Review: 2013-10-05, good exchanges and good finish between Anthony Joshua and Emanuele Leo: this bout gets three stars. Anthony Joshua, 2012 Olympic super heavyweight Gold Medalist, is at his professional boxing debut while the undefeated Emanuele Leo had a record of 8-0-0 (3 knockouts). Joshua vs Leo is the main event of the evening. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-07-31, good first round between Michael Chandler and David Rickels: it gets three stars. The undefeated Michael Chandler (11-0-0, 81% finishing rate) entered as the No.4 lightweight in the world while David Rickels (14-1-0, 64% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. Chandler vs Rickels, main event of Bellator 97, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s second defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-07-27, close fight with two knockdowns: Keith Thurman vs Diego Gabriel Chaves gets three stars. Both undefeated, the American Keith Thurman (20-0-0, 18 KOs=86%) entered as the No.11 welterweight in the world while Diego Gabriel Chaves (22-0-0, 18 KOs=82%) entered as the No.22. Thurman vs Chaves is valid for the interim WBA World welterweight title; undercard of Andre Berto vs Jesus Soto Karass. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-07-27, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars (UFC Knockout of the Night). Melvin Guillard (30-12-2) entered as the No.33 lightweight in the world while Mac Danzig (21-10-1) entered as the No.48. Guillard vs Danzig is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs John Moraga – UFC on Fox 8. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-07-06, the fight between Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva and Chris Weidman was neither a war nor a particularly technical fight, but it was certainly a great show with a spectacular finish (UFC Knockout of the Night), and a bout like this one will go down in mma history: this is one of the most exciting mma fight of the year, four stars! Anderson Silva (33-4-0, 79% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 middleweight in the world while the undefeated Chris Weidman (9-0-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.3. Silva vs Weidman, main event of UFC 162, is valid for the UFC middleweight title (Silva’s eleventh defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 28, 2013 (=Weidman vs Silva 2). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-07-06, Gabriel Gonzaga vs Dave Herman gets three stars thanks to a great start… The Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga (14-7-0) entered as the No.20 heavyweight in the world while Dave Herman (21-5-0) entered as the No.68. Gonzaga vs Herman is on the undercard of Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman – UFC 162. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, fight not particularly exciting between Richard Hale and Ryan Martinez: it gets two stars. Richard Hale (21-5-1, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while Ryan Martinez (9-2-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.37 (on the original fight card Hale was expected to face Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz who suffered a knee injury and was replaced with Martinez). Hale vs Martinez is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, good first round between Vitaly Minakov and Ron Sparks: it gets three stars. The undefeated Vitaly Minakov ranked as the No.34 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 10-0-0 (90% finishing rate) while Ron Sparks had a record of 8-1-0 (88% finishing rate – Sparks is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 29, 2011 when he was defeated by Eric Prindle). Minakov vs Sparks is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-14, good pace and good finish between Juan Carlos Payano and Jundy Maraon: it gets three stars, Both undefeated, the Dominican Juan Carlos Payano ranked as the No.42 bantamweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 13-0-0 (7 knockouts) while Jundy Maraon had a record of 15-0-1 (12 knockouts). Payano vs Maraon is the main event of the night. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-08, good exchanges and good finish: Thiago Silva vs Rafael Cavalcante gets three stars (UFC Fight & ko of the Night). Thiago Silva (14-3-0, 93% finishing rate) entered as the No.37 light heavyweight in the world while Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante (11-3-0, 100% finishing rate) entered as the No.21. Silva vs Feijao Cavalcante is on the undercard of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fabricio Werdum 2 – UFC on Fuel TV 10. Watch the video!
