Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-04-02, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight John Dodson vs Francisco Rivera gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Rivera vs Dodson is the main event of XMMA 4: Black Magic. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-03-11, tough exchanges and good finish: the mma fight Bibiano Fernandes vs John Lineker gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Lineker vs Fernandes, co-main event of ‘ONE Championship: Lights Out’, is valid for the ONE bantamweight title; undercard of Thanh Le vs Garry Tonon. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-05, pretty good fight between Corey Anderson and Melvin Manhoef: it gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-25, disappointing fight between Frank Mir and Roy Nelson 2: it gets two stars.The black belt in karate, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Frank Mir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-13-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.69 heavyweight in the world but his last victory occurred in 2015 when he faced Todd Duffee (4-stars fight, Frank Mir vs Todd Duffee); after this bout he has lost four consecutive fights, the last two against Fedor Emelianenko (Fedor Emelianenko vs Frank Mir) and Javy Ayala (Frank Mir vs Javy Ayala).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf Hw tournament winner Roy Nelson, has a record of 23-17-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Javy Ayala in 2017 (Roy Nelson vs Javy Ayala); after this bout he lost three times, the last one with Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic in 2019 (Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Roy Nelson 2). In their first bout Mir had defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (May 28, 2011 – Frank Mir vs Roy Nelson I); this second fight is the main event of Bellator 231. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-09-27, pretty boring fight between Benson Henderson and Myles Jury: it gets two stars.The black belt in tae-kwon-do, Bjj and former Ufc Lw champion Benson Henderson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 27-8-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 lightweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2016 and 2017, against Michael Chandler (Chandler vs Henderson) and Patricky Freire (Benson Henderson vs Patricky Freire), but then he has won three fights defeating Adam Piccolotti in his last one (Benson Henderson vs Adam Piccolotti).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Myles Jury, has a record of 17-4-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.36 featherweight but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Chad Mendes (Chad Mendes vs Myles Jury) and Andre Fili (Myles Jury vs Andre Fili); before this fight, in 2017, he had won over Mike De La Torre and Rick Glenn. Henderson vs Jury is on the undercard of James Gallagher vs Roman Salazar – Bellator 227. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-22, some good exchanges between Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Lovato Jr but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in judo, former Strikeforce light-Hw and current Bellator Mw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 45-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won eight bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Rory MacDonald in his last one (Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj and former world jiu jitsu champion Rafael Lovato Jr, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Chris Honeycutt (Chris Honeycutt vs Rafael Lovato Jr), Gerald Harris (Rafael Lovato Jr vs Gerald Harris) and John Salter (Rafael Lovato Jr vs John Salter). Mousasi vs Lovato, main event of Bellator 223, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title(Mousasi’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-14, pretty good fight between Frank Mir and Javy Ayala: it gets three stars.The black belt in karate, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Frank Mir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-12-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.51 heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive defeats: against Andrei Arlovski in 2015 (Arlovski vs Mir), Mark Hunt in 2016 (Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir) and Fedor Emelianenko in 2018 (Fedor Emelianenko vs Frank Mir).
His opponent, Javy Ayala, has a record of 10-7-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class but hehas also lost his last two bouts, with Roy Nelson (Roy Nelson vs Javy Ayala) and Cheick Kongo (Cheick Kongo vs Javy Ayala); before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Sergei Kharitonov (Kharitonov vs Ayala). Mir vs Ayala is on the undercard of Brent Primus vs Michael Chandler 2 – Bellator 212. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-13, good finish between Eduardo Dantas and Michael McDonald: it gets three stars.The former Bellator Bw champion Eduardo Dantas entered this fight with a mma record of 20-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 bantamweight in the world. ‘Dudu’ Dantas fought twice last year beating Leandro Higo (Dantas vs Higo) but then he lost to Darrion Caldwell (Eduardo Dantas vs Darrion Caldwell).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Michael McDonald, has an official record of 18-4-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He was defeated by John Lineker in 2016 (McDonald vs Lineker) but he came back to win in 2017 with Peter Ligier (Michael McDonald vs Peter Ligier). Dantas vs McDonald is on the undercard of Julia Budd vs Talita Nogueira – Bellator 202. Watch the video and rate this fight!
