LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2011-12-31, good ground & pound and the fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Antonio Banuelos ends by TKO in the first round. Bibiano Fernandes (10-3-0) entered as the No.4 bantamweight in the world while Antonio Banuelos (20-7-0) entered as the No.8. Fernandes vs Banuelos is the final of the Dream Bantamweight Tournament; undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, the fight between Shinya Aoki and Satoru Kitaoka was not exciting: two stars (fight ended by unanimous decision). Shinya Aoki (29-5-0) entered as the No.6 lightweight in the world while Satoru Kitaoka (20-10-9) entered as the No.33. Aoki vs Kitaoka is valid for the DREAM Lightweight Championship, undercard of Emelianenko vs Ishii (Dream – Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011). Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, even with the KO in the first round the fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Satoshi Ishii isn’t worth our three stars. Fedor Emelianenko (32-4-0) entered as the No.12 heavyweight in the world while Satoshi Ishii (4-1-1) entered as the No.45. Fedor vs Ishii is the main event of “Dream – Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011”. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, two stars for Hiroyuki Takaya vs Takeshi Inoue: it was not a particularly pretty fight (match ended by unanimous decision). Hiroyuki Takaya (16-9-1) entered as the No.9 featherweight in the world while Takeshi Inoue (21-5-0) entered as the No.11. Takaya vs Inoue is valid for the DREAM Featherweight Championship, undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii (Dream – Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011). Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, good submission in the second round but it is not enough to get our three stars. Tatsuya Kawajiri (29-7-2) entered as the No.2 featherweight in the world while Kazuyuki Miyata (11-8-0) entered as the No.21. Kawajiri vs Miyata is on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii (Dream – Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011). Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, boring fight between Antonio Banuelos and Masakazu Imanari: one star (fight ended by split decision). Antonio Banuelos (19-7-0) entered as the No.8 bantamweight in the world while Masakazu Imanari (24-9-2) entered as the No.18. Banuelos vs Imanari is the first semifinal of the Dream Bantamweight Tournament; undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, aggressive start and amazing KO (1st round), one of the best of the year; the fight between Hideo Tokoro and Yusup Saadulaev is very close to our 4 stars. Hideo Tokoro, ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 30-24-1 while Yusup Saadulaev had a record of 8-1-1. Tokoro vs Saadulaev is the reserve fight of the Dream Bantamweight Tournament; undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-31, the fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Rodolfo Marques Diniz was not spectacular: two stars (fight ended by unanimous decision). Bibiano Fernandes (9-3-0) entered as the No.4 bantamweight in the world while Rodolfo Marques Diniz (14-1-0) entered as the No.32. Fernandes vs Diniz is the second semifinal of the Dream Bantamweight Tournament; undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-30, even with the TKO victory in the first round the fight between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem was not exciting as we expected: two stars. Brock Lesnar (5-2-0) entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world while Alistair Overeem (35-11-0) entered as the No.4. Lesnar vs Overeem is the main event of the UFC 141. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-12-30, pretty fight but monotonous: two stars. Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone were awarded “UFC Fight of the Night” honors (but for us, the best fight of UFC 141 was Jim Hettes vs Nam Phan). Nate Diaz (14-7-0) entered as the No.11 lightweight in the world while Donald Cerrone (17-3-0) entered as the No.7. Diaz vs Cerrone is on the undercard of Lesnar vs Overeem, UFC 141. Watch the video!
