LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-19, nice exchanges with a brutal finish: Samo Petje vs Meletis Kakoubavas gets four stars!!Samo Petje entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 30-5-1 while his opponent, Meletis Kakoubavas, has an official record of 31-6-0. Petje vs Kakoubavas is valid for the FFC lightweight title; undercard of Brian Douwes vs Pavel Zhuravlev – FFC 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-21, good work on the ground and nice finish: Donald Cerrone vs Alex Oliveira gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Donald Cerrone entered this fight with a professional mma record of 28-7-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world. He fought four times last year losing just his last bout, against #1 Rafael dos Anjos (=dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2).
His opponent, Alex Oliveira, has an official record of 13-3-1 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. He also suffered one loss in 2015, against Gilbert Burns (=Burns vs Oliveira) but then ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira has won three consecutive fights beating Piotr Hallmann (=Hallmann vs Oliveira). Cerrone vs Oliveira is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 83. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-21, pretty good finish between Derek Brunson and Roan Carneiro but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Derek Brunson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2014, against Yoel Romero Palacio (=Romero vs Brunson), but then he has won three fights beating Sam Alvey in his last one (=Brunson vs Alvey).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Roan Carneiro, has a record of 20-9-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. His last defeat occurred in 2011 when he faced Tommy Depret, since then ‘Jucao’ Carneiro has won six consecutive bouts winning over Mark Munoz in his last one. Brunson vs Carneiro is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Alex Oliveira – UFC Fight Night 83. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-21, close fight but not so exciting: Dennis Bermudez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri gets two stars.Tatsuya Kawajiri entered this fight with a professional record of 35-8-2 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 featherweight in the world. He lost to Clay Guida in 2014 (=Guida vs Kawajiri) but then he has won over Dennis Siver (=Siver vs Kawajiri) and Jason Knight (=Kawajiri vs Knight).
His opponent, Dennis Bermudez, has a mma record of 14-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive defeats: against Ricardo Lamas in 2014 (=Bermudez vs Lamas) and Jeremy Stephens in 2015 (=Bermudez vs Stephens). Kawajiri vs Bermudez is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Alex Oliveira – UFC Fight Night 83. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-21, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Cody Garbrandt vs Augusto ‘Tanquinho’ Mendes gets two.Both undefeated, Cody Garbrandt entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.39 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Augusto Mendes, has an official record of 5-0-0 (100% finishing rate). Garbrandt vs Mendes is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Alex Oliveira – UFC Fight Night 83. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-21, good start with some nice exchanges: Mairis Briedis vs Danie Venter gets three stars.The undefeated Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 18-0-0 (15 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.5 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Grigory Drozd). He fought four times last year beating Laszlo Hubert in his last bout.
His opponent, Danie Venter, has an official record of 20-7-0 (15 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He lost to Oleksandr Usyk in 2014 (=Usyk vs Venter) but he came back to win against Vusumzi Mlindwa in 2015. Briedis vs Venter is valid for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-20, some good exchanges between Francisco Rodriguez Jr and Ramon Garcia Hirales but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Wbo and Ibf minimumweight champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 17-4-1 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.12 flyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Jomar Fajardo (=Rodriguez vs Fajardo 2) but then he lost to Donnie Nietes (=Nietes vs Rodriguez Jr) and Moises Fuentes (=Rodriguez vs Fuentes).
His opponent, the former Wbo light-Flw champion Ramon Garcia Hirales, has an official record of 20-7-1 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.94 in the same weight class but ‘Principe’ Garcia comes off three consecutive defeats: against Javier Mendoza (=Mendoza vs Hirales), Jonathan Taconing (=Hirales vs Taconing) and Juan Hernandez (=Hernandez vs Hirales 2). ‘Chihuas’ Rodriguez Jr vs Hirales is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-20, fight not particularly good between Timur Valiev and Chris Gutierrez: it gets two stars.Timur Valiev entered this fight with a mma record of 10-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.56 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Chris Gutierrez, has an official record of 8-1-1 (63% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.70 in the same weight class. Valiev vs Gutierrez is on the undercard of Marlon Moraes vs Joseph Barajas – WSOF 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-20, some good single shots between Marlon Moraes and Joseph Barajas but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Marlon Moraes entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-4-1 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He lost two consecutive fights in 2011, against Ralph Acosta and Deividas Taurosevicius, but since then he has won ten bouts beating Sheymon da Silva Moraes in his last one (=Marlon Moraes vs Sheymon Moraes).
His opponent, Joseph Barajas, has a record of 12-1-0 (58% finishing rate) and he suffered his only defeat in 2014, against Sirwan Kakai, after this bout he has won over Aaron Arana and Erik Villalobos. Moraes vs Barajas, main event of the Wsof 28, is valid for the WSOF Bantamweight title (Moraes’ third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-20, close fight with some good exchanges: Felix Sturm vs Fedor Chudinov 2 gets three stars.The former world champion in two different weight classes Felix Sturm entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 39-5-3 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super middleweight in the world but his last victory occurred in 2013, against Darren Barker (=Barker vs Sturm). After this bout he lost to Sam Soliman (=Sturm vs Soliman 2), he drew with Robert Stieglitz (=Sturm vs Stieglitz) and he was defeated by Chudinov in their first fight (=Sturm vs Chudinov I).
His opponent, the undefeated Fedor Chudinov, has a perfect record of 14-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Arthur Abraham). He fought twice last year beating Sturm and Frank Buglioni (=Chudinov vs Buglioni). Sturm vs Chudinov 2 is valid for the WBA Super World super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
