Review: 2012-08-18, good fight with some nice combinations: Juan Carlos Salgado vs Jonathan Victor Barros gets three stars. Juan Carlos Salgado (25-1-1) entered as the No.8 super featherweight in the world while Jonathan Victor Barros (34-2-1) entered as the No.9. Salgado vs Barros is valid for the IBF super featherweight title (Salgado’s third defense). Watch the video!
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FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
2012 BOXING fight – Breidis Prescott vs Francisco Figueroa – full fight Video
Review: 2012-08-18, pretty good fight with two knockdowns between Breidis Prescott and Francisco Figueroa but it is not enough to get three stars. Breidis Prescott ranked as the No.50 light welterweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 25-4-0 while Francisco Figueroa had a record of 20-4-1. Prescott vs Figueroa is on the undercard of Yunieski Gonzalez vs Jermain Mackey. Watch the video!
2012 BOXING fight – Felipe Romero vs Krzysztof Glowacki – full fight Video
Review: 2012-08-18, fight pretty boring between Krzysztof Glowacki and Felipe Romero: two stars only for the ending. The undefeated Krzysztof Glowacki (16-0-0) entered as the No.61 cruiserweight in the world while Felipe Romero (15-5-1) entered as the No.34. Glowacki vs Romero is valid for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title. Watch the video!
2012 BOXING fight – Alberto Rossel vs Karluis Diaz – full fight Video WBA title
Review: 2012-08-18, pretty good fight thanks to the early rounds and the final part of the bout (with one knockdown), but unfortunately the central part of the fight has been pretty boring: Alberto Rossel vs Karluis Diaz gets two stars. Alberto Rossel (28-8-0) entered as the No.17 light flyweight in the world while Karluis Diaz (17-3-0) entered as the No.54. Rossel vs Diaz is valid for the interim WBA World light flyweight title. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Ovince St Preux vs TJ Cook – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-08-18, very nice first round and impressive one-punch Ko in the third period: if there was a more exciting second round, Ovince St Preux vs TJ Cook would get four stars. Ovince St Preux ranked as the No.45 light heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 11-5-0 while TJ Cook had a record of 12-4-0. St Preux vs Cook is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman (Strikeforce). Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Lumumba Sayers vs Anthony Smith – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-08-18, nice fight between Anthony Smith and Lumumba Sayers: three stars. Anthony Smith (16-8-0) entered as the No.52 middleweight in the world while Lumumba Sayers (6-2-0) entered as the No.85. Smith vs Sayers is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman (Strikeforce). Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Tarec Saffiedine vs Roger Bowling – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-08-18, we enjoyed the last minute of the fight between Tarec Saffiedine and Roger Bowling but it is not enough to get three stars. Tarec Saffiedine ranked as the No.35 welterweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 12-3-0 while Roger Bowling had a record of 11-2-0. Saffiedine vs Bowling is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman (Strikeforce). Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs Derek Brunson – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-08-18, Ronaldo Souza vs Derek Brunson gets three stars only for the nice knockout in the first round. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (15-3-0) entered as the No.15 middleweight in the world while Derek Brunson (9-1-0) entered as the No.41. Jacare vs Brunson is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman (Strikeforce); they also faced each other a second time on January 27, 2018 (=Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Derek Brunson 2). Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman – full fight Video Strikeforce
Review: 2012-08-18, exciting first round between Ronda Rousey and Sarah Kaufman: three stars. Ronda Rousey (5-0-0) entered as the No.1 bantamweight (women) in the world while Sarah Kaufman (15-1-0) entered as the No.2. Rousey vs Kaufman is valid for the women’s Strikeforce Bantamweight title; main event of the evening. Watch the video!
2012 best BOXING fight – Nihito Arakawa vs Takehiro Shimada – full fight Video
Review: 2012-08-13, probably the bout between Nihito Arakawa and Takehiro Shimada is not very technical but the pace is astonishing thanks to the great performance by both fighters: Shimada vs Arakawa (red gloves) is a tough, exciting toe-to-toe fight with two knockdowns, definitely one of the best boxing fights of the year, four stars! Nihito Arakawa (22-1-1) entered as the No.6 lightweight in the world while Takehiro Shimada (27-5-1) entered as the No.46. Arakawa vs Shimada is valid for the OPBF lightweight title (Arakawa’s second defense). Watch the video!