2014 MMA fight – Kendall Grove vs Christian M’Pumbu – full fight Video Bellator 127

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-03, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was boring: Kendall Grove vs Christian M’Pumbu gets two stars. The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Kendall Grove entered this fight with a mma record of 20-14-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.71 middleweight in the world; he lost to Brett Cooper in his last bout (=Cooper vs Grove).
His opponent, the former Bellator light-Hw champion Christian M’Pumbu, has an official record of 18-6-1 (83% finishing rate) but he comes off three consecutive defeats: against Travis Wiuff (=Wiuff vs M’Pumbu), Attila Vegh (=M’pumbu vs Vegh) and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (=Rampage vs M’Pumbu). Grove vs M’Pumbu is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Robert Emerson vs Rafael Silva – full fight Video Bellator 127

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-03, some good exchanges in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Rob Emerson vs Rafael Silva gets two stars. The black belt in kyokushin karate Robert Emerson entered this fight with a mma record of 17-10-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Justin Salas, since then he has won five consecutive bouts, the last one against Joe Taimanglo.
His opponent, Rafael Silva, has an official record of 21-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class, he won the Bellator Bw tournament in 2013 but then he lost to Joe Warren on May 2014 (=Warren vs Silva). ‘Morcego’ Silva vs Emerson is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Fernando Gonzalez vs Karo Parisyan – full fight Video Bellator 127

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-03, fight not particularly exciting between Fernando Gonzalez and Karo Parisyan: it gets two stars. Fernando Gonzalez entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-13-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.68 welterweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Karo Parisyan, has an official record of 24-10-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.98 in the same weight class. Gonzalez vs Parisyan is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – full fight Video Bellator 127

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-03, the fight between Daniel Straus and Justin Wilcox gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Daniel Straus entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-5-0 (36% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world, he won the Bellator Fw title in his only fight of 2013, against Pat Curran (=Curran vs Straus 2 ) but on March 2014, in their third bout, he lost the belt (=Straus vs Curran 3).
His opponent, Justin Wilcox, has an official record of 14-6-0 (29% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.61 lightweight, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Patricio Freire (=Freire vs Wilcox) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Jason Fischer. Straus vs Wilcox is the main event of Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Mike Richman vs Ed West – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, the fight between Mike Richman and Ed West gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Mike Richman entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-5-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.62 featherweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in taekwondo and karate Ed West, has an official record of 18-8-0 (56% finishing rate). Richman vs West is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – Bellator 126. Watch the video and rate this fight!!

2014 MMA fight – Thiago Meller vs Bubba Jenkins – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, good fight between Thiago Meller and Bubba Jenkins: it gets three stars. Thiago Meller entered this fight with a mma record of 19-5-0 (95% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.81 featherweight in the world while his opponent, Bubba Jenkins, has an official record of 7-1-0 (86% finishing rate). Meller vs Jenkins is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – Bellator 126. Watch the video and rate this fight!!

2014 MMA fight – Patricky Freire vs Marcin Held – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, fight not so exciting between Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire and Marcin Held: it gets two stars. The black belt in Bjj Patricky Freire entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 lightweight in the world, he suffered three consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, the last one against Derek Anderson (=Freire vs Anderson), but then he came back to win beating James Edson Berto, David Rickels (=Rickels vs Freire) and Derek Campos (=Freire vs Campos).
His opponent, Marcin Held (black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well), has a record of 19-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in his first bout of 2013, against Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held), but then he won four consecutive fights, the last one against Nate Jolly. ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Held is the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament; undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – Bellator 126. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, great start between Alexander Shlemenko and Brandon Halsey: it gets three stars. Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 50-8-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Brennan Ward (=Shlemenko vs Ward) but then he moved up in weight class to the light heavyweight division to face Tito Ortiz and he lost (=Shlemenko vs Ortiz).
His opponent, the undefeated Brandon Halsey, has an official record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class, he has fought twice as well in 2014 beating Joe Pacheco in April and Brett Cooper in July (final of the Bellator Mw tournament – season 10, Cooper vs Halsey). Shlemenko vs Halsey, main event of Bellator 126, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Shlemenko’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Goiti Yamauchi vs Martin Stapleton – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, good work on the ground between Goiti Yamauchi and Martin Stapleton but it is not enough to get three stars. The black belt in Bjj Goiti Yamauchi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.52 featherweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing to Will Martinez but then he defeated Mike Richman.
His opponent, Martin Stapleton, has an official record of 13-3-0 (62% finishing rate), he lost two consecutive fights in 2013, against Saad Awad (=Awad vs Stapleton) and Derek Campos (=Campos vs Stapleton), but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Stanislav Enchev. Yamauchi vs Stapleton is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Javy Ayala vs Raphael Butler – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, pretty good finish between Javy Ayala and Raphael Butler: it gets three stars. Javy Ayala entered this fight with a mma record of 7-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.39 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Carl Seumanutafa, after that bout he won twice defeating Thiago Santos and Eric Prindle.
His opponent, the undefeated Raphael Butler, has a record of 8-0-1 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.88 in the same weight class, the only man who stopped him in a draw was Nick Rossborough in his last bout; Butler was also a professional boxer with a boxing record of 35-12-0 but he hasn’t fought since November 5, 2011 when he was defeated by Chris Arreola. Ayala vs Butler is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!