Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-12, pretty good finish between Julia Budd and Olga Rubin: it gets three stars.
The Bellator Fw champion Julia Budd entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-2-0 (50% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her last loss when she faced Ronda Rousey in 2011, since then she has won nine consecutive bouts beating Marloes Coenen (Coenen vs Budd), Arlene Blencowe (Julia Budd vs Arlene Blencowe 2) and Talita Nogueira in her last three (Julia Budd vs Talita Nogueira).
Her opponent, the undefeated Olga Rubin, has a perfect record of 6-0-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In her last three bouts she has won over Joana Filipa Magalhaes, Cindy Dandois and Iony Razafiarison. Budd vs Rubin, main event of Bellator 224, is valid for the Bellator women’s featherweight title (Budd’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-22, pretty good fight between Paul Daley and Erick Silva: it gets three stars.
Paul Daley entered this fight with a mma record of 40-17-2 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.38 welterweight in the world but ‘Semtex’ won just two out of his last six bouts, against Brennan Ward (4-stars fight, Daley vs Ward) and Lorenz Larkin, both in 2017 (Lorenz Larkin vs Paul Daley); after this fight he has been defeated by Jon Fitch (Jon Fitch vs Paul Daley) and Michael ‘Venom’ Page (Michael Page vs Paul Daley).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Erick Silva, has an official record of 20-10-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.117 in the same weight class. He beat Nick Barnes last year but he came back to win in 2019 against Yaroslav Amosov. Daley vs Silva is on the undercard of Gegard Mousasi vs Rafael Lovato Jr – Bellator 223. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-22, disappointing fight between Melvin Manhoef and Kent Kauppinen: it gets two stars.
The 43-year-old Melvin Manhoef entered this fight with a pro mma record of 30-14-1 (93% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 8, 2017 when he was defeated by Rafael Carvalho (Rafael Carvalho vs Melvin Manhoef 2); before this bout he had already lost to Carvalho in 2016 (Carvalho vs Manhoef I) and he had beat Hisaki Kato in 2015 (Hisaki Kato vs Melvin Manhoef).
His opponent, Kent Kauppinen, has a record of 11-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.79 light heavyweight. He fought three times last year losing twice, against Fabian Edwards and Walter Gahadza, but then he defeated Alessio Sakara. Manhoef vs Kauppinen is on the undercard of Gegard Mousasi vs Rafael Lovato Jr – Bellator 223. 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: 2019-06-14, fight not so exciting between Kyoji Horiguchi and Darrion Caldwell 2: it gets two stars.
The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a mma record of 27-2-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Henry Cejudo). He suffered his last loss when he faced former Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson in 2015 (Johnson vs Horiguchi), since then he has won twelve consecutive bouts beating Hiromasa Ogikubo, Darrion Caldwell (in their first fight in December 2018, Darrion Caldwell vs Kyoji Horiguchi I) and Ben Nguyen in his last three (Kyoji Horiguchi vs Ben Nguyen).
His opponent, the Bellator Bw champion Darrion Caldwell, has an official record of 13-2-0 (54% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. Before losing to Horiguchi at the end of 2018, in the same year, he had beat Leandro Higo in March (Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo) and Noad Lahat in August (Darrion Caldwell vs Noad Lahat). Horiguchi vs Caldwell 2 is valid for the Bellator Bantamweight title (Caldwell’s second defense); undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie – Bellator 222. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-14, pretty good fight between Dillon Danis and Max Humphrey: it gets three stars.
The undefeated main grappling training partner of Conor McGregor Dillon Danis entered this fight with a professional record of 1-0-0 (1 submission) and he made his debut last year defeating Kyle Walker. He became famous after the mega-fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor) because the Russian jumped the cage and charged toward McGregor’s cornerman Dillon Danis, who provoked Khabib with trash talk from outside the octagon.
His opponent, Max Humphrey, has a mma record of 3-2-0 (100% finishing rate) but he won just one out of his last three fights, against David Nieto-Clark, after this bout he has been defeated by Anthony Goldfield. Danis vs Humphrey is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie – Bellator 222. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-14, good fight between Lyoto Machida and Chael Sonnen: it gets three stars.
The black belt in karate, Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-8-0 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 middleweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2017, the last one against Derek Brunson (Brunson vs Machida) but then he has won over Eryk Anders (Lyoto Machida vs Eryk Anders), Vitor Belfort (4-stars fight, Vitor Belfort vs Lyoto Machida) and Rafael Carvalho (Lyoto Machida vs Rafael Carvalho).
His opponent, Chael Sonnen, has a record of 30-16-1 (40% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 light heavyweight. He fought twice last year beating Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Chael Sonnen) and losing to Fedor Emelianenko (Fedor Emelianenko vs Chael Sonnen). Machida vs Sonnen is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie – Bellator 222. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-14, some good exchanges on the ground but it is not enough to get three stars: Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie gets two.
The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-1 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Kamaru Usman). In his last three bouts he has beat Douglas Lima (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald), lost to Gegard Mousasi (trying to move up in weight class to the middleweight division, Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald) and tied with Jon Fitch (Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Neiman Gracie, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (89% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.99 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has defeated Zak Bucia, Javier Torres (Neiman Gracie vs Javier Torres) and Ed Ruth (Neiman Gracie vs Ed Ruth). MacDonald vs Gracie, main event of Bellator 222, is the semi-final of the Bellator Ww World Grand Prix tournament and it is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (MacDonald’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-11, pretty good finish between Michael Chandler and Patricio Freire but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov). He lost to Brent Primus in 2017 (Michael Chandler vs Brent Primus I) but then he has won three fights taking revenge on Primus in his last one (Brent Primus vs Michael Chandler II).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Bellator fw champ Patricio Freire, has an official record of 28-4-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. Patricio ‘Pitbull’ lost to Benson Henderson in 2016 (Henderson vs Freire) but then he has won three bouts defeating Emmanuel Sanchez in his last one (Patricio Freire vs Emmanuel Sanchez). Chandler vs Freire, main event of Bellator 221, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-11, Douglas Lima vs Michael Page gets three stars thanks to a good finish.
The black belt in Bjj and former Bellator Ww champion Douglas Lima entered this fight with a pro mma record of 30-7-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Rory MacDonald (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald) and beating Andrey Koreshkov in their third bout (Douglas Lima vs Andrey Koreshkov 3).
His opponent, the undefeated freestyle kickboxer Michael Page, has a perfect record of 14-0-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. In his last three fights MVP (Michael ‘Venom’ Page) has won over Fernando Gonzalez (Michael Page vs Fernando Gonzalez), David Rickels (Michael Page vs David Rickels) and Paul Daley (Michael Page vs Paul Daley). Page vs Lima is the semi-final of the Bellator welterweight world grand prix tournament; undercard of Michael Chandler vs Patricio Freire – Bellator 221. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-12, pretty good finish between Julia Budd and Olga Rubin: it gets three stars.
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