2014 MMA fight – Tito Ortiz vs Stephan Bonnar – full fight Video Bellator 131

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-11-15, pretty good fight between Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar: it gets three stars. The former Ufc light-Hw champion Tito Ortiz entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-11-1 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world, he is 39 years old (two years older than Bonnar) and he had retired from mma in 2012 after three consecutive losses in the Ufc (the last one against Forrest Griffin, Griffin vs Ortiz 3) but he came back to fight in 2014 under Bellator promotion beating Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Ortiz).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and tae-kwon-do Stephan Bonnar, has an official record of 15-8-0 (67% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 13, 2012 when he was defeated by Anderson Silva (=Silva vs Bonnar). Ortiz vs Bonnar is the main event of Bellator 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Eduardo Dantas vs Joe Warren – full fight Video Bellator 128

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-10, some good exchanges between Eduardo Dantas and Joe Warren but it is not enough to get three stars. Eduardo Dantas entered this fight with a mma record of 16-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw), he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil 33; after this bout he went back to the Bellator promotion and he successfully defended his Bw belt against Marcos Galvao (=Dantas vs Galvao) and Anthony Leone (=Dantas vs Leone).
His opponent, the 2006 Greco-Roman world champion Joe Warren, has an official record of 11-3-0 (36% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Pat Curran losing his Bellator Fw title (=Curran vs Warren), after this bout he went back to the bantamweight division winning four consecutive fights; in his last bout he defeated Rafael Silva (=Warren vs Silva). Dantas vs Warren, main event of Bellator 128, is valid for the Bellator bantamweight title (Dantas’ third defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 2, 2016 (=Eduardo Dantas vs Joe Warren 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 full fight Video Bellator 123 – 2014

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, disappointing fight between Pat Curran and Patricio Freire: their second fight gets two stars. Pat Curran entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo); he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Daniel Straus in their second fight losing his Bellator Fw belt (=Curran vs Straus II) but he took revenge on him in 2014 in their third bout (=Straus vs Curran III).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, has an official record of 21-2-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat last year when he faced for the first time Curran (=Curran vs Freire I), after that bout he collected four consecutive victories winning the Bellator Fw tournament (season 9) beating Justin Wilcox in the final (=Freire vs Wilcox). Curran vs Pitbull Freire 2, main event of Bellator 123, is valid for the Bellator featherweight title (Curran’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal full fight Video Bellator 120 – 2014

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, pretty good second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Quinton Jackson vs Muhammed Lawal gets two. Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 34-11-0 (68% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world, he was the Ufc light-Hw champion from May 2007 (defeating Chuck Liddell) to July 2008 (when he was beat by Forrest Griffin) but between 2011 and 2013 he lost three consecutive fights in the Ufc and he was released. Rampage made his Bellator debut in November 2013 beating Joey Beltran (=Jackson vs Beltran) and he won the Bellator light-hw semifinal in 2014 against Christian M’Pumbu (=Rampage vs M’Pumbu).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, has an official record of 12-3-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones), he won the Strikeforce light-Hw title in 2010 defeating Gegard Mousasi but he lost the belt at his first defense against Rafael Cavalcante. Lawal suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Emanuel Newton in their rematch (=Lawal vs Newton 2 – ‘King Mo’ had already lost the first bout Lawal vs Newton I) but he came back to victory in 2014 beating Mikhail Zayats (=Lawal vs Zayats). ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs Lawal is the final of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament, main event of Bellator 120; they also faced each other a second time on March 31, 2017 (=Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

‘Rampage’ Jackson vs Joey Beltran full fight Video Bellator 108 – 2013

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-11-15, some good exchanges between Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Joey Beltran but it is not enough to get three stars. Quinton Jackson (32-11-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.14 light heavyweight in the world while Joey Beltran (14-9-0, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.66. Rampage vs Beltran is the main event of Bellator 108. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Nate Marquardt vs Tarec Saffiedine – full fight Video Strikeforce

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-01-12, fight not particularly exciting between Nate Marquardt and Tarec Saffiedine: two stars. Nate Marquardt (32-10-2) entered as the No.4 welterweight in the world while Tarec Saffiedine (13-3-0) entered as the No.31. Marquardt vs Saffiedine, main event of the evening, is valid for the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship title (Marquardt’s first defense). Watch the video!