Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-05-20, disappointing mma bout: Ilir Latifi vs Rodrigo Nascimento gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Nascimento vs Latifi is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 20th, at the UFC Apex, Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Mackenzie Dern vs Angela Hill – UFC Vegas 73 (also known as UFC Fight Night 223 or UFC on ESPN+ 81). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-01, mma bout not particularly good: Alexey Oleynik vs Ilir Latifi gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Latifi vs Oleynik is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 1st, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; undercard of Mackenzie Dern vs Xiaonan Yan – UFC Vegas 61 (also known as UFC Fight Night 211 or UFC on ESPN+ 69). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-06-05, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight Ilir Latifi vs Tanner Boser gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Boser vs Latifi is on the undercard of Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Augusto Sakai – UFC Vegas 28 (also known as UFC Fight Night 189 or UFC on ESPN+ 47). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-02-08, pretty good fight between Derrick Lewis and Ilir Latifi: it gets three stars.
Derrick Lewis entered this fight with a pro record of 22-7-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He lost two consecutive bouts between 2018 and 2019, against Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Derrick Lewis) and Junior dos Santos (Derrick Lewis vs Junior dos Santos), but then he came back to win beating Blagoy Ivanov (Derrick Lewis vs Blagoy Ivanov).
His opponent, Ilir Latifi, has an official mma record of 14-7-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 light heavyweight but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Corey Anderson (Corey Anderson vs Ilir Latifi) and Volkan Oezdemir (Volkan Oezdemir vs Ilir Latifi); before these two fights he had defeated Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Ilir Latifi). Lewis vs Latifi is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes – UFC 247. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-10, good second part of the fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-4-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, against Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir), Anthony Smith (Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith) and Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir).
His opponent, Ilir Latifi, has a record of 14-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Ilir Latifi) and losing to Corey Anderson (Corey Anderson vs Ilir Latifi). Oezdemir vs Latifi is on the undercard of Valentina Shevchenko vs Liz Carmouche 2 – UFC Fight Night 156 (UFC on ESPN+ 14). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-24, great finish between Ovince Saint Preux and Ilir Latifi: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Ovince St Preux entered this fight with a professional record of 22-10-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). OSP suffered three consecutive losses between 2016 and 2017, the last one with Volkan Oezdemir (St Preux vs Oezdemir) but then he has beat Marcos Rogerio de Lima (St Preux vs Rogerio de Lima), Yushin Okami (St Preux vs Okami) and Corey Anderson (Ovince St Preux vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, Ilir Latifi, has a mma record of 13-5-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost to Ryan Bader in 2016 (Ryan Bader vs Ilir Latifi) but he came back to win in 2017 with Tyson Pedro (Ilir Latifi vs Tyson Pedro). Latifi vs St Preux is on the undercard of Josh Emmett vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC on Fox 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-09, disappointing fight between Ilir Latifi and Tyson Pedro: it gets two stars.
Ilir Latifi entered this fight with a professional record of 12-5-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 light heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Sean O’Connell and Gian Villante (=Latifi vs Villante) but then he was defeated by Ryan Bader (=Bader vs Latifi).
His opponent, the undefeated Tyson Pedro, has a perfect mma record of 6-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He debuted last year in the Ultimate Fighting Championship beating Khalil Rountree and he has also defeated Paul Craig in 2017. Ilir Latifi vs Tyson Pedro is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2 – UFC 215. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-03, Ryan Bader vs Ilir Latifi gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
The Tuf 8 tournament winner Ryan Bader entered this fight with a mma record of 20-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones) but he comes off the loss against Anthony Johnson (=Johnson vs Bader).
His opponent, Ilir Latifi, has an official record of 12-4-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. He lost to Jan Blachowicz in 2014 (=Latifi vs Blachowicz) but then he has won three consecutive bouts beating Gian Villante in his last one (=Latifi vs Villante). Bader vs Latifi is on the undercard of Andrei Arlovski vs Josh Barnett – UFC Fight Night 93. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, some good exchanges between Ilir Latifi and Gian Villante but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Ilir Latifi entered this fight with a mma record of 11-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Jan Blachowicz in 2014 (=Latifi vs Blachowicz) but then he has won over Hans Stringer and Sean O’Connell.
His opponent, Gian Villante, has an official record of 14-6-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year beating Corey Anderson and Anthony Perosh but between these two bouts he lost to Tom Lawlor. Latifi vs Villante is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz – UFC 196. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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