2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Murthel Groenhart vs Benmansour – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-25, entertaining and tough fight: Murthel Groenhart vs Karim Benmansour gets three stars.

The 2012 K-1 world max champion Murthel Groenhart entered this fight with a professional record of 60-22-3 (33 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super middleweight in the world but he lost three out of his last five bouts, the last one against Artur Kyshenko (=Kyshenko vs Groenhart 2).
His opponent, Karim Benmansour, has a kickboxing record of 46-5-1 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He lost to James Gridley in 2014 but since then he has collected five victories. Groenhart vs Benmansour is the semifinal of the Glory welterweight contender tournament; undercard of Robin van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong 2 – Glory 31. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Joe Schilling vs Hisaki Kato 2 – full fight Video Bellator 157

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, tough fight with a spectacular finish: Hisaki Kato vs Joe Schilling 2 is very close to get four stars!

The former Glory and Wbc muay thai champion Joe Schilling entered this fight with a professional record of 19-8-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2016 beating Mike Lemaire (=Schilling vs Lemaire) and losing to Jason Wilnis (=Schilling vs Wilnis 2).
His opponent, the black belt in kudo Hisaki Kato, is at his professional kickboxing debut but he has a mma record of 6-2-0 (2 knockouts). He had won over Schilling in their first mma fight last year (4-stars-fight Schilling vs Kato I) but then he lost to Melvin Manhoef (=Kato vs Manhoef); he came back to win in 2016 against Yuta Watanabe. Schilling vs Kato 2 is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Raymond Daniels vs Stefano Bruno – full fight Video Bellator 157

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, some good single shots between Raymond Daniels and Stefano Bruno but it is not enough to get three stars, it gets two.

The black belt in kenpo, karate and tae-kwon-do Raymond Daniels entered this fight with a pro record of 8-3-0 (7 KOs=87%) and he is ranked as the No.6 super middleweight in the world while his opponent, Stefano Bruno, has an official record of 23-2-1 (17 knockouts). Daniels lost twice to Nieky Holzken in 2015 (=Holzken vs Daniels I and Holzken vs Daniels II) but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Francesco Moricca. Daniels vs Bruno is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Artur Kyshenko vs Jonatan Oliveira 2 – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-05, close fight but not so exciting: Artur Kyshenko vs Jonatan Oliveira 2 gets two stars.

The 2015 Kunlun -80kg champion Artur Kyshenko entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 67-3-1 (36 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Karapet Karapetyan in 2014, since then he has won 11 consecutive bouts beating Murthel Groenhart in his last one (=Kyshenko vs Groenhart 2).
His opponent, Jonatan Oliveira, has a record of 20-5-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class but he comes off three consecutive losses: against Raymond Daniels (=Daniels vs Oliveira) and Artur Kyshenko in 2015 (=Kyshenko vs Oliveira I), and with Meran Zangana in 2016. Kyshenko vs Oliveira 2 is on the undercard of Buakaw Banchamek vs Wang Weihao – Kunlun Fight 45. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Buakaw Banchamek vs Wang Weihao – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-05, pretty good fight between Buakaw Banchamek and Wang Weihao: it gets three stars.

The two time K-1 World MAX champion Buakaw Banchamek, formerly known as Buakaw Por Pramuk, entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 267-43-12 (69 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world while his opponent, Wang Weihao, has an official record of 46-6-0. Buakaw lost to Khayal Dzhaniev last year (4-stars-fight Buakaw vs Dzhaniev), but then he came back to win beating three Chinese fighters: Gu Hui (=Buakaw vs Hui), Liu Hainan (=Buakaw vs Hainan) and Kong Lingfeng (=Buakaw vs Lingfeng). Buakaw vs Weihao is the main event of Kunlun Fight 45. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Joe Schilling vs Jason Wilnis 2 – full fight Video Glory 30

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-13, nice and close fight between Jason Wilnis and Joe Schilling: it gets three stars.

The former Glory and Wbc muay thai champion Joe Schilling entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 21-7-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Artem Levin in 2014 (=Schilling vs Levin 2) but then he has won three consecutive bouts beating Mike Lemaire in 2016 (=Schilling vs Lemaire).
His opponent, Jason Wilnis, has a record of 27-6-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost the first fight with Joe Schilling, held in 2015 (=Schilling vs Wilnis), but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Wang Chongyang and Filip Verlinden. Schilling vs Wilnis 2 is on the undercard of Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby – Glory 30. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Marat Grigorian vs Djime Coulibaly – full fight Video

4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-13, nice exchanges with a fantastic finish: Marat Grigorian vs Djime Coulibaly is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2016 and it gets four stars!

The 2015 K-1 World Gp champion Marat Grigorian entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 45-9-2 (25 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2016 beating Anatoly Moiseev (=Grigorian vs Moiseev) and losing to Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (=Sitthichai vs Grigorian 2).
His opponent, Djime Coulibaly, has an official record of 51-13-4 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Josh Jauncey (=Jauncey vs Coulibaly) and Chingiz Allazov; between these two bouts he beat Saro Presti. Grigorian vs Coulibaly is on the undercard of Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby – Glory 30. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby – full fight Video Glory 30

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-13, tough fight but not very exciting: Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby gets two stars.

The former Wbc muay thai light-Hw champion Simon Marcus entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 43-2-2 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Fang Bian last year but then he has collected three victories and one draw, winning the Glory Mw title in his last bout, against Artem Levin (=Levin vs Marcus 3).
His opponent, Dustin Jacoby, has an official record of 9-6-0 (8 KOs=89%) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He suffered five consecutive losses between 2013 and 2015 but then he has won five bouts defeating Wayne Barrett in his last one. Marcus vs Jacoby, main event of the Glory 30, is valid for the Glory middleweight title (Marcus’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Taiga vs Masahiro Yamamoto – full fight Video

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-24, spectacular finish between Taiga and Masahiro Yamamoto: this is one of the best k-1 fights of 2016 and it gets four stars!

The 19-year-old Taiga (13 years younger than Yamamoto) entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 12-3-0 (3 knockouts) while his opponent, the 2009 Krush champion Masahiro Yamamoto, has an official record of 46-15-7 (13 knockouts). Taiga comes off two consecutive losses, against Takeru (2015 Fight of the Year candidate Takeru vs Taiga 2) and Leona Pettas, while Yamamoto fought twice last year beating Gagny Baradji but then he was defeated by Koya Urabe. Taiga vs Yamamoto is the quarter final of the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan tournament; undercard of Takeru vs Yoadsenchai Sor Sopit. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Kaew Fairtex vs Ilias Bulaid – full fight Video K-1 World GP

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-24, fight not so exciting between Kaew Fairtex and Ilias Bulaid: it gets two stars.

The former Lumpinee, Wbc and Wpmf world champion Kaew Fairtex (also known as Kaew Weerasakreck) entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 135-31-4 (42 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world while his opponent, the Enfusion world champion Ilias Bulaid, has an official record of 148-6-2 (49 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. Kaew lost to Minoru Kimura at the beginning of 2015 (by majority decision), but then he won five consecutive fights taking revenge on Kimura (=Kaew vs Kimura 2) and beating Massaro Glunder in his last bout (=Kaew vs Glunder). Kaew vs Bulaid is on the undercard of Takeru vs Yoadsenchai Sor Sopitthe – K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!