Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good fight between Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc women’s Bw champion Amanda Nunes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world. She suffered her last loss when she faced Cat Zingano in 2014 (Zingano vs Nunes), since then she has won six bouts beating Miesha Tate (Tate vs Nunes), Ronda Rousey (Nunes vs Rousey) and Valentina Shevchenko in his last three (Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has an official record of 9-5-0 (44% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 12, 2016 when she defeated Miesha Tate (Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington). She had lost to Holly Holm in 2015 (via split decision) but then she had won over Jessica Andrade, Bethe Correia and Elizabeth Phillips. Nunes vs Pennington, main event of Ufc 224, is valid for the Ufc Women’s bantamweight title (Nunes’ third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, good fight between Kelvin Gastelum and Ronaldo Souza: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The Tuf 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre). He fought three times in 2017 beating Vitor Belfort (then overturned in a no-contest after he tested positive for marijuana – Belfort vs Gastelum), losing to Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Gastelum) and defeating Michael Bisping (Michael Bisping vs Kelvin Gastelum).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, judo and former Strikeforce Mw champion Ronaldo Jacare Souza, has a record of 25-5-0 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He lost to Robert Whittaker last year (Jacare vs Whittaker) but he came back to win in 2018 with Derek Brunson (Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Derek Brunson 2). Gastelum vs Jacare Souza is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington – UFC 224. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, good fight between Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee: it gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush) and losing with current #1 Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza).
His opponent, Kevin Lee, has an official record of 16-3-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He fought three times in 2017 defeating Francisco Trinaldo (Trinaldo vs Lee) and Michael Chiesa (Chiesa vs Lee) but then he lost to Tony Ferguson (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee). Barboza vs Lee is the main event of UFC Fight Night 128 (Lee weighed in at 157 pounds, one pound over the lightweight non-title fight upper limit). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-14, exciting and tough fight thanks to a great performance by both fighters: Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Dustin Poirier entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-5-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world. He was defeated by Michael Johnson in 2016 (Poirier vs Johnson) but then he beat Jim Miller (Miller vs Poirier) and Anthony Pettis in 2017 (Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis); between these two bouts he faced also current #1 Lw Eddie Alvarez but the bout ended in a no-contest since Alvarez landed illegal knees (Alvarez vs Poirier).
His opponent, the former Wsof Lw champion Justin Gaethje, has a record of 18-1-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class but he comes off his first loss, suffered against Eddie Alvarez (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje); before this bout, in 2017, he had won over Michael Johnson (Mma Fight of the year 2017 candidate, Johnson vs Gaethje). Poirier vs Gaethje is the main event of UFC on Fox 29. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, good fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta: it gets three stars.
The undefeated black belt in judo and two time combat sambo world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 25-0-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Eddie Alvarez). After suffering different injuries between 2014 and 2015, he fought twice in 2016 winning over Darrell Horcher (Nurmagomedov vs Horcher) and Michael Johnson (Johnson vs Nurmagomedov), and once in 2017 beating Edson Barboza (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza).
His opponent, Al Iaquinta (who replaces Max Holloway since was deemed medically unfit on the weigh in day – Holloway was the replacement of Tony Ferguson), has a mma record of 13-3-1 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Mitch Clarke in 2014, since then he has collected five victories beating Jorge Masvidal (Iaquinta vs Masvidal) and Diego Sanchez in his last two (Diego Sanchez vs Al Iaquinta). Khabib vs Iaquinta, main event of Ufc 223, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, some good single shots between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2 but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do, karate and current Ufc champion Rose Namajunas entered this fight with a mma record of 7-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s strawweight in the world. She lost to Karolina Kowalkiewicz in 2016 (via split decision, Namajunas vs Kowalkiewicz) but then she beat Michelle Waterson (Namajunas vs Waterson) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk in 2017 (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Rose Namajunas I).
Her opponent, the former Wkn kickboxing and Ufc champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, has an official record of 14-1-0 (36% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Before losing to Namajunas at the end of 2017 she had won over Claudia Gadelha (Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha II) and Karolina Kowalkiewicz in 2016 (Jedrzejczyk vs Kowalkiewicz), while in 2017 he had beat Jessica Andrade (Jedrzejczyk vs Andrade). Namajunas vs Joanna 2 is valid for the Ufc women’s strawweight title (Namajunas’ first defense); undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta – UFC 223. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-17, pretty good fight between Fabricio Werdum and Alexander Volkov: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-7-1 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). ‘Vai Cavalo’ Werdum fought three times last year losing to Alistair Overeem (Werdum vs Overeem 3) but then he beat Walt Harris (Werdum vs Harris) and Marcin Tybura (Fabricio Werdum vs Marcin Tybura).
His opponent, the former Bellator and M-1 Global Hw champion Alexander Volkov, has an official record of 29-6-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive losses in 2015, against Tony Johnson (Volkov vs Johnson) and Cheick Kongo (Kongo vs Volkov), but then he has won five bouts beating Roy Nelson (Nelson vs Volkov) and Stefan Struve in 2017 (Alexander Volkov vs Stefan Struve). Werdum vs Volkov is the main event of UFC Fight Night 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-03, pretty good fight between Cris Cyborg Justino and Yana Kunitskaya: it gets three stars.
The Ufc women’s Fw and former Strikeforce and Invicta Fc champion Cristiane Cyborg Justino entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-1-0 (94% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 womens’ featherweight in the world. She suffered her only loss at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes in 2005, since then she has won 19 consecutive bouts beating Tonya Evinger (Cyborg vs Evinger) and Holly Holm in 2017 (Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm).
Her opponent, the Invicta Fc Bw champion Yana Kunitskaya, has an official record of 10-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.14 women’s bantamweight. She fought twice last year losing to Tonya Evinger (Tonya Evinger vs Yana Kunitskaya 2) and defeating Raquel Pa’aluhi. Cyborg vs Kunitskaya, main event of UFC 222, is valid for the Ufc women’s featherweight title (Cyborg’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-03, pretty good finish between Frankie Edgar and Brian Ortega: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Frankie Edgar entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-5-1 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Max Holloway). He lost to Jose Aldo in 2016 (Edgar vs Aldo 2) but then he has beat Jeremy Stephens (Edgar vs Stephens) and Yair Rodriguez (Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriguez).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 13-0-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Renato Moicano Carneiro (Carneiro vs Ortega) and Cub Swanson (Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega). Edgar vs Ortega is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Yana Kunitskaya – UFC 222. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-24, great performance by both fighters: Jessica Andrade vs Tecia Torres gets three stars.
Jessica Andrade entered this fight with a mma record of 17-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.3 women’s strawweight in the world. ‘Bate Estaca’ Andrade fought three times in 2017 defeating Angela Hill (Andrade vs Hill) and Claudia Gadelha (Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Andrade) but between these two bouts she lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Jedrzejczyk vs Andrade).
Her opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and tae-kwon-do Tecia Torres, has an official record of 10-1-0 (10% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and she entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. She lost the rematch with Rose Namajunas in 2016 (Rose Namajunas vs Tecia Torres 2) but then she has beat Bec Rawlings, Juliana Lima and Michelle Waterson. Andrade vs Torres is on the undercard of Josh Emmett vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC on Fox 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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