Best fights of the week 03, year 2018

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 03: (Mon-Sun) from January 15, 2018 to January 21, 2018.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson Boxing Knockout of the Week: Anthony Mundine vs Tommy Browne   Mma Fight … Read more

Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou full fight Video UFC 220 – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou gets two stars.

The Ufc Hw champion Stipe Miocic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Junior dos Santos in their first bout in 2014 (via unanimous decision, dos Santos vs Miocic), after this fight he has collected five victories winning the Ufc belt against Fabricio Werdum (=Werdum vs Miocic) and defending it with Alistair Overeem (=Miocic vs Overeem) and Junior dos Santos in their second bout (=Miocic vs dos Santos 2).
His opponent, Francis Ngannou, has an official record of 11-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Zoumana Cisse at his second pro mma fight in 2013, since then he has won ten consecutive fights beating Anthony Hamilton, Andrei Arlovski (=Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Alistair Overeem in his last three (=Overeem vs Ngannou). Miocic vs Ngannou, main event of Ufc 220, is valid for the Ufc heavyweight title (Miocic’s third defense); they also faced each other a second time on March 27, 2021 (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Chael Sonnen full fight Video Bellator – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, disappointing fight between Quinton Jackson and Chael Sonnen: it gets two stars.

The former Ufc and Bellator light-Hw tournament (season 10) champion Quinton Rampage Jackson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 37-12-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Muhammed King Mo Lawal in their rematch (=Rampage vs Lawal II) while in their first fight, in 2014, Jackson had beat Lawal (=Rampage vs Lawal I). After this bout he had won over Fabio Maldonado in 2015 (=Jackson vs Maldonado) and Satoshi Ishii in 2016 (=Jackson vs Ishii).
His opponent, Chael Sonnen, has an official record of 29-15-1 (41% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 light heavyweight. He fought twice last year losing to Tito Ortiz (=Ortiz vs Sonnen) and defeating Wanderlei Silva (=Sonnen vs Silva). Sonnen vs Rampage Jackson is the quarterfinal of the Bellator heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament (in which also Fedor Emelianenko will fight); undercard of Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald – Bellator 192. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Dustin Ortiz vs Alexandre Pantoja – fight Video UFC 220

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, good pace with some nice exchanges: Dustin Ortiz vs Alexandre Pantoja gets three stars.

Dustin Ortiz entered this fight with a record of 17-7-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 flyweight in the world. He fought twice in 2017 losing to Brandon Moreno (=Moreno vs Ortiz) and winning over Hector Sandoval (=Ortiz vs Sandoval).
His opponent, Alexandre Pantoja, has a mma record of 18-2-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Jussier Formiga in 2010, since then he has collected eleven consecutive victories beating Eric Shelton and Neil Seery in 2017 (=Pantoja vs Seery). Ortiz vs Pantoja is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou – UFC 220. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir – full fight Video UFC 220

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, good fight between Daniel Cormier and Volkan Oezdemir: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The former Strikeforce Hw and current Ufc light-Hw champion Daniel Cormier entered this fight with a pro mma record of 19-1-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 light heavyweight in the world. ‘DC’ suffered his only loss against Jon Jones in their first fight in 2015 (=Jones vs Cormier I), since then he has won four bouts beating Anderson Silva in 2016 (=Cormier vs Silva) and Anthony Johnson in 2017 (=Cormier vs Johnson 2). After this fight he has faced Jon Jones for the second time losing via KO, but then the result was overturned in a no-contest since ‘Bones’ tested positive for Turinabol (=Cormier vs Jones 2).
His opponent, Volkan Oezdemir, has a record of 15-1-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Kelly Anundson in 2014, since then he has won five bouts defeating Ovince Saint Preux (=St Preux vs Oezdemir), Misha Cirkunov (=Cirkunov vs Oezdemir) and Jimi Manuwa in 2017 (=Manuwa vs Oezdemir). Cormier vs Oezdemir is valid for the Ufc light-heavyweight title; undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou – UFC 220. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald full fight Video Bellator 192 – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, fight not particularly good between Rory MacDonald and Douglas Lima: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Douglas Lima entered this fight with a pro mma record of 29-6-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Tyron Woodley). He lost to Andrey Koreshkov in their first fight in 2015 (=Lima vs Koreshkov I) but then he has won three fights beating Paul Daley (=Daley vs Lima), taking revenge on Koreshkov (=Koreshkov vs Lima 2) and defeating Lorenz Larkin (=Lima vs Larkin).
His opponent, Rory MacDonald (black belt in Bjj as well), has an official record of 19-4-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs MacDonald 2) and Stephen Thompson (=MacDonald vs Thompson), but he came back to win in 2017 with Paul Daley (=MacDonald vs Daley). Lima vs MacDonald, main event of Bellator 192, is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (Lima’s second defense); they also faced each other a second time on October 26, 2019 (Rory MacDonald vs Douglas Lima 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Adam Kownacki vs Iago Kiladze full fight Video – 2018

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, pretty good fight between Adam Kownacki and Iago Kiladze: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Adam Kownacki entered this fight with a perfect record of 16-0-0 (13 KOs=81%) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Joshua Tufte and Artur Szpilka (=Szpilka vs Kownacki).
His opponent, Iago Kiladze, has a boxing record of 26-1-0 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.69 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat when he faced Youri Kayembre Kalenga in 2013, since then he has won six consecutive bouts beating Byron Polley and Pedro Rodriguez in 2017. Kownacki vs Kiladze is on the undercard of Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Shane Burgos vs Calvin Kattar full fight Video UFC 220 – 2018

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, tough fight with some nice exchanges: Shane Burgos vs Calvin Kattar gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

The undefeated Shane Burgos entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.37 featherweight in the world. He fought twice last year winning over Charles Rosa and Godofredo Pepey Castro.
His opponent, Calvin Kattar, has an official record of 17-2-0 (53% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Don Carlo-Clauss in 2010, since then he has won nine consecutive bouts beating Andre Fili in 2017. Burgos vs Kattar is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou – UFC 220. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson full fight Video IBF – 2018

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, good fight between Errol Spence Jr and Lamont Peterson: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Ibf Ww champion Errol Spence Jr entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (19 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.5 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Keith Thurman). In his last three bouts he has won over Chris Algieri (=Spence vs Algieri), Leonard Bundu (=Spence Jr vs Bundu) and Kell Brook (=Brook vs Spence Jr).
His opponent, the world champion in two different weight classes Lamont Peterson, has an official boxing record of 35-3-1 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He lost to Danny Garcia in 2015 (=Garcia vs Peterson) but then he has beat Felix Diaz (=Peterson vs Diaz) and David Avanesyan (=Avanesyan vs Peterson). Spence vs Peterson is valid for the IBF World welterweight title (Spence’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Michael Chandler vs Goiti Yamauchi – full fight Video Bellator 192

2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, fight not particularly good between Michael Chandler and Goiti Yamauchi: it gets two stars.

The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a mma record of 16-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 lightweight in the world. He fought twice in 2016 beating Patricky Freire (=Chandler vs Freire 2) and Benson Henderson (=Chandler vs Henderson) but then he lost the Bellator Lw title in 2017 with Brent Primus (=Chandler vs Primus).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Goiti Yamauchi, has an official record of 22-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 in the same weight class. He lost to Bubba Jenkins in 2016 (=Yamauchi vs Jenkins) but then he has won over Ryan Couture, Valeriu Mircea and Adam Piccolotti. Chandler vs Yamauchi is on the undercard of Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald – Bellator 192. Watch the video and rate this fight!