Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, disappointing fight between Daniel Weichel and Emmanuel Sanchez: it gets two stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former M-1 Lw and Bellator Fw tournament champion Daniel Weichel entered this fight with a mma record of 36-9-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 featherweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Pat Curran (=Curran vs Weichel) and Georgi Karakhanyan (=Weichel vs Karakhanyan) but between these two fights he lost to Patricio Freire (=Freire vs Weichel).
His opponent, Emmanuel Sanchez, has an official record of 13-2-0 (46% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Pat Curran last year (=Curran vs Sanchez) but then he has won three consecutive fights beating Daniel Pineda in 2016 (=Sanchez vs Pineda). Weichel vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo – Bellator 159; they also faced each other a second time on November 12, 2020 (Daniel Weichel vs Emmanuel Sanchez 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, fight not so exciting between David Rickels and Melvin Guillard: it gets two stars.
The former Bellator Lw tournament champion (Season 8) David Rickels entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-4-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.60 lightweight in the world. He lost to Michael Chandler in 2015 (=Chandler vs Rickels 2) but he came back to win in 2016 against Bobby Cooper.
His opponent, the former Ufc fighter Melvin Guillard, has an record of 32-16-2 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.75 in the same weight class but he comes off three consecutive defeats, the last one against Derek Campos (=Guillard vs Campos). Rickels vs Guillard is on the undercard of Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo – Bellator 159. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.
The undefeated Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 9-0-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He has already fought once in 2016 winning over Joe Warren (=Warren vs Caldwell).
His opponent, Joe Taimanglo, has an official record of 22-6-1 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2013 and 2014, against Justin Wilcox (=Wilcox vs Taimanglo) and Robert Emerson, but then he has won three times beating Sirwan Kakai in his last one (=Taimanglo vs Kakai). Caldwell vs Taimanglo is the main event of the Bellator 159. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-16, fight not so exciting between Paul Daley and Douglas Lima: it gets two stars.
Paul Daley entered this fight with a professional mma record of 38-13-2 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.47 welterweight in the world. He lost to Alexander Yakovlev in 2013 but since then he has won five bouts beating Andy Uhrich in his last one (=Daley vs Uhrich).
His opponent, the former Bellator Ww champion Douglas Lima, has an official record of 26-6-0 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class but he comes off the defeat against Andrey Koreshkov (=Lima vs Koreshkov). ‘Semtex’ Daley vs Lima is the main event of the Bellator 158. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-16, pretty good fight between Matt Mitrione and Oli Thompson: it gets three stars.
The black belt in karate Matt Mitrione entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-5-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.25 heavyweight in the world. He lost twice between 2015 and 2016, against Ben Rothwell (=Rothwell vs Mitrione) and Travis Browne (= Browne vs Mitrione), but he came back to win in his last fight against Carl Seumanutafa (=Mitrione vs Seumanutafa).
His opponent, Oli Thompson, has a record of 17-8-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. He lost three times in 2014 but then he has won five consecutive fights. Mitrione vs Thompson is on the undercard of Paul Daley vs Douglas Lima – Bellator 158. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-16, Michael Page vs Evangelista Santos gets four stars thanks to a spectacular finish: this is one of the best mma fights of 2016!
The undefeated Michael Page entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.84 welterweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos, has an official record of 21-17-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.98 in the same weight class. Both fighters have already fought in 2016: Page has beat Jeremie Holloway (=Page vs Holloway) while Cyborg has won over Artenas Young and Brennan Ward (=Ward vs Cyborg) but then he has lost to Saad Awad (=Cyborg vs Awad). ‘MVP’ Page vs Cyborg Santos is on the undercard of Paul Daley vs Douglas Lima – Bellator 158. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, tough fight with a spectacular finish: Hisaki Kato vs Joe Schilling 2 is very close to get four stars!
The former Glory and Wbc muay thai champion Joe Schilling entered this fight with a professional record of 19-8-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2016 beating Mike Lemaire (=Schilling vs Lemaire) and losing to Jason Wilnis (=Schilling vs Wilnis 2).
His opponent, the black belt in kudo Hisaki Kato, is at his professional kickboxing debut but he has a mma record of 6-2-0 (2 knockouts). He had won over Schilling in their first mma fight last year (4-stars-fight Schilling vs Kato I) but then he lost to Melvin Manhoef (=Kato vs Manhoef); he came back to win in 2016 against Yuta Watanabe. Schilling vs Kato 2 is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, some good single shots between Raymond Daniels and Stefano Bruno but it is not enough to get three stars, it gets two.
The black belt in kenpo, karate and tae-kwon-do Raymond Daniels entered this fight with a pro record of 8-3-0 (7 KOs=87%) and he is ranked as the No.6 super middleweight in the world while his opponent, Stefano Bruno, has an official record of 23-2-1 (17 knockouts). Daniels lost twice to Nieky Holzken in 2015 (=Holzken vs Daniels I and Holzken vs Daniels II) but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Francesco Moricca. Daniels vs Bruno is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, good fight between Matt Mitrione and Carl Seumanutafa: it gets three stars.
The black belt in karate Matt Mitrione entered this fight with a mma record of 9-5-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.26 heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Ben Rothwell (=Rothwell vs Mitrione) and Travis Browne (= Browne vs Mitrione).
His opponent, Carl Seumanutafa, has an official record of 10-6-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate) and he entered as the No.89 in the same weight class. He lost to DJ Linderman in 2015 but he came back to win in 2016 beating Javy Ayala. Mitrione vs Seumanutafa is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, spectacular finish between Michael Chandler and Patricky Freire: it is very close to get four stars!
The former Bellator champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, the last two against Will Brooks (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II), but then he has won two bouts beating David Rickels in his last one (=Chandler vs Rickels 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricky Freire, has a record of 16-7-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. ‘Pitbull’ lost to Derek Anderson in 2015 (=Freire vs Anderson 2) but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Ryan Couture (=Freire vs Couture) and Edimilson Souza (=Freire vs Souza). In their first fight Chandler had beat Freire by unanimous decision (May 14, 2011 – Chandler vs Freire I); this second bout is valid for the Bellator lightweight title and is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, disappointing fight between Daniel Weichel and Emmanuel Sanchez: it gets two stars.
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