Review: 2014-12-06, great fight between Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in tae-kwon-do Anthony Pettis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-3-0 (82% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 31, 2013 when he defeated Benson Henderson in their second fight winning the Ufc Lw belt (=Henderson vs Pettis 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce Lw champion Gilbert Melendez, has a record of 22-3-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Benson Henderson (via split decsion, Henderson vs Melendez); after this bout he came back to win beating Diego Sanchez in one of the best mma fights of 2013 (=Melendez vs Sanchez). Pettis vs Melendez is valid for the Ufc lightweight title (Pettis’ first defense); undercard of Johny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler 2 – UFC 181. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-22, good fight between Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and former Ufc lightweight champion Frankie Edgar entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-4-1 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world, he suffered three consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, the last one against #1 Jose Aldo (=Aldo vs Edgar); after this bout he came back to win beating Charles Oliveira (=Edgar vs Oliveira) and BJ Penn in their third fight (=Edgar vs Penn 3).
His opponent, the balck belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Cub Swanson, has an official record of 21-5-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Swanson); since then he has collected six consecutive victories, the last one against Jeremy Stephens (=Swanson vs Stephens). Edgar vs Swanson is the main event of “UFC Fight Night 57”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-22, good exchanges between Joseph Benavidez and Dustin Ortiz: it gets three stars. Joseph Benavidez entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-4-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world, he lost to #1 Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson at the end of 2013 (=Johnson vs Benavidez 2) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Tim Elliott (=Benavidez vs Elliott).
His opponent, Dustin Ortiz, has a record of 14-3-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class, he has fought three times in 2014 losing the first bout, against John Moraga (via split decision Moraga vs Ortiz), but then he defeated Ray Borg and Justin Scoggins (=Ortiz vs Scoggins). Benavidez vs Ortiz is on the undercard of Frankie Edgar vs Cub Swanson – UFC FN 57. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-15, Fabricio Werdum vs Mark Hunt gets three stars thanks to a spectacular finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in judo and Bjj Fabricio Werdum entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-5-1 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Werdum), since then he has won four consecutive bouts, the last one against Travis Browne (=Werdum vs Browne).
His opponent, the 40-year-old and former K-1 world champion Mark Hunt (three years older than Werdum), has an official record of 10-8-1 (70% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last three bouts, against Roy Nelson (=Hunt vs Nelson); before this fight he had lost to Junior dos Santos (=dos Santos vs Hunt) and then drawn against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in one of the best mma fights of 2013 (=Silva vs Hunt). Werdum vs Hunt, main event of Ufc 180, is valid for the interim UFC heavyweight title; Hunt replaces #1 Cain Velasquez who was forced to pull out of the bout due to an injured knee. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-15, pretty good finish between Jake Ellenberger and Kelvin Gastelum but it is not enough to get three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Jake Ellenberger entered this fight with a pro mma record of 29-8-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 welterweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive defeats: he lost to Rory MacDonald in 2013 (=Ellenberger vs MacDonald) and to Robbie Lawler in 2014 (=Lawler vs Ellenberger).
His opponent, the undefeated Tuf 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum, has a record of 9-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class, he has fought twice in 2014 beating Rick Story and Nicholas Musoke (=Gastelum vs Musoke). Ellenberger vs Gastelum is on the undercard of Fabricio Werdum vs Mark Hunt – UFC 180. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-15, Dennis Bermudez vs Ricardo Lamas gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Dennis Bermudez entered this fight with a mma record of 14-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world, he suffered all his three defeats between 2010 and 2011, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories beating Clay Guida in his last bout (=Guida vs Bermudez).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ricardo Lamas, has Bermudez’s same record of 14-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class, he has fought twice in 2014 losing to #1 Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo (=Aldo vs Lamas) but then he came back to win defeating Hacran Dias (=Lamas vs Dias). Bermudez vs Lamas is on the undercard of Fabricio Werdum vs Mark Hunt – UFC 180. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-10-04, good finish between Max Holloway and Akira Corassani: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Max Holloway entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 featherweight in the world, he lost twice in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway) but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Will Chope (=Holloway vs Chope), Andre Fili (=Holloway vs Fili) and Clay Collard (=Holloway vs Collard).
His opponent, the balck belt in tae-kwon-do Akira Corassani, has an official record of 12-4-0 (34% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class, he won twice last year, against Robbie Peralta (=Peralta vs Corassani) and Maximo Blanco, but he lost his only bout of 2014 against Dustin Poirier (=Poirier vs Corassani). Holloway vs Corassani is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story – UFC FN 53. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-27, good fight between Donald Cerrone and Eddie Alvarez: it gets three stars. Donald Cerrone entered this fight with a pro mma record of 24-6-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Anthony Pettis), he suffered his last defeat last year when he faced Rafael dos Anjos (=Cerrone vs dos Anjos), after that bout he has won four consecutive fights, three in 2014: against Adriano Martins (=Cerrone vs Martins), Edson Barboza (=Cerrone vs Barboza) and Jim Miller (=Cerrone vs Miller).
His opponent, the former Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez, has a record of 25-3-0 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last loss in 2011 when he faced for the first time Michael Chandler (4-stars-fight Chandler vs Alvarez I), since then he has fought and won three consecutive bouts and in his last fight he took revenge on Chandler (but it was a controversial decision Chandler vs Alvarez II). ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone vs Alvarez is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso – UFC 178. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-27, back and forth fight with an exciting finish: Tim Kennedy vs Yoel Romero gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The black belt in ju-jitsu Tim Kennedy entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-4-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Chris Weidman); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Luke Rockhold in a fight valid for the Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Kennedy), since then he has fought and won four consecutive times beating Michael Bisping in his last bout (=Bisping vs Kennedy).
His opponent, the 2000 Olympic Mw silver medalist in freestyle wrestilng Yoel Romero Palacio, has a record of 8-1-0 (87% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he fought against Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante, since then he has won four consecutive fights, the last one against Brad Tavares (=Tavares vs Romero). Kennedy vs Romero is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso – UFC 178. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, technical fight with a pretty good finish but it was not so exciting: Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and judo Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Strikeforce Mw title (=Chris Weidman), he suffered his last defeat when he faced Luke Rockhold in 2011 losing his Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Jacare ), since then he has collected six consecutive wins (three under Strikeforce and three in the Ufc).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion and black belt in judo Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 35-4-2 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout, against Lyoto Machida in February (=Machida vs Mousasi), but then he came back to win against Mark Munoz in May (=Munoz vs Mousasi). In their first fight Mousasi defeated Jacare in just one round (on September 23, 2008) and the bout was valid for the Dream Mw title; this second fight is the main event of Ufc Fight Night 50 (Ufc Foxwoods). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review: 2014-12-06, great fight between Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in tae-kwon-do Anthony Pettis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-3-0 (82% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 31, 2013 when he defeated Benson Henderson in their second fight winning the Ufc Lw belt (=Henderson vs Pettis 2).
Review: 2014-11-15, pretty good finish between Jake Ellenberger and Kelvin Gastelum but it is not enough to get three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Jake Ellenberger entered this fight with a pro mma record of 29-8-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 welterweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive defeats: he lost to Rory MacDonald in 2013 (=
