Denis Shafikov entered this fight with a boxing record of 38-3-1 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.12 super featherweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Robert Easter Jr (=Shafikov vs Easter Jr). Before this bout, in 2016, he had won over Jamel Herring (=Shafikov vs Herring) and Richard Commey (=Shafikov vs Commey).
His opponent, Rene Alvarado, has an official record of 27-8-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He has already fought four times in 2017 losing to Yuriorkis Gamboa (=Gamboa vs Alvarado) but then he has defeated Moises Olivas, Roger Gutierrez and David Morales. Alvarado vs Shafikov is on the undercard of Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Best fights of the week 49, year 2017
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 49: (Mon-Sun) from December 4, 2017 to December 10, 2017. Boxing Fight of the Week: Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman Boxing Knockout of the Week: Luis Ortiz vs Daniel Martz K-1 Muay Thai … Read more
2017 BOXING fight – Fedor Chudinov vs Ryan Ford – full fight Video
The former Wba super-Mw champion Fedor Chudinov entered this fight with a pro record of 15-2-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.15 super middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2016 and 2017, against Felix Sturm (via majority decision, Sturm vs Chudinov 2) and George Groves (=Groves vs Chudinov), but then he has beat Jonathan Geronimo Barbadillo.
His opponent, the mma fighter Ryan Ford, has a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 light heavyweight. He has already fought five times in 2017 defeating Robert Berridge, Joaquin Murrieta and Miguel Cubos in his last three. Chudinov vs Ford is valid for the vacant WBA International super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman – full fight Video
The former world champion in two different weight classes Orlando Salido entered this fight with a record of 44-13-4 (31 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko but Salido managed to beat him in 2014 via split decision, Salido vs Lomachenko) but he won just one out of his last four bouts, with Aristides Perez in 2017 (=Salido vs Perez). Before this fight ‘Siri’ Salido drew with Francisco Vargas in 2016 (Fight of the Year candidate, Vargas vs Salido) while, in 2015, he faced twice Roman Martinez losing the first bout and drawing the second one (=Salido vs Martinez I and Martinez vs Salido II).
His opponent, Miguel Roman, has an official boxing record of 57-12-0 (44 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. Mickey Roman has fought twice in 2017 losing to Takashi Miura (=Roman vs Miura) and beating Nery Saguilan (=Roman vs Saguilan). Roman vs Salido is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega full fight Video UFC FN 123 – 2017
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2014 and 2015, against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and current #1 Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway), but then he has won four bouts beating Artem Lobov in 2017 (=Swanson vs Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Diego Brandao (=Ortega vs Brandao), Clay Guida (=Ortega vs Guida) and Renato Moicano Carneiro (=Carneiro vs Ortega). Ortega vs Swanson is the mian event of UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Jason Knight vs Gabriel Benitez – fight Video UFC FN 123
Jason Knight entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2017 beating Alex Caceres (=Knight vs Caceres) and Chas Skelly (=Skelly vs Knight) but then he has lost to Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Knight).
His opponent, Gabriel Benitez, has an official record of 19-6-0 (84% finishing rate) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Andre Fili and Enrique Barzola, between these two bouts he beat Sam Sicilia. Benitez vs Knight is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Kenichi Ogawa vs Tevin Farmer – full fight Video IBF
Kenichi Ogawa entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 22-1-0 (17 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.16 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Yuki Miyoshi in 2012, since then he has collected 14 consecutive victories taking revenge on Miyoshi in 2013 and beating Satoru Sugita and Hirotsugu Yamamoto in 2017.
His opponent, Tevin Farmer, has an official record of 25-4-1 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He also suffered his last defeat in 2012, against Jose Pedraza, but then he has won 18 consecutive fights beating Arturo Santos Reyes in his last one. Ogawa vs Farmer is valid for the vacant IBF World super featherweight title; undercard of Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes – full fight Video UFC FN 123
Aljamain Sterling entered this fight with a professional record of 14-2-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost two consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017, against Bryan Caraway and Raphael Assuncao (=Sterling vs Assuncao) but then he has defeated Augusto Mendes and Renan Barao (=Sterling vs Barao).
His opponent, the former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has a mma record of 19-5-1 (68% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 losing to Raphael Assuncao (=Moraes vs Assuncao) and beating John Dodson (=Dodson vs Moraes). Moraes vs Sterling is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Francisco Vargas vs Stephen Smith – full fight Video
The former Wbc super-Fw champion Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 23-1-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He won the Wbc super-Fw belt in 2015, against Takashi Miura (The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2015, Miura vs Vargas) but then he drew with Orlando Salido in 2016 (5-stars fight, Vargas vs Salido) and he has lost to Miguel Berchelt in 2017 (4-stars fight, Vargas vs Berchelt).
His opponent, Stephen Smith, has a record of 25-3-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost to Jason Sosa last year (=Sosa vs Smith) but he came back to win in 2017 with Karoly Gallovich. Vargas vs Smith is on the undercard of Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux full fight Video – 2017
The 2012 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist and world champion in two different weight classes Vasyl Lomachenko entered this fight with a professional record of 9-1-0 (7 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. He lost to Orlando Salido at his second professional bout in 2014 (via split decision, Salido vs Lomachenko) but since then he has won eight consecutive fights defending the Wbo super-Fw belt twice in 2017: with Jason Sosa (=Lomachenko vs Sosa) and against Miguel Marriaga (=Lomachenko vs Marriaga).
His opponent, the undefeated 2000 and 2004 Olympic bantamweight gold medalist and Wba super-Bw champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, has a perfect boxing record of 17-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.1 super bantamweight but he fought just three times in the last three years defeating Drian Francisco (=Rigondeaux vs Francisco), James Dickens (=Rigondeaux vs Dickens) and Moises Flores (then changed to a no-contest since Flores was knocked out with a punch as the bell rang, Rigondeaux vs Flores). Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux is valid for the WBO World super featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!