Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, pretty good finish between Shane Campbell and John Makdessi but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The kickboxer Shane Campbell entered this fight with a mma record of 11-2-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.96 welterweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in karate and tae-kwon-do John Makdessi, has a record of 12-3-0 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Campbell makes his Ufc debut in this bout and he comes off the victory against Derek Boyle at WSOF 18 while Makdessi lost his only fight of 2014, against Alan Patrick. Campbell vs Makdessi is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi – UFC 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, pretty good fight between Thomas Almeida and Yves Jabouin: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated Thomas Almeida entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 17-0-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.42 bantamweight in the world; he fought three times last year beating Tim Gorman in his last bout (Almeida’s Ufc debut)
His opponent, Yves Jabouin, has a record of 20-9-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class; he fought twice in 2014 losing to Eddie Wineland but then he came back to win beating Mike Easton. Almeida vs Jabouin is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi – UFC 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, Cub Swanson vs Max Holloway gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Cub Swanson entered this fight with a mma record of 21-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo). He fought twice last year beating Jeremy Stephens (=Swanson vs Stephens) but then he lost to Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson).
His opponent, Max Holloway, has an official record of 12-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway), but then he has won five bouts beating Cole Miller in his last fight (=Holloway vs Miller). Swanson vs Holloway is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold – UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, great performance by both fighters: Felice Herrig vs Paige VanZant gets three stars and should have been awarded as the Fight of the Night and not Corey Anderson vs Gian Villante (the one awarded by the Ufc).
Felice Herrig entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-5-0 (40% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.20 women’s stawweight in the world while her opponent, Paige VanZant, has an official record of 4-1-0 (50% finishing rate). Both fighters lost to Tecia Torres in 2013 (=Herrig vs Torres); after losing Herrig has won one bout, against Lisa Ellis while VanZant has won twice, with Courtney Himes and Kailin Curran. Herrig vs VanZant is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold – UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-11, pretty good fight between Gabriel Gonzaga and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gabriel Gonzaga entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-9-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 heavyweight in the world having lost his last two fights, against Stipe Miocic (=Gonzaga vs Miocic) and Matt Mitrione (=Gonzaga vs Mitrione).
His opponent, the 40-year-old black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride FC champion Mirko Filipovic (five years older than Gonzaga), has an official record of 30-11-2 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive defeats in the Ufc between 2010 and 2011 (the last one against Roy Nelson, Nelson vs Filipovic) and then he fought for other mma promotions collecting three victories and one loss, against Alexey Oleinik (=Cro Cop vs Oleinik), while he beat Satoshi Ishii in his last bout (=Filipovic vs Ishii 2). In their first bout ‘Napao’ Gonzaga beat Filipovic by ko in the first round (April 21, 2007); this second bout is the main event of “UFC Fight Night 64: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, some good exchanges between Michael Chiesa and Mitch Clarke but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Michael Chiesa entered this fight with a mma record of 11-2-0 (73% submission victory rate – he has never won by ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.41 lightweight in the world; he fought twice last year beating Francisco Trinaldo but then he lost to Joe Lauzon (=Chiesa vs Lauzon).
His opponent, Mitch Clarke, has the same record of Chiesa, 11-2-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class; he suffered two consecutive losses between 2011 and 2012, against John Cholish and Anton Kuivanen, but then he came back to win defeating John Maguire and Al Iaquinta. Chiesa vs Clarke is on the undercard of Chad Mendes vs Ricardo Lamas – UFC Fight Night 63. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, some good exchanges between Alistair Overeem and Roy Nelson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Strikeforce and K-1 Hw champion Alistair Overeem entered this fight with a professional mma record of 38-14-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez) but he won just two out of his last five bouts: against Frank Mir (=Overeem vs Mir) and Stefan Struve (his last fight, Overeem vs Struve). Between these two fights he lost to Ben Rothwell (=Overeem vs Rothwell).
His opponent, the 38-year-old (4 years older than Overeem) and black belt in Bjj Roy Nelson, has a record of 20-10-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class but he lost three out of his last four fights. ‘Big Country’ Nelson fought twice in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson) but then he was defeated by Mark Hunt (=Hunt vs Nelson). Overeem vs Nelson is on the undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, spectacular finish between Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger: it is very close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Josh Koscheck entered this fight with a mma record of 17-8-0 (59% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 16, 2013 when he was defeated by Tyron Woodley (=Koscheck vs Woodley), before this bout he had already lost twice: against Robbie Lawler in February 2013 (=Koscheck vs Lawler) and against Johny Hendricks in 2012 (=Koscheck vs Hendricks).
His opponent, Jake Ellenberger, has a record of 29-9-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 welterweight in the world but he lost his last three bouts as well: he was defeated by Rory MacDonald (=Ellenberger vs MacDonald), Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs Ellenberger) and Kelvin Gastelum (=Ellenberger vs Gastelum). Koscheck vs Ellenberger is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-22, fight not particularly exciting between Iuri Alcantara and Frankie Saenz: it gets two stars.
The black belt in Bjj Iuri Alcantara entered this fight with a pro mma record of 31-5-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw); he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Urijah Faber (=Faber vs Alcantara), since then he has won three consecutive bouts, the last one against Russell Doane (=Alcantara vs Doane).
His opponent, Frankie Saenz, has a record of 9-2-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive fights between 2011 and 2012, against Cody Huard and Jeff Fletcher, after this bout he has won five fights, the last one against Nolan Ticman, his Ufc debut. Alcantara vs Saenz is on the undercard of Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 61. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-22, very boring and disappointing fight between Rustam Khabilov and Adriano Martins: it gets one star.
The 2007 Combat Sambo world champion Rustam Khabilov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 lightweight in the world, he fought just once in 2014 losing to Benson Henderson (=Henderson vs Khabilov).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Adriano Martins, has an official record of 26-7-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class, he fought twice last year losing to Donald Cerrone (=Cerrone vs Martins) and winning over Juan Puig. Khabilov vs Martins is on the undercard of Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva vs Frank Mir – UFC Fight Night 61. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, pretty good finish between Shane Campbell and John Makdessi but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
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