Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good finish between John Lineker and Brian Kelleher but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
John Lineker entered this fight with a professional record of 30-8-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world. He lost to current #1 TJ Dillashaw in 2016 (Dillashaw vs Lineker) but he came back to win in 2017 with Marlon Vera (John Lineker vs Marlon Vera).
His opponent, Brian Kelleher, has a mma record of 19-8-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Marlon Vera last year but then he has beat Damian Stasiak and Renan Barao (Brian Kelleher vs Renan Barao Pegado). Lineker vs Kelleher is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, spectacular finish between Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida: this is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars!
The black belt in Bjj, judo and former Ufc Hw and light-Hw champion Vitor Belfort entered this fight with a pro record of 26-13-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 middleweight in the world. ‘The Phenom’ Belfort lost three consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017: with Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (Belfort vs Jacare), Gegard Mousasi (Mousasi vs Belfort) and Kelvin Gastelum (then overturned in a no-contest because the American tested positive for marijuana, Belfort vs Gastelum), but then he has beat Nate Marquardt (Vitor Belfort vs Nate Marquardt).
His opponent, the black belt in karate, Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida, has an official mma record of 23-8-0 (48% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He also lost three consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2017, with Luke Rockhold (Machida vs Rockhold), Yoel Romero (Machida vs Romero) and Derek Brunson (Brunson vs Machida) but he came back to win in 2018 against Eryk Anders (Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders). Machida vs Belfort is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, good fight between Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee: it gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush) and losing with current #1 Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza).
His opponent, Kevin Lee, has an official record of 16-3-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He fought three times in 2017 defeating Francisco Trinaldo (Trinaldo vs Lee) and Michael Chiesa (Chiesa vs Lee) but then he lost to Tony Ferguson (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee). Barboza vs Lee is the main event of UFC Fight Night 128 (Lee weighed in at 157 pounds, one pound over the lightweight non-title fight upper limit). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, pretty good fight between Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson 2: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Frankie Edgar entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-6-1 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Max Holloway) while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Cub Swanson, has a record of 25-8-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. Both fighters have lost their last bout with Brian Ortega (Frankie Edgar vs Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega). Before losing Edgar had beat Yair Rodriguez (Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriguez) while Swanson won over Artem lobov (Cub Swanson vs Artem Lobov). In their first fight Edgar had beat Swanson by submission (November 22, 2014 – Frankie Edgar vs Cub Swanson I); this second fight is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, fight not so exciting between David Branch and Thiago Santos: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj, former Wsof light-Hw and Mw champion David Branch entered this fight with a mma record of 21-4-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year defeating Krzysztof Jotko (Krzysztof Jotko vs David Branch) and losing to Luke Rockhold (Luke Rockhold vs David Branch).
His opponent, Thiago Santos, has an official record of 17-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ lost twice in 2016, against Gegard Mousasi (Mousasi vs Santos ) and Eric Spicely, but then he has won four bouts defeating Anthony Smith in 2018 (Thiago Santos vs Anthony Smith). Branch vs Santos is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, good finish between Jim Miller and Dan Hooker: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj Jim Miller entered this fight with a pro record of 28-11-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 lightweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses: against Dustin Poirier (Miller vs Poirier), Anthony Pettis (Pettis vs Miller) and Francisco Trinaldo (Jim Miller vs Francisco Trinaldo).
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has an official mma record of 15-7-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He lost to Jason Knight in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 beating Ross Pearson (Pearson vs Hooker) and Marc Diakese (Dan Hooker vs Marc Diakiese). Miller vs Hooker is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, fight not particularly good between Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins: it gets two stars.
The Tuf 19 tournament winner Corey Anderson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-4-0 (44% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world but he lost three out of his last four bouts, twice in 2017, with Jimi Manuwa (Manuwa vs Anderson) and Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, Patrick Cummins, has a record of 10-4-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He lost to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in 2016, but then he beat Jan Blachowicz and Gian Villante in 2017 (Gian Villante vs Patrick Cummins). Anderson vs Cummins is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-14, pretty good fight between John Moraga and Wilson Reis: it gets three stars.
John Moraga entered this fight with a pro record of 18-6-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson). He lost three consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2017, the last one with Sergio Pettis (Pettis vs Moraga), but then he has won over Ashkan Mokhtarian and Magomed Bibulatov (Magomed Bibulatov vs John Moraga).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Wilson Reis, has an official mma record of 22-8-0 (45% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year beating Yuta Sasaki (Reis vs Sasaki) but then he lost to Demetrious Johnson (Johnson vs Reis) and Henry Cejudo (Henry Cejudo vs Wilson Reis). Moraga vs Reis is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje – UFC on Fox 29. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-14, good finish between Carlos Condit and Alex Oliveira: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former interim Ufc Ww champion Carlos Condit entered this fight with a mma record of 30-11-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 welterweight in the world but but he comes off three consecutive losses, the last one with Neil Magny (Carlos Condit vs Neil Magny). His last victory was in 2015 with Thiago Alves (Condit vs Alves).
His opponent, Alex Oliveira, has an official record of 17-5-1 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira fought three times last year winning over Tim Means (Means vs Oliveira 2) and Ryan LaFlare (Oliveira vs LaFlare) but then he lost to Yancy Medeiros (Alex Oliveira vs Yancy Medeiros). Condit vs Oliveira is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje – UFC on Fox 29. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-14, some good singles shots between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The undefeated former Glory kickboxing fighter Israel Adesanya entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 12-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.63 middleweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has beat Melvin Guillard, Stuart Dare and Rob Wilkinson.
His opponent, Marvin Vettori, has a record of 12-3-1 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.52 in the same weight class. He lost to Antonio Carlos Jr in 2016, but then he defeated Vitor Miranda and drew with Omari Akhmedov in 2017. Adesanya vs Vettori is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje – UFC on Fox 29; they also faced each other a second time on June 12, 2021 (Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good finish between John Lineker and Brian Kelleher but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
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