Best fights of the week 05, year 2018

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 05: (Mon-Sun) from January 29, 2018 to February 4, 2018.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos Boxing Knockout of the Week: Jerwin Ancajas vs Israel Gonzalez   Mma Fight of … Read more

2018 MMA fight – Michel Prazeres vs Desmond Green – fight Video UFC FN 125

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, pretty good fight between Michel Prazeres and Desmond Green: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Bjj Michel Prazeres entered this fight with a professional record of 23-2-0 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 lightweight in the world. ‘Trator’ Prazeres suffered his last loss when he faced Kevin Lee in 2015 (=Prazeres vs Lee), since then he has won five bouts beating Josh Burkman and Mads Burnell in 2017.
His opponent, Desmond Green, has a mma record of 20-6-0 (30% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.64 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year defeating Josh Emmett and losing to Rustam Khabilov (=Khabilov vs Green). Prazeres vs Green is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders – UFC Fight Night 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Daigo Higa vs Moises Fuentes – full fight Video WBC

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-04, pretty good finish between Daigo Higa and Moises Fuentes but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated Wbc Flw champion Daigo Higa entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (14 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Donnie Nietes). He fought three times last year winning over Diomel Diocos, Juan Hernandez Navarrete (=Navarrete vs Higa) and Thomas Masson (=Higa vs Masson).
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Moises Fuentes, has a record of 25-4-1 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2016 and 2017, with Kosei Tanaka (=Fuentes vs Tanaka) and Ulises Lara (=Fuentes vs Lara I) but then he took revenge on Lara in 2017 (=Fuentes vs Lara II). Higa vs Fuentes is valid for the WBC World flyweight title (Higa’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Buakaw vs Nayanesh Ayman – full fight Video Kunlun 69

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-04, fight not so exciting between Buakaw Banchamek and Nayanesh Ayman: it gets two stars.

The two time K-1 World MAX champion Buakaw Banchamek entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 233-23-12 (70 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super welterweight in the world. Buakaw lost the rematch with Yi Long in 2016 (controversial decision, Buakaw vs Yi Long 2) but then he has won six bouts beating Azize Hlali (=Buakaw vs Hlali), Sergey Kulyaba (=Buakaw vs Kulyaba) and Marouan Toutouh in his last three (=Buakaw vs Toutouh).
His opponent, Nayanesh Ayman, has an official record of 50-11-8 (26 knockouts) and he comes off the loss against Superbon Banchamek via majority decision suffered in 2017. Buakaw vs Ayman is the main event of Kunlun Fight 69. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders – fight Video UFC FN 125

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, pretty boring fight between Lyoto Machida and Eryk Anders: it gets two stars.

The black belt in karate, Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-8-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.40 middleweight in the world but he lost four out of his last five bouts, the last three with Luke Rockhold (=Machida vs Rockhold), Yoel Romero (=Machida vs Romero) and Derek Brunson (=Brunson vs Machida).
His opponent, the undefeated Eryk Anders, has a perfect record of 10-0-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He fought four times last year winning over Jon Kirk, Brendan Allen, Rafael Natal and Markus Perez Echeimberg (=Anders vs Perez Echeimberg). Machida vs Anders is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Valentina Shevchenko vs Priscila Cachoeira full fight Video UFC FN 125 – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, one sided fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in tae-kwon-do, judo and former Wako, Wmf and Kunlun fight kickboxing champion Valentina Shevchenko entered this fight with a mma record of 14-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s bantamweight in the world. She fought twice last year beating Julianna Pena (=Shevchenko vs Pena) and losing to current #1 Ufc women’s Bw champion Amanda Nunes (=Nunes vs Shevchenko 2).
Her opponent, the undefeated Priscila Cachoeira, has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.9 women’s flyweight. ‘Pedrita’ Cachoeira fought four times in 2017 winning over Laisa Coimbra, Karoline Martins Moreira, Marta Souza and Rosy Duarte. Shevchenko vs Cachoeira is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders – UFC Fight Night 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Gilberto Ramirez vs Habib Ahmed – fight Video WBO

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, nice exchanges between Gilberto Ramirez and Habib Ahmed: it gets three stars.

Both undefeated, the Wbo super-Mw champion Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez entered this fight with a perfect record of 36-0-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Chris Eubank Jr) while his opponent, Habib Ahmed, has an official record of 25-0-1 (17 knockouts). Both boxers fought twice in 2017: ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez defeated Max Bursak (=Ramirez vs Bursak) and Jesse Hart (=Ramirez vs Hart) while Ahmed beat Philip Kotey and Flash Issaka. Ramirez vs Ahmed is valid for the WBO World super middleweight title (Ramirez’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Timothy Johnson vs Marcelo Golm – fight Video UFC FN 125

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, fight not particularly good between Timothy Johnson and Marcelo Golm: it gets two stars.

Timothy Johnson entered this fight with a pro record of 11-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 heavyweight in the world but he lost three out of his last five bouts, the last one with Junior Albini.
His opponent, the undefeated Marcelo Golm, has an official mma record of 6-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he fought three times in 2017 winning over Italo Marques, Nicolas Oliveira and Christian Colombo. Johnson vs Golm is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders – UFC Fight Night 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Omar Andres Narvaez vs Jesus Vargas 2 – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, good pace with some nice exchanges: Omar Narvaez vs Jesus Vargas 2 gets three stars.

The former world champion in two different weight classes Omar Andres Narvaez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 47-2-2 (25 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Nery). ‘El Huracan’ Narvaez suffered his last loss when he faced Naoya Inoue in 2014 (=Narvaez vs Inoue), since then he has won four bouts beating Nikolai Potapov in 2017 (=Narvaez vs Potapov).
His opponent, Jesus Vargas, has an official record of 16-11-1 (12 KOs=75%) but he won just two out of his last ten fights. He had already faced Narvaez in 2016 losing in seven rounds (=Narvaez vs Vargas I). Narvaez vs Vargas 2 is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Jerwin Ancajas vs Israel Gonzalez – fight Video IBF

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-03, good fight between Jerwin Ancajas and Israel Gonzalez: it gets three stars.

The Ibf super-Flw champion Jerwin Ancajas entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 28-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Srisaket Sor Rungvisai). He suffered his only loss when he faced Mark Anthony Geraldo in 2012 (via majority decision), since then he has collected 15 consecutive victories beating Jose Alfredo Rodriguez (=Ancajas vs Rodriguez), Teiru Kinoshita (=Ancajas vs Kinoshita) and Jamie Conlan in 2017 (=Ancajas vs Conlan).
His opponent, Israel Gonzalez, has an official record of 21-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He lost to Argi Cortes in 2016 but then he has won eight bouts defeating Cristian Cortes, Luis Carrillo, Yonathan Padilla and Reymundo Hernandez last year. Ancajas vs Gonzalez is valid for the IBF World super flyweight title (Ancajas’ fourth defense); undercard of Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs Habib Ahmed. Watch the video and rate this fight!