The black belt in tae-kwon-do, former K-1, Pride and 2016 Rizin Hw champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 35-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won seven bouts beating Muhammed King Mo Lawal (=Cro Cop vs Lawal), Baruto Kaito (=Filipovic vs Baruto) and Amir Aliakbari (=Filipovic vs Aliakbari).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Tsuyoshi Kosaka, has an official record of 27-19-2 (52% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 29, 2016 when he was defeated by Baruto Kaito (=Baruto vs Kosaka). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Kosaka is the main event of “Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
2017 BOXING fight – Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Carlos Buitrago – full fight Video IBF
The undefeated Ibf champion Hiroto Kyoguchi entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 8-0-0 (6 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.5 minimumweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2017 winning over Armando de la Cruz, Jonathan Refugio and Jose Argumedo (=Argumedo vs Kyoguchi).
His opponent, the former interim Wbo champion Carlos Buitrago, has an official record of 30-2-1 (17 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 15, 2016 when he defeated Noe Medina. Before this bout he had also beat Roger Collado in May and he was defeated by current #1 Knockout CP Freshmart in February (=CP Freshmart vs Buitrago 2). Kyoguchi vs Buitrago is valid for the IBF World minimumweight title (Kyoguchi’s first defense); undercard of Milan Melindo vs Ryoichi Taguchi. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – fight Video UFC 219
The Ufc women’s Fw and former Strikeforce and Invicta Fc champion Cristiane Cyborg Justino entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her only loss at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes in 2005, since then she has won 18 consecutive bouts beating Leslie Smith (=Cyborg vs Smith), Lina Lansberg (=Justino vs Lansberg) and Tonya Evinger in his last three (=Cyborg vs Evinger).
Her opponent, the former Ufc and Wbc, Wba, Wbf, Iba boxing champion Holly Holm, has a record of 11-3-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. She won the Ufc Bw belt in 2015, against Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Holm) but then she lost it at her first defense with Miesha Tate (=Holm vs Tate); after this bout she was also defeated by Valentina Shevchenko (=Holm vs Shevchenko) and Germaine de Randamie (=Holm vs Randamie). The Preacher’s Daughter Holm came back to win in 2017 defeating Bethe Correia (=Holm vs Correia). Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holm, main event of Ufc 219, is valid for the Ufc women’s featherweight title (Cyborg’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza full fight Video UFC 219 – 2017
The undefeated black belt in judo and two time combat sambo world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 24-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Conor McGregor). After suffering different injuries between 2014 and 2015, he came back to fight in 2016 winning over Darrell Horcher (=Nurmagomedov vs Horcher) and Michael Johnson (=Johnson vs Nurmagomedov).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza, has an official record of 19-4-0 (63% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost to Tony Ferguson in 2015 (=Ferguson vs Barboza) but then he has beat Anthony Pettis (=Pettis vs Barboza), Gilbert Melendez (=Barboza vs Melendez) and Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush). Nurmagomedov vs Barboza is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Dan Hooker vs Marc Diakiese – fight Video UFC 219
Dan Hooker entered this fight with a professional record of 14-7-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.50 lightweight in the world. He lost to Jason Knight in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 with Ross Pearson (=Pearson vs Hooker).
His opponent, the Bamma Lw champion Marc Diakiese, has a mma record of 12-1-0 (58% finishing rate) but he comes off his first loss, suffered against Drakkar Klose in July (via split decision, Diakiese vs Klose); before this bout, in March, he had beat Teemu Packalen. Diakiese vs Hooker is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Carlos Condit vs Neil Magny – fight Video UFC 219
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former interim Ufc Ww champion Carlos Condit entered this fight with a pro record of 30-10-0 (93% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 27, 2016 when he was defeated by Demian Maia (=Maia vs Condit); before this bout he had also lost to Robbie Lawler (via split decision, 4-stars fight Lawler vs Condit).
His opponent, Neil Magny, has an official mma record of 19-6-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 welterweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Lorenz Larkin (=Magny vs Larkin) and with Rafael dos Anjos (=dos Anjos vs Magny); between these two bouts he beat Johny Hendricks (=Hendricks vs Magny). Magny vs Condit is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Ken Shiro vs Gilberto Pedroza – full fight Video WBC
The undefeated Wbc light-Flw champion Ken Shiro entered this fight with a perfect record of 12-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 light flyweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2017 beating Ganigan Lopez (=Lopez vs Shiro) and Pedro Guevara (=Shiro vs Guevara).
His opponent, Gilberto Pedroza, has a boxing record of 18-4-2 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He lost to Robert Barrera in 2014 but since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Saul Juarez in his last one. Ken Shiro vs Pedroza is valid for the WBC World light flyweight title (Shiro’s second defense); undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Yoan Boyeaux. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Naoya Inoue vs Yoan Boyeaux – full fight Video WBO
The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Naoya Inoue entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (12 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.2 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Srisaket Sor Rungvisai). In his last three bouts he has won over Kohei Kono (=Inoue vs Kono), Ricardo Rodriguez (=Inoue vs Rodriguez) and Antonio Nieves (=Inoue vs Nieves).
His opponent, Yoan Boyeaux, has an official record of 41-5-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Anthony Settoul in 2012, since then he has collected 31 victories and one no-contest beating Mishiko Shubitidze in 2017. Inoue vs Boyeaux is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs Albert Duraev – full fight Video ACB 77
The black belt in judo, world combat sambo, M-1 light-Hw and Mw champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a pro mma record of 31-5-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.45 middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2016, both with Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Vasilevsky I and Shlemenko vs Vasilevsky II), but then he has won four bouts beating Luis Sergio Melo Jr in his last one.
His opponent, Albert Duraev, has a record of 10-3-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Anatoly Tokov in 2014, since then he has won six bouts defeating Clifford Starks in 2017. Duraev vs Vasilevsky is valid for the vacant ACB middleweight title: undercard of Abdul Aziz Abdulvakhabov vs Eduard Vartanyan 2 – ACB 77. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Abdul Abdulvakhabov vs Eduard Vartanyan 2 – full fight Video ACB 77
The ACB Lw champion Abdul Aziz Abdulvakhabov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-1-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 lightweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his second pro mma fight, against Magomed Alhasov in 2011, since then he has collected 13 consecutive victories beating Eduard Vartanyan and Ali Bagov in 2016.
His opponent, the interim champion Eduard Vartanyan, has an official record of 18-3-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. After losing with Abdulvakhabov last year he has won four bouts defeating Alexander Sarnavskiy and Andrei Koshkin in 2017. Abdulvakhabov vs Vartanyan 2, main event of ACB 77, is valid for the ACB lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!