Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-03-18, fight not so exciting between Blagoy Ivanov and Shawn Jordan: it gets two stars.The black belt in judo and former world combat sambo champion Blagoy Ivanov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-1-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Alexander Volkov in 2014 (final of the Bellator Hw tournament – season ten – Volkov vs Ivanov), after this bout he has won three consecutive fights beating Josh Copeland in 2016 (=Ivanov vs Copeland).
His opponent, Shawn Jordan, has an official record of 19-7-0 (95% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He lost to Ruslan Magomedov in 2015 (=Magomedov vs Jordan) but he came back to win in 2016 against Ashley Gooch. Blagoy Ivanov vs Shawn Jordan, main event of Wsof 35, is valid for the WSOF heavyweight title (Ivanov’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: WSOF 35: Ivanov vs Jordan
Date: 2017-03-18
Where: Turning Stone Resort Casino, New York, USA
Division: heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg)
Title: WSOF Heavyweight Championship
Ivanov’s previous fight: Blagoy Ivanov vs Josh Copeland
Ivanov’s next fight: Blagoy Ivanov vs Caio Alencar
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Ivanov vs Jordan Fight Video:
Official video
Ivanov needs to sign with the UFC asap. The HW division looks old and stale and WSOF has to keep stealing 1 fighter at a time to fight this guy. He is a heavy handed fighter who would and or could have a bunch of good matchups in the UFC. Put him against Derrick Lewis, Mark Hunt, The Reem. Maybe give him a welcome fight as in another 1-2 time UFC fighter for his first fight. Either way sign this man UFC.
UFC won’t sign him up simply because he’s kinda old for the division. Well, maybe not old per se, but he’s sure not in his prime anymore it seems. He’s been around for a while too, probably started as young as Fedor. He might make a few good fights but it will end up being another Mark Hunt there. Most likely he will prefer stick around in Europe making a bit less than going thru the hassle of having to move to the U.S and undergo all the sh*t that goes in the MMA scenario there.
Ivanov was 98% dead from knife attack against him 2-3 years ago and came back. The knife passed near his heart but survived.