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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-16, disappointing fight between
Gegard Mousasi and Costas Philippou: it gets two stars.
The black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-hw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a pro mma record of 36-5-2 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Chris Weidman). He suffered his last defeat in September 2014, against Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (=Souza vs Mousasi 2), but then he came back to win in 2015 beating Dan Henderson (=Henderson vs Mousasi).
His opponent, Constantinos Philippou, has a record of 13-4-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, against Francis Carmont (=Philippou vs Carmont) and Luke Rockhold (=Rockhold vs Philippou), but then he won over Lorenz Larkin (=Philippou vs Larkin). Mousasi vs Philippou is on the undercard of Frankie Edgar vs Urijah Faber – UFC Fight Night 66. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, good exchanges and nice finish: Costas Philippou vs Lorenz Larkin gets three stars. Constantinos Philippou entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-4-0 (58% finishing rate, with only one victory by submission) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world, he comes off two consecutive losses: against Francis Carmont in 2013 (=Philippou vs Carmont) and Luke Rockhold in 2014 (=Rockhold vs Philippou).
His opponent, Lorenz Larkin, has a record of 14-2-0 (57% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class, he also lost in 2013 against Carmont and once in 2014 against Brad Tavares (=Larkin vs Tavares), between these two bouts he defeated Chris Camozzi. Costas Philippou vs Larkin is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-01-15, some good exchanges and a nice finish: Luke Rockhold vs Costas Philippou gets three stars. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold (10-2-0, 80% finishing rate) entered as the No.6 middleweight in the world, he fought just once in 2013 when he was defeated by Vitor Belfort with a spectacular spinning kick (one of the best knockouts of 2013, we rated it with four stars) but before that bout he had nine consecutive victories. His opponent, Constantinos Philippou, better known as Constas Philippou, (12-3-0, 58% finishing rate) entered as the No.15 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Chris Weidman) and he also fought just once in 2013 losing against Francis Carmont after five-fight win streak. Rockhold vs Philippou is the main event of “UFC Fight Night 35”. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-09-21, the fight between Costas Philippou and Francis Carmont was not so good: it gets two stars. Costas Philippou (12-2-0, 58% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 middleweight in the world while Francis Carmont (21-7-0, 77% finishing rate) entered as the No.18. Philippou vs Carmont is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson – UFC 165. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-12-29, fight not particularly exciting between Tim Boetsch and Constantinos Philippou: two stars. Tim Boetsch (16-4-0) entered as the No.6 middleweight in the world while Constantinos Philippou (11-2-0) entered as the No.22. Boetsch vs Philippou is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez 2 – UFC 155. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-03-02, the fight between Court McGee and Constantinos Philippou has not been very exciting: two stars. Court McGee (14-1-0) entered as the No.48 middleweight in the world while Constantinos Philippou (9-2-0) entered as the No.29. McGee vs Philippou is on the undercard of Thiago Alves vs Martin Kampmann (UFC on FX 2). Watch the video!
Review: 2011-08-06, good fight between Jorge Rivera and Costantinos Philippou (UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2). The match was very balanced in fact Costantinos Philippou defeated Rivera by split decision. Watch the video!
