Review: 2014-09-19, fight not particularly exciting between Rafael Carvalho and Brian Rogers: it gets two stars. Rafael Carvalho entered this fight with a mma record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.85 middleweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in his first professional mma fight when he faced Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes in 2011.
His opponent, Brian Rogers, has an official record of 11-6-0 (91% finishing rate), he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dan Cramer (=Rogers vs Cramer) and Mikkel Parlo (=Rogers vs Parlo), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Adrian Miles. Carvalho vs Rogers is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-19, nice exchanges between Melvin Manhoef and Doug Marshall: it gets three stars. Melvin Manhoef entered this fight with a pro mma record of 28-11-1 (93% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.56 welterweight in the world, he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Brock Larson (=Manhoef vs Larson) and Mamed Khalidov (=Khalidov vs Manhoef), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos in their rematch (=Manhoef vs Cyborg 2).
His opponent, Doug Marshall, has a record of 18-7-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 middleweight, he won the Bellator Mw tournament (season 8) last year defeating Brett Cooper in the final (=Cooper vs Marshall) but then he was beat by Alexander Shlemenko in a fight valid for the Bellator Mw title (=Shlemenko vs Marshall). Manhoef vs Marshall is the main event of Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-12, fight not particularly good between Ryan Couture and Tom Bagnasco: it gets two stars. Ryan Couture, son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, entered this fight with a professional mma record of 8-3-0 (62% finishing rate) while his opponent, Tommy Bagnasco, has a record of 3-2-0 (100% finishing rate). Couture fought twice for the Ufc in 2013, but he lost both fights, against Ross Pearson (=Pearson vs Couture) and Al Iaquinta; after this bout he was released from the Ufc and he came back to win in 2014 defeating Kyle Sjafiroeddin and Shakir McKillip. Couture vs Bagnasco is on the undercard of Emanuel Newton vs Joey Beltran – Bellator 124. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-12, fight not so exciting between LC Davis and Zeilton Rodrigues: it gets two stars. LC Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 21-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.42 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Zeilton Rodrigues, has an official record of 12-3-0 (92% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 17, 2013 when he defeated Claudio Rocha at “Shooto – Brazil 39”. Davis vs Rodrigues is on the undercard of Emanuel Newton vs Joey Beltran – Bellator 124. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-12, the fight between Kelly Anundson and Liam McGeary gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Kelly Anundson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 9-2-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his two defeats in 2011, against Francis Carmont and Steven Cnudde, but since then he has won six consecutive times.
His opponent, the undefeated Liam McGeary, has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Mike Mucitelli (=McGeary vs Mucitelli) and Egidijus Valavicius in the semifinal of the Bellator light-Hw tournament while Anundson had beaten Luiz Philipe Lins. Anundson vs McGeary is the final of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; undercard of Emanuel Newton vs Joey Beltran – Bellator 124. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-12, Emanuel Newton vs Joey Beltran gets three stars only thanks to a spectacular finish. Emanuel Newton entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-7-1 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones), he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Attila Vegh in their first bout (via split decision, Vegh vs Newton) since then he has won five consecutive bouts and in his last one he took revenge on Vegh (Vegh vs Newton 2).
His opponent, Joey Beltran, has an official record of 15-10-0 (87% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he lost twice in 2013, against Fabio Maldonado (=Maldonado vs Beltran) and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (=Rampage vs Beltran), but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Vladimir Matyushenko (=Matyushenko vs Beltran). Newton vs Beltran, main event of Bellator 124, is valid for the Bellator light heavyweight title (held by Newton). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, disappointing fight between Pat Curran and Patricio Freire: their second fight gets two stars. Pat Curran entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo); he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Daniel Straus in their second fight losing his Bellator Fw belt (=Curran vs Straus II) but he took revenge on him in 2014 in their third bout (=Straus vs Curran III).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, has an official record of 21-2-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat last year when he faced for the first time Curran (=Curran vs Freire I), after that bout he collected four consecutive victories winning the Bellator Fw tournament (season 9) beating Justin Wilcox in the final (=Freire vs Wilcox). Curran vs Pitbull Freire 2, main event of Bellator 123, is valid for the Bellator featherweight title (Curran’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, pretty good finish but the first part of the fight was quite boring: Muhammed Lawal vs Dustin Jacoby gets two stars. The former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a mma record of 12-4-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.18 light heavyweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Mikhail Zayats in february (=King Mo vs Zayats) but then he was defeated by Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson in May (final of the Bellator light-hw tournament Rampage vs Lawal).
His opponent, Dustin Jacoby, has an official record of 10-3-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.71 in the same weight class, he fought twice in the Ufc between 2011 and 2012 but he lost both fights: against Clifford Starks and Chris Camozzi; he makes his Bellator debut in this bout. Lawal vs Jacoby is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, fight not particularly good between Bobby Lashley and Josh Burns: it gets two stars. Bobby Lashley entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.79 heavyweight in the world, he lost his last fight in 2012 when he faced James Thompson (=Thompson vs Lashley), since then he has won three consecutive bouts.
His opponent, Josh Burns, has a record of 8-7-0 (75% finishing rate), he fought four times under the Bellator promotion but he lost all four bouts, the last one against Raphael Butler in 2013 (his last professional mma fight). Lashley vs Burns is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, fight not particularly exciting between Cheick Kongo and Lavar Johnson: it gets two stars. The black belt in karate Cheick Kongo entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-9-2 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 heavyweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout in April, against Vitaly Minakov (fight valid for the Bellator Hw title, Minakov vs Kongo), and winning his second fight in May against Eric Smith.
His opponent, Lavar Johnson, has a record of 18-9-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.51 in the same weight class but he lost four out of his last five fights, the last one against Blagoi Ivanov at Bellator 116 (=Johnson vs Ivanov). Kongo vs Johnson is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review: 2014-09-19, fight not particularly exciting between Rafael Carvalho and Brian Rogers: it gets two stars. Rafael Carvalho entered this fight with a mma record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.85 middleweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in his first professional mma fight when he faced Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes in 2011.
Review: 2014-09-19, nice exchanges between Melvin Manhoef and Doug Marshall: it gets three stars. Melvin Manhoef entered this fight with a pro mma record of 28-11-1 (93% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.56 welterweight in the world, he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Brock Larson (=
