Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-07, boring mma bout: Philip De Fries vs Augusto Sakai gets one star (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-02-25, disappointing mma bout: Augusto Sakai vs Don’Tale Mayes gets two stars.
Mayes vs Sakai is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 25th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Andre Muniz vs Brendan Allen – UFC Vegas 70 (also known as UFC Fight Night 220 or UFC on ESPN+ 78). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-08-06, pretty good mma bout: Augusto Sakai vs Sergey Spivak gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Spivac vs Sakai is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 6th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; undercard of Thiago Santos vs Jamahal Hill – UFC Vegas 59 (also known as UFC on ESPN 40 or The Ultimate Fighter 30 – TUF 30 Finale). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-06-05, mma fight not so exciting: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Sakai vs Rozenstruik is the main event of UFC Vegas 28 (also known as UFC Fight Night 189 or UFC on ESPN+ 47). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-05, pretty good fight between Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai: it gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-30, disappointing fight between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai: it gets two stars.
The black belt in judo, former world combat sambo and Wsof champion Blagoy Ivanov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-3-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Ben Rothwell (Blagoy Ivanov vs Ben Rothwell) and Tai Tuivasa (Tai Tuivasa vs Blagoy Ivanov) but then he was defeated by Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Blagoy Ivanov).
His opponent, Augusto Sakai, has a record of 14-1-1 (79% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He lost to Cheick Kongo in 2017 (Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai) but then he has won five consecutive bouts beating Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Augusto Sakai) and Marcin Tybura in 2019. Ivanov vs Sakai is on the undercard of Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns – UFC on ESPN 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-27, some good single shots between Andrei Arlovski and Augusto Sakai but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a record of 27-17-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.29 heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses: against
Tai Tuivasa (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa), Shamil Abdurakhimov (Andrei Arlovski vs Shamil Abdurakhimov) and Walt Harris (then overturned in a no-contest since Harris failed a post-fight drug test, Andrei Arlovski vs Walt Harris).
His opponent, Augusto Sakai, has a mma record of 12-1-1 (83% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Cheick Kongo in 2017 (Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai) but then he has won over Tiago Cardoso, Marcos Conrado and Chase Sherman. Arlovski vs Sakai is on the undercard of Ronaldo Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Jack Hermansson – UFC Fight Night 150 (UFC on ESPN+ 8). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-19, boring fight between Cheick Kongo and Augusto Sakai: it gets one star!The black belt in karate and kendo Cheick Kongo entered this fight with a professional record of 26-10-2 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal in 2015 (=Lawal vs Kongo) but then he has won four bouts beating Tony Johnson (=Kongo vs Johnson) and Oli Thompson in his last two (=Kongo vs Thompson).
His opponent, the undefeated Augusto Sakai, has a mma record of 9-0-1 (78% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class. He fought just once last year drawing with Dan Charles (=Sakai vs Charles). Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Paul Daley – Bellator 179. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-20, fight not particularly good between Augusto Sakai and Dan Charles: it gets two stars.The undefeated Augusto Sakai entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 9-0-0 (78% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.45 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Dan Charles, has an official record of 10-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.69 in the same weight class. Both fighters have fought twice last year: Sakai beat Daniel Gallemore and Alex Huddleston while Charles lost to Bobby Lashley (=Lashley vs Charles) and defeated Chase Gormley. Sakai vs Charles is on the undercard of Rafael Carvalho vs Melvin Manhoef – Bellator 155. Watch the video and rate this fight!
