Review: 2014-10-25, nice and tough exchanges between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes: their second fight is close to get four stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Jose Aldo entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in 2005 when he faced Luciano Azevedo, since then he has won 17 consecutive bouts, the lost one against (=Aldo vs Lamas).
His opponent, Chad Mendes, has an official record of 16-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class, his only loss came in 2012 to Aldo in their first bout (=Aldo vs Mendes I); after that fight he won five times, the last one against Nik Lentz (=Mendes vs Lentz). Aldo vs Mendes 2, main event of Ufc 179, is valid for the UFC featherweight title (held by Aldo). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2014 MMA fight – Rory MacDonald vs Tarec Saffiedine – full fight Video UFC FN 54
Review: 2014-10-04, pretty good finish between Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre); he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Robbie Lawler (=MacDonald vs Lawler) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Demian Maia (=MacDonald vs Maia) and Tyron Woodley (=MacDonald vs Woodley).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce Ww champion Tarec Saffiedine, has an official record of 15-3-0 (40% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class, the last time he lost was in 2011 when he faced Tyron Woodley, since then he has won five consecutive fights, beating in his last bout Hyun Gyu Lim (=Saffiedine vs Lim). MacDonald vs Saffiedine is the main event of UFC Fight Night Halifax – UFC FN 54. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story – fight Video UFC FN 53
Review: 2014-10-04, some good single shots between Gunnar Nelson and Rick Story but it is not enough to get three stars. The undefeated black belt in Bjj and karate Gunnar Nelson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-0-1 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 welterweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Omari Akhmedov (=Nelson vs Akhmedov) and Zak Cummings (=Nelson vs Cummings).
His opponent, Rick Story, has an official record of 17-8-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2014 as well but he lost the first bout, agaisnt Kelvin Gastelum, and then he beat Leonardo Mafra Texeira (=Story vs Mafra). Nelson vs Story is the main event of UFC Fight Night Stockholm – UFC FN 53. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso full fight Video UFC 178 – 2014
Review: 2014-09-27, pretty good finish between Demetrious Johnson and Chris Cariaso but it is not enough to get three stars. The Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-2-1 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Dominick Cruz for the Ufc Bw title (=Cruz vs Johnson), after that bout he moved down in weight class and he collected one draw and six consecutive wins; ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson has already fought in 2014 successfully defending his belt against Ali Bagautinov (=Johnson vs Bagautinov).
His opponent, Chris Cariaso, has an official record of 17-5-0 (29% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class, he suffered two consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, against John Moraga (=Moraga vs Cariaso) and Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva, but then he came back to win defeating Iliarde Santos in 2013; he has fought twice in 2014 beating Danny Martinez and Louis Smolka (=Cariaso vs Smolka). Johnson vs Cariaso, main event of Ufc 178, is valid for the Ufc flyweight title (Johnson’s fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – full fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The 40-year-old Mark Hunt (two years older than Nelson) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-8-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); he fought three times last year defeating Stefan Struve (=Struve vs Hunt) but then he was beat by #2 Junior dos Santos (=Dos Santos vs Hunt) and he drew against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in one of the most exciting fights of 2013 (4-stars-fight Bigfoot vs Hunt).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Roy Nelson, has an official record of 20-9-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive bouts in 2013, against Stipe Miocic (=Nelson vs Miocic) and Daniel Cormier (=Cormier vs Nelson), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson). ‘Big Country’ Nelson vs Hunt is the main event of UFC Fight Night 52. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva vs Andrei Arlovski 2 – full fight Video UFC FN 51
Review: 2014-09-13, pretty good finish between Antonio Silva and Andrei Arlovski: their second fight gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in shotokan karate, judo and Bjj Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-5-1 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world, he fought three times last year beating Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Silva), then he was defeated by #1 Cain Velasquez (=Velasquez vs Silva 2) and he drew against Mark Hunt in one of the most exciting fights of 2013 (=Silva vs Hunt).
His opponent, the former Ufc Hw champion (from 2005 to 2006) Andrei Arlovski, has an official record of 22-10-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Anthony Johnson at Wsof 2 (=Arlovski vs Johnson) but after that bout he won three consecutive fights, just the last one in the Ufc, against Brendan Schaub (=Schaub vs Arlovski). In their first fight ‘Bigfoot’ Silva defeated Arlovski by unanimous decision (May 15, 2010); this second fight is the main event of UFC Fight Night 51 (UFC Fight Night Brasilia). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – full fight Video UFC FN 50
Review: 2014-09-05, technical fight with a pretty good finish but it was not so exciting: Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and judo Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Strikeforce Mw title (=Chris Weidman), he suffered his last defeat when he faced Luke Rockhold in 2011 losing his Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Jacare ), since then he has collected six consecutive wins (three under Strikeforce and three in the Ufc).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion and black belt in judo Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 35-4-2 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout, against Lyoto Machida in February (=Machida vs Mousasi), but then he came back to win against Mark Munoz in May (=Munoz vs Mousasi). In their first fight Mousasi defeated Jacare in just one round (on September 23, 2008) and the bout was valid for the Dream Mw title; this second fight is the main event of Ufc Fight Night 50 (Ufc Foxwoods). Watch the video and rate this fight!
TJ Dillashaw vs Joe Soto full fight Video UFC 177 – 2014
Review: 2014-08-30, some good exchanges and a nice finish: TJ Dillashaw vs Joe Soto gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). TJ Dillashaw entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Raphael Assuncao (=Assuncao vs Dillashaw), but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Mike Easton in January (=Dillashaw vs Easton) and he managed to beat the former Ufc Bw champion Renan Barao in May (=Barao vs Dillashaw I).
His opponent, the former Bellator Fw champion Joe Soto, has an official record of 15-2-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class, he replaces Renan ‘Barao’ Pegado who has forced to withdraw from the bout the day of the weigh-ins since he went to the hospital as a result of his attempts to cut weight; Soto comes off six consecutive wins and he makes hid Ufc debut in this bout. Dillashaw vs Soto, main event of Ufc 177, is valid for the UFC bantamweight title (Dillashaw’s fisrt defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Benson Henderson vs Rafael dos Anjos full fight Video UFC FN 49 – 2014
Review: 2014-08-23, pretTy good fight with some nice combinations: Benson Henderson vs Rafael dos Anjos gets threes tars (UFC Performance of the Night). The balck belt in Taekwondo and Bjj Benson Henderson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-3-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world, he lost the Ufc Lw belt at the end of 2013 when he faced for the second time #1 Anthony Pettis (=Henderson vs Pettis 2); after this bout he came back to victory in 2014 beating Josh Thomson (=Henderson vs Thomson) and Rustam Khabilov (=Henderson vs Khabilov).
His opponent, Rafael dos Anjos, black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well, has an official record of 21-7-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in his first bout of 2014 when he faced Khabib Nurmagomedov (=dos Anjos vs Nurmagomedov), but he won his next fight against dos Anjos vs High). Henderson vs dos Anjos is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 49. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Michael Bisping vs Cung Le – full fight Video UFC FN 48
Review: 2014-08-23, nice and tough fight between Michael Bisping and Cung Le: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Michael Bisping entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-6-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 middleweight in the world, but he lost three out of his last five bouts: against Chael Sonnen in 2012 (=Sonnen vs Bisping), Vitor Belfort in 2013 (=Belfort vs Bisping) and Tim Kennedy in 2014 (=Bisping vs Kennedy).
His opponent, the 42-year-old black belt in taekwondo, judo and Bjj Cung Le (7 years older than Bisping), has an official record of 9-2-0 (89% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 10, 2012 when he defeated Rich Franklin with a spectacular knockout (4-stars-fight Franklin vs Cung Le). Bisping vs Le is the main event of UFC Fight Night 48. Watch the video and rate this fight!