tested positive for anabolic steroids, Lombard vs Burkman).
His opponent, Neil Magny, has a record of 17-4-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He fought five times last year losing his third bout, against Demian Maia; then he beat Erick Silva (=Silva vs Magny) and Kelvin Gastelum (=Magny vs Gastelum). Lombard vs Magny is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 85. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-20, some good exchanges between Johnny Case and Jake Matthews but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Fight of the Night).
Johnny Case entered this fight with a mma record of 22-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Jake Matthews, has an official record of 9-1-0 (89% finishing rate). Case suffered his last loss in 2010, against Rick Glenn, and then he has won 12 consecutive bouts while Matthews lost to James Vick last year (=Vick vs Matthews) but then he came back to win against Akbarh Arreola. Case vs Matthews is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 85. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-20, good fight between Antonio Carlos Junior and Daniel Kelly: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj and Tuf Brazil 3 Hw winner Antonio Carlos Jr entered this fight with a professional record of 5-1-0 (80% submission victory rate – he has never won by ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.45 middleweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in judo Daniel Kelly, has a mma record of 10-1-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.70 in the same weight class. Both fighters lost just once in their career: Antonio ‘Cara de Sapato’ Carlos Jr was defeated by Patrick Cummins in 2014 (=Carlos Jr vs Cummins) and then he faced Eddie Gordon (=Gordon vs Carlos Jr) and Kevin Casey, while Kelly lost to Sam Alvey last year but after this bout he came back to win against Steve Montgomery. Carlos Jr vs Kelly is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 85. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-20, good finish between James Te Huna and Steve Bosse: it gets three stars.
James Te Huna entered this fight with a pro record of 16-8-0 (81% finishing rate) while his opponent, Steve Bosse, has an official mma record of 10-2-0 (90% finishing rate). Te Huna comes off three consecutive defeats, the last one against Nate Marquardt in 2014 (=Te Huna vs Marquardt), while Bosse suffered his last loss in 2015, against Thiago Santos (one of the best mma knockouts of the year, Santos vs Bosse). Te Huna vs Bosse is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 85. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, great start between Justin Gaethje and Brian Foster: it gets three stars.
The undefeated Justin Gaethje entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 15-0-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). He fought twice last year beating Luis Palomino twice (the fight of the year 2015 candidate Gaethje vs Palomino I and Gaethje vs Palomino II).
His opponent, the former Ufc fighter Brian Foster, has an official record of 25-8-0 (96% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He fought five times last year losing twice, but then he won the WSOF lightweight tournament beating Joao Zeferino in the final (=Foster vs Zeferino 2). Gaethje vs Foster, main event of the Wsof 29, is valid for the WSOF lightweight title (Gaethje’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-11, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Vanessa Porto vs Jennifer Maia 2 gets two stars.
Vanessa Porto entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-6-0 (72% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s flyweight in the world. She lost to Barb Honchak in 2013 but then she has won three consecutive fights defeating Roxanne Modafferi in her last bout.
Her opponent, Jennifer Maia, has a record of 12-4-1 (67% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.17 bantamweight but she comes off the loss against DeAnna Bennett. In their first fight Porto beat Maia in two rounds (October 28, 2011; this second fight is valid for the Interim Invicta FC flyweight title – undercard of Ayaka Hamasaki vs Amber Brown – Invicta FC 16. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-11, good work on the ground between Ayaka Hamasaki and Amber Brown: it gets three stars.
The black belt in judo Ayaka Hamasaki entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s atomweight in the world. She suffered her only loss when she faced Claudia Gadelha in 2013, after this bout she has won three consecutive fights beating Herica Tiburcio in her last one (valid for the Invicta FC title, Tiburcio vs Hamasaki).
Hes opponent, Amber Brown, has an official record of 6-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. She has also lost in 2013, against Emi Fujino, but then she has collected four victories. Hamasaki vs Brown, main event of the Invicta FC 16, is valid for the Invicta FC atomweight title (Hamasaki’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-02, fight not particularly good between David Branch and Clifford Starks: it gets two stars.
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