2015 MMA fight – Fernando Gonzalez vs Curtis Millender – full fight Video Bellator 137

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-15, Fernando Gonzalez vs Curtis Millender gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.

Fernando Gonzalez entered this fight with a pro mma record of 23-13-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 welterweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2013 and 2014, against Max Griffin and David Mitchell, but then he has won three bouts beating Marius Zaromskis in his last fight (=Gonzalez vs Zaromskis).
His opponent, Curtis Millender, has a record of 7-1-0 (29% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he suffered his only loss in his last bout, against Brennan Ward (=Ward vs Millender). Gonzalez vs Millender is on the undercard of Brandon Halsey vs Kendall Grove – Bellator 137. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Eduardo Dantas vs Mike Richman – full fight Video Bellator 137

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-15, some good exchanges between Eduardo Dantas and Mike Richman but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Eduardo Dantas entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-4-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). ‘DuDu’ Dantas fought twice last year beating Anthony Leone (=Dantas vs Leone) but then he lost his Bellator Bw title against Joe Warren (=Dantas vs Warren).
His opponent, Mike Richman, has an official record of 18-5-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.35 bantamweight. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2014, against Desmond Green and Goiti Yamauchi, but then he won over Ed West (=Richman vs West) and Nam Phan (=Richman vs Phan). Dantas vs Richman is on the undercard of Brandon Halsey vs Kendall Grove – Bellator 137. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Brandon Halsey vs Kendall Grove – full fight Video Bellator 137

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-15, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Brandon Halsey vs Kendall Grove gets two stars.

The undefeated Brandon Halsey entered this fight with a perfect mma reord of 8-0-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Joe Pacheco, Brett Cooper (final of the Bellator Mw tournament – season ten, Cooper vs Halsey) and Alexander Shlemenko (fight valid for the Bellator Mw title, Shlemenko vs Halsey).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Kendall Grove, has an official record of 21-14-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.52 in the same weight class. He fought twice in 2014 losing to Brett Cooper (=Cooper vs Grove) but then he came back to win defeating Christian M’Pumbu (=Grove vs M’Pumbu). Halsey vs Grove, main event of Bellator 137, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Halsey’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Alexander Volkov vs Tony Johnson – full fight Video Bellator 136

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, fight not particularly good between Alexander Volkov and Tony Johnson: it gets two stars.

Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 24-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitaly Minakov and he lost his Bellator Hw title (=Volkov vs Minakov), since then he has won five bouts beating Alexei Kudin in his last fight (=Volkov vs Kudin).
His opponent, Tony Johnson, has a record of 8-2-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class; he lost to Chris Lokteff in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Robert Neal. Volkov vs Johnson is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, great work on the ground and good finish: Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marcin Held entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Alexander Sarnavskiy, has an official record of 30-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2013 and then they have won five consecutive bouts: Sarnavskiy was defeated by Will Brooks (=Sarnavskiy vs Brooks), while Held lost to Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held); after losing Held has won the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) beating Patricky Freire in the final (=Freire vs Held). ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy vs Held is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Joe Schilling vs Rafael Carvalho – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, nice and close fight between Joe Schilling and Rafael Carvalho: it gets three stars.

The former Glory kickboxing champion Joe Schilling, has a pro mma record of 2-3-0 (18-7-0 in kickboxing) and he is ranked as the No.48 middleweight in the world since he defeated Melvin Manhoef in 2014 (=Manhoef vs Schilling – his previous mma bouts were held in 2008).
His opponent, Rafael Carvalho, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. The only bout he lost was in 2011 at his professional mma debut, against Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes; Carvalho fought twice last year beating Mauri Roque and Brian Rogers (=Carvalho vs Rogers). Schilling vs Carvalho is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, good fight between Will Brooks and Dave Jansen: it gets three stars.

The Bellator Lw champion Will Brooks entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). The only man who stopped him (in one round) was Saad Awad in 2013 (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won six consecutive fights beating Michael Chandler twice in 2014 and winning the Bellator Lw belt (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II).
His opponent, Dave Jansen, has an official record of 20-2-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2010, against Kamal Shalorus and Ricardo Lamas, but since then he has collected seven victories winning the Bellator Lw tournament (season seven) in 2013 beating Marcin Held in the final (=Jansen vs Held). After this bout he has fought once winning over Rick Hawn (=Hawn vs Jansen). Brooks vs Jansen, main event of Bellator 136, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – LC Davis vs Hideo Tokoro – full fight Video Bellator 135

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-27, good performance by both fighters: LC Davis vs Hideo Tokoro gets three stars.

LC Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 22-6-0 (68% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 bantamweight in the world; he lost to Ryan Roberts in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Tory Bogguess and Zeilton Rodrigues (=Davis vs Rodrigues).
His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, has an official record of 32-27-2 (72% finishing rate) but he comes off two consecutive defeats, against Will Campuzano and Victor Henry. Davis vs Tokoro is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Marcos Galvao 2 – Bellator 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Francis Carmont vs Guilherme Viana – full fight Video Bellator 135

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-27, some good exchanges in the second part but it is not enough to get three stars: Francis Carmont vs Guilherme Viana gets two.

Francis Carmont entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-10-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 middleweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive defeats: against Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (=Jacare vs Carmont), CB Dollaway (=Carmont vs Dollaway) and Thales Leites (=Leites vs Carmont).
His opponent, Guilherme Viana, has a record of 6-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.67 light heavyweight. He suffered his only loss in 2012 when he faced Rodney Wallace, after this bout he has won three consecutive fights beating Julio Cesar dos Santos in his last one. Carmont vs Viana is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Marcos Galvao 2 – Bellator 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Ryan Couture vs Dakota Cochrane – full fight Video Bellator 135

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-27, fight not particularly good between Ryan Couture and Dakota Cochrane: it gets two stars.

Ryan Couture (son of the former UFC champion Randy Couture) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 9-3-0 (67% finishing rate) while his opponent, Dakota Cochrane, has an official record of 18-7-0 (67% finishing rate). Couture vs Cochrane is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Marcos Galvao 2 – Bellator 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!