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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-05,
Smealinho Rama vs Blagoi Ivanov gets three stars thanks to a good finish.
Smealinho Rama entered this fight with a pro mma record of 9-1-0 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Anthony Hamilton, since then he has won three bouts winning the Wsof Hw belt in his last fight, against Derrick Mehmen (=Rama vs Mehmen).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and 2008 Combat Sambo world champion (beating Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinal) Blagoi Ivanov, has a record of 11-1-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year defeating Rich Hale and Lavar Johnson (=Johnson vs Ivanov) but then he lost to Alexander Volkov (final of the Bellator Hw tournament Volkov vs Ivanov). Rama vs Ivanov is valid for the WSOF heavyweight title (Rama’s first defense); undercard of Lance Palmer vs Chris Horodecki – WSOF 21. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-17, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Alexander Volkov vs Blagoi Ivanov gets two. Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 21-4-0 (81% finishing rate, with just one victory via submission) and he is ranked as the No.19 heavyweight in the world, he won the Bellator Hw title in 2012 defeating Richard Hale (=Hale vs Volkov) but then he lost the belt at his first defense against Vitaly Minakov (=Volkov vs Minakov); after that bout he has fought and won twice.
His opponent, the undefeated Blagoi Ivanov, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class, he is a black belt in judo but he also won the World Sambo Championships in 2008 (defeating Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinal!!); he has already fought twice in 2014 defeating Rich Hale and Lavar Johnson (=Johnson vs Ivanov). Volkov vs Ivanov is the final of the Bellator heavyweight tournament, undercard of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs ‘King Mo’ Lawal – Bellator 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-04-11, great fight between Lavar Johnson and Blagoi Ivanov: it gets three stars. Lavar Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-8-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.35 heavyweight in the world, he is 36 years (nine years older than Ivanov) and in 2013 he fought and lost twice: against Brendan Schaub (his last bout in the Ufc) and Vinicius Queiroz (his Bellator debut, Johnson vs Queiroz); Johnson came back to victory in 2014 defeating Ryan Martinez by tko in the first round (=Martinez vs Johnson).
His opponent, the undefeated Blagoi Ivanov, has a perfect record of 10-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class, he won the World Sambo Championships in 2008 (defeating Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinal!!) and this year he has already fought and won once against Rich Hale. Johnson vs Ivanov, main event of Bellator 116, is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2011-10-01, pleasant fight and nice submission of Blagoi Ivanov that defeats Zak Jensen in the second round, quarterfinal of the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament (on the original fight card Ivanov was expected to face Thiago Santos). Watch the video!
