Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-08-18, good start with a spectacular finish: Kiamran Nabati vs Phal Sophorn is one of the best kickboxing fights of the year 2023 and it gets four stars!
Sophorn vs Nabati is scheduled to take place Friday, August 18th, at the KRK Uralets in Ekaterinburg (Russia), in a 5-round catchweight (143.3 lbs, 65 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Vladimir Kuzmin vs Erdem Taha Dincer – RCC Fair Fight 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, good fight between Alexander Shlemenko and David Branch: it gets three stars.The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 58-12-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 middleweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, the last one against Anatoly Tokov (Alexander Shlemenko vs Anatoly Tokov), but then he has won over Billstein (Alexander Shlemenko vs Jonas Billstein) and Viscardi Andrade (Alexander Shlemenko vs Viscardi Andrade).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, former Wsof light-Hw and Mw champion David Branch, has an official record of 22-6-0 (59% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Thiago Santos in 2018 (David Branch vs Thiago Santos); after this bout he has lost to Jared Cannonier (David Branch vs Jared Cannonier) and Jack Hermansson (David Branch vs Jack Hermansson). Shlemenko vs Branch is the main event of RCC 7 – Russian Cagefighting Championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, Ivan Shtyrkov vs Yasubey Enomoto gets three stars thanks to a good second part of the fight.The undefeaed Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-0-1 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Geronimo dos Santos last year (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Geronimo dos Santos); after this fight ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has won over Fabio Maldonado (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Fabio Maldonado), Thiago Silva (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Thiago Silva) amd Hoon Kim (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Hoon Kim).
His opponent, the former Mi- Global Ww champion Yasubey Enomoto, has a record of 19-11-0 (42% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.69 middleweight. He lost to Roman Kopylov last year but he came back to win against Mikhail Ragozin in 2019. Shtyrkov vs Enomoto is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs David Branch – RCC 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-04, nice and tough exchanges between Alexander Shlemenko and Viscardi Andrade: it gets three stars.The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 57-12-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 middleweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2018 and 2018, the last one against Anatoly Tokov (Alexander Shlemenko vs Anatoly Tokov), but then he came back to win in December with Jonas Billstein (Alexander Shlemenko vs Jonas Billstein).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Viscardi Andrade, has an official record of 20-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.78 in the same weight class. He lost to Abdoul Abdouraguimov last year but then he has won over Sergey Martynov in 2019. Shlemenko vs Andrade is the main event of RCC 6 – Russian Cagefighting Championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-15, good finish between Ivan Shtyrkov and Thiago Silva: it gets three stars.The undefeated Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a record of 14-0-1 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2018 beating Marcin Lazarz (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Marcin Lazarz) and Fabio Maldonado (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Fabio Maldonado) but between these two bouts ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has tied with Geronimo dos Santos (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Geronimo dos Santos).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Thiago Silva, has a mma record of 21-7-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.48 light heavyweight. He has fought twice in 2018 losing to Mikhail Kolobegov and beating James McSweeney. Shtyrkov vs Silva is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Jonas Billstein – RCC 5. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-15, pretty good finish between Alexander Shlemenko and Jonas Billstein but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a pro record of 56-12-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.37 middleweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, against Gegard Mousasi (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko), Bruno Silva (Alexander Shlemenko vs Bruno Silva) and Anatoly Tokov (Alexander Shlemenko vs Anatoly Tokov); before these three bouts he had beat Brandon Halsey (Shlemenko vs Halsey).
His opponent, Jonas Billstein, has an official mma record of 20-5-1 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Joachim Christensen in 2015, since then he has collected five victories and one draw. Shlemenko vs Billstein is the main event of the Russian Cagefighting Championship 5 – RCC 5. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, disappointing fight between Ivan Shtyrkov and Fabio Maldonado: it gets two stars.The undefeated Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-0-1 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has won over Christian M’Pumbu (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Christian M’Pumbu) and Marcin Lazarz (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Marcin Lazarz) but then he has tied with Geronimo dos Santos (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Geronimo dos Santos).
His opponent, the former FNG light-Hw champion Fabio Maldonado, has an official record of 24-12-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.36 light heavyweight but ‘Caipira de Aco’ Maldonado won just two out of his last seven bouts, against Abdul-Khamid Davlyatov and Kurban Omarov; after this fight he has lost to Nikita Krylov (Nikita Krylov vs Fabio Maldonado). Shtyrkov vs Maldonado is the main event of RCC 4 – Russian Cagefighting Championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-09, fight not particularly good between Alexander Emelianenko and Viktor Pesta: it gets two stars.The three-time world Combat Sambo champion Aleksander Emelianenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 28-7-0 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Dmitriy Sosnovskiy in 2014 (Aleksander Emelianenko vs Dmitriy Sosnovskiy), since then he has beat Geronimo Dos Santos, Virgil Zwicker, Szymon Bajor and Gabriel Gonzaga (Aleksander Emelianenko vs Gabriel Gonzaga).
His opponent, Viktor Pesta, has an official record of 13-5-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive losses between 2015 and 2017, the last one with Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Viktor Pesta), but then he has won over Michał Kita, Alexei Kudin and Alexander Gladkov. Emelianenko vs Pesta is the main event of Russian Cagefighting Championship 3 – RCC 3. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-05, disappointing fight between Ivan Shtyrkov and Geronimo dos Santos: it gets two stars.The undefeated Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 13-0-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has won over Satoshi Ishii (Shtyrkov vs Ishii), Christian M’Pumbu (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Christian M’Pumbu) and Marcin Lazarz (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Marcin Lazarz).
His opponent, Geronimo dos Santos, has an official record of 40-20-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.59 heavyweight but he lost three consecutive bouts in 2017, the last one with Aleksander Emelianenko; after this fight ‘Mondragon’ dos Santos came back to win in 2018 with Kleber Souza Silva. Shtyrkov vs dos Santos is on the undercard of Aleksander Emelianenko vs Gabriel Gonzaga – RCC 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-05, pretty good finish between Alexander Emelianenko and Gabriel Gonzaga but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The three-time world Combat Sambo champion Aleksander Emelianenko entered this fight with a pro mma record of 26-7-0 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Dmitriy Sosnovskiy in 2014 (Aleksander Emelianenko vs Dmitriy Sosnovskiy), since then he has beat Geronimo Dos Santos, Virgil Zwicker and Szymon Bajor.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gabriel Gonzaga, has a record of 17-11-0 (94% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 10, 2016 when he was defeated by Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Gabriel Gonzaga); before this bout ‘Napao’ Gonzaga had won over Konstantin Erokhin (Gonzaga vs Erokhin). Alexander Emelianenko vs Gonzaga is the main event of Russian Cagefighting Championship 2 – RCC 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
