LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2012-10-20, some good exchanges between Jamie McDonnell and Darwin Zamora but it is not enough to get three stars. Jamie McDonnell (19-2-1) entered as the No.16 bantamweight in the world while Darwin Zamora (21-6-1) entered as the No.88. McDonnell vs Zamora, IBF bantamweight title final eliminator, is on the undercard of Kell Brook vs Hector David Saldivia. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-20, good fight with two knockdowns: Kell Brook vs Hector Saldivia gets three stars. The undefeated Kell Brook (28-0-0) entered as the No.6 welterweight in the world while Hector David Saldivia (41-2-0) entered as the No.35. Brook vs Saldivia, IBF welterweight title final eliminator. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, heavy punches from the first bell, great and tough fight between Danny Flores and Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez, three stars. Danny Flores ranked as the No.41 flyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 13-1-0 while the undefeated Jonathan Gonzalez had a record of 10-0-0. Flores vs Gonzalez is on the undercard of Orlando Cruz vs Jorge Pazos. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, pretty good fight between Orlando Cruz and Jorge Pazos but it is not enough to get three stars. Orlando Cruz ranked as the No.37 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 18-2-1 while Jorge Pazos had a record of 20-4-0. Cruz vs Pazos is valid for the WBO Latino featherweight title; on October 4, 2012, Cruz became the first boxer to come out as gay while still active professionally. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, good fight and good finish between Ricardo Tirloni and Rene Nazare: three stars. Ricardo Tirloni entered the fight with a record of 14-2-0 while Rene Nazare had a record of 10-2-0. Tirloni vs Nazare is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, fight not particularly good between Marcin Held and Murad Machaev: two stars. Marcin Held entered the fight with a record of 13-2-0 while the undefeated Murad Machaev had a record of 9-0-0. Held vs Machaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, good work on the ground in the first round and good finish: Dave Jansen vs Magomed Saadulaev gets three stars. Dave Jansen ranked as the No.69 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 16-2-0 while Magomed Saadulaev had a record of 14-1-0. Jansen vs Saadulaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, the fight between Alexander Sarnavskiy and Rich Clementi has not been particularly exciting: two stars. The undefeated Alexander Sarnavskiy (20-0-0) entered as the No.61 lightweight in the world while Rich Clementi (44-21-1) entered as the No.86. Sarnavskiy vs Clementi is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, main event of Bellator 77. Watch the video!
Video Bellator 77 weigh-ins
Who will be the number one contender for the Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight title?
Tonight starts the road to Michael Chandler’s belt, with the lightweight tournament quarterfinals.
The champ is undefeated (10-0-0) and in his last match against Akihiro Gono at Bellator 67 showed all his dominance. In a date to be still announced, Chandler is expected to defend his title against Rick ‘Genghis’ Hawn, Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tournament Winner (final match with Brent Weedman) and former olympic judoka.
Yesterday at Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center Reading, Penn, all the pretenders made weight, including big-show veteran Rich Clementi (155 pounds) and undefeated (20-0-0) prospect Alexander ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy (155.6 pounds) (look at
This is crazy. Totally crazy. And we know what you think: this can’t happen. This’s bullsh*t. And surely it will not happen. But if it happens…oh my God!
Jean-Claude Van Damme, the actor of Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact and lately The Expendables 2, could return to fight for real in December 2012 against Somrak Kamsing, former boxing Olympic gold-medalist and muay thai fighter (also known as Somluck Kamsing).
There was a lot of talking about this match, starting from 2010, but this time could be the right time. Obviously there is nothing official, but there are 2 interviews (see the videos) where JCVD talks about his will
