Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, fight not particularly good between Mirko Filipovic and Baruto Kaito: it gets two stars.
Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson), entered this fight with a pro mma record of 3-0-0 (0 knockouts). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Baruto is the semifinal of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the quarter-finals Cro Cop has beat Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (=Filipovic vs Lawal) while Baruto has won over Tsuyoshi Kosaka (=Baruto vs Kosaka); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, some good exchanges between Andy Souwer and Kazuyuki Miyata but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former ISKA, WKA and two-time K-1 World Max champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a pro mma record of 1-1-0 (1 knockout – but he has a kickboxing record of 160-19-1) while his opponent, Kazuyuki Miyata, has an official mma record of 14-9-0 (57% finishing rate). Souwer debuted in mma last year beating Yuichiro Nagashima (=Souwer vs Nagashima) but then he has lost to Daron Cruickshank in 2016 (=Souwer vs Cruickshank).Souwer vs Miyata is on the undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal – “Rizin World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, fight not so exciting between Szymon Bajor and Valentin Moldavsky: it gets two stars.
Szymon Bajor entered this fight with a professional record of 16-6-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.86 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated Valentin Moldavsky, has a perfect record of 4-0-0 (75% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.87 in the same weight class. Both fighters have fought and won twice in 2016: Bajor has beat Jedrzej Mackowiak and Teodoras Aukstuolis while Moldavsky has won over Daniel Doerrer and Karl Albrektsson. Bajor vs Moldavsky is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, good exchanges between Heath Herring and Amir Aliakbari: it gets three stars.
The former World Vale Tudo and Bas Rutten Invitational 3 Tournament champion Heath Herring (who replaces Shane Carwin) entered this fight with a mma record of 28-14-0 (82% finishing rate) while his opponent, the 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a perfect record of 3-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Herring is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 9, 2008 when he was defeated by Brock Lesnar. Herring vs Aliakbari is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, boring fight between Baruto Kaito and Tsuyoshi Kosaka: it gets one star.
The undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (0 knockouts) while his opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Tsuyoshi Kosaka (who replaces Jiri Prochazka), has a record of 27-18-2 (52% finishing rate). Baruto beat Peter Aerts in 2015 (=Aerts vs Baruto) and Kazuyuki Fujita in 2016 while Kosaka has fought just once since 2006, when he was defeated by Mark Hunt, winning over James Thompson. Baruto vs Kosaka is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and King Mo Lawal but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 32-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won four bouts beating Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2) and Hyun Man Myung (=Cro Cop vs Myung).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (who replaces Wanderlei Silva), has an official record of 20-5-0 (65% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing to Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal) and winning over Satoshi Ishii (=Lawal vs Ishii). Cro Cop vs Lawal, main event of Rizin 3 2016 2nd Round, is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, disappointing fight between Kron Gracie and Hideo Tokoro: it gets two stars.
The undefeated black belt in Bjj and judo Kron Gracie (youngest son of Rickson Gracie and grandson of Helio Gracie) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (100% submission victory rate) having won over Hyung Soo-Kim in 2014 and Asen Yamamoto in 2015 (=Gracie vs Yamamoto).
His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, has an official record of 33-28-2 (73% finishing rate) and he fought twice in 2015 losing to LC Davis (=Davis vs Tokoro) and beating Kizaemon Siaga. Gracie vs Tokoro is the main event of “Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Hyun Man Myung: it gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a mma record of 31-11-2 (90% finishing rate) while his opponent, Hyun Man Myung, has an official record of 3-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Filipovic is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2015 when he defeated Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2). Cro Cop vs Myung is the eighth-final of the Rizin openweight tournament; undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, fight not particularly good between Andy Souwer and Daron Cruickshank: it gets two stars.
The two time K-1 World Max champion Andy Souwer is at his second pro mma fight, 1-0-0 (1 knockouts – but he has a kickboxing record of 159-19-1) while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Daron Cruickshank, has an official record of 17-8-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.72 lightweight in the world. Souwer debuted in mma last year, against Yuichiro Nagashima (=Souwer vs Nagashima) while the former Ufc fighter Cruickshank comes off the victory over Shinji Sasaki; before this bout Daron had lost three consecutive bouts, the last one with Paul Felder . Souwer vs Cruickshank is on the undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-31, good fight with a spectacular finish: Muhammed Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka is close to get four stars!
The former Strikeforce champion and Bellator 2013 Summer Series tournament winner Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a pro record of 18-4-0 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Jiri Prochazka, has an official record of 16-2-1 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. Lawal vs Prochazka is the final of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament, in the semifinal ‘King Mo’ defeated Teodoras Aukstuolis (=Lawal vs Aukstuolis) while Prochazka beat Vadim Nemkov (=Prochazka vs Nemkov); undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Singh Jaideep – Rizin FF 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, fight not particularly good between Mirko Filipovic and Baruto Kaito: it gets two stars.
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