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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-01, fight not so exciting between
Alexander Shlemenko and Brandon Halsey 2: it gets two stars.
The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 55-9-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (bout in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey in their first fight (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey); after this bout he has collected five victories and one no-contest beating Paul Bradley in 2017 (=Shlemenko vs Bradley).
His opponent, the former Bellator Mw champion Brandon Halsey, has an official record of 9-2-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Rafal Carvalho in 2015 (=Halsey vs Carvalho) and John Salter in 2016 (=Halsey vs Salter). Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey 2 is the main event of M-1 Challenge 79 – M-1 Global. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, pretty good finish between
Brandon Halsey and John Salter but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Bellator Mw champion Brandon Halsey entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Kendall Grove (=Halsey vs Grove) and losing to Rafael Carvalho (=Halsey vs Carvalho).
His opponent, John Salter, has an official record of 11-3-0 (100% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 16, 2015 when he defeated Dustin Jacoby. Halsey vs Salter is on the undercard of Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas 2 – Bellator 156. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-23, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars:
Brandon Halsey vs Rafael Carvalho gets two.
The undefeated Bellator Mw tournament winner (season 10) Brandon Halsey entered this fight with a perfect mma reord of 9-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 middleweight in the world. He won the Bellator Mw belt last year, against Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Halsey), but then he was stripped of title after failing to make weight at his first defense, against Kendall Grove in 2015 (=Halsey vs Grove).
His opponent, Rafael Carvalho de Souza, has an official record of 11-1-0 (82% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He has fought once in 2015 winning over Joe Schilling (=Schilling vs Carvalho). Halsey vs Carvalho, main event of Bellator 144, is valid for the vacant Bellator middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 2014-07-25, pretty good finish between Brett Cooper and Brandon Halsey but it is not enough to get three stars. Brett Cooper entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-9-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.32 middleweight in the world, he lost two consecutive fights in 2013, against Doug Marshall (=Cooper vs Marshall) and Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Cooper 2), but he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Kendall Grove (semifinal of the Bellator season 10 Mw tournament Cooper vs Grove).
His opponent, the undefeated Brandon Halsey, has an official record of 6-0-0 (50% finishing rate), in the semifinal he beat Joe Pacheco. Cooper vs Halsey is the final of the Bellator middleweight tournament; undercard of Andrey Koreshkov vs Adam McDonough – Bellator 122. Watch the video and rate this fight!
