Review: 2014-03-07, heavy punches and a pretty good finish: Ryan Martinez vs Lavar Johnson gets three stars. Ryan Martinez entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 heavyweight in the world, last year he fought three times losing just his last fight against Vitaly Minakov (=Minakov vs Martinez).
His opponent, Lavar Johnson, has an official record of 17-8-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.79 in the same weight class, he is 36 years old (10 more than Martinez) and last year he fought twice losing both fights: the first one against Brendan Schaub (his last Ufc fight) and then to Vinicius Queiroz (=Johnson vs Queiroz). Martinez vs Johnson is the quarterfinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of Eduardo Dantas vs Anthony Leone – Bellator 111. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Ryan Martinez fight videos
2013 MMA fight – Vitaly Minakov vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 97
Review: 2013-07-31, fight not particularly good between Vitaly Minakov and Ryan Martinez: it gets two stars. The undefeated Vitaly Minakov (11-0-0, 91% finishing rate) entered as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while Ryan Martinez (10-2-0, 70% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. Minakov vs Martinez is the final of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – Bellator 97. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Richard Hale vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 96
Review: 2013-06-19, fight not particularly exciting between Richard Hale and Ryan Martinez: it gets two stars. Richard Hale (21-5-1, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while Ryan Martinez (9-2-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.37 (on the original fight card Hale was expected to face Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz who suffered a knee injury and was replaced with Martinez). Hale vs Martinez is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Travis Wiuff vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 93
Review: 2013-03-21, pretty good fight between Travis Wiuff and Ryan Martinez but it is not enough to get three stars. Travis Wiuff ranked as the No.32 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 68-16-0 while Ryan Martinez had a record of 8-2-0. Wiuff vs Martinez is on the undercard of Dave Jansen vs Marcin Held – Bellator 93. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Ryan Martinez vs Mike Wessel – full fight Video Bellator 73
Review: 2012-08-24, close fight but not particularly exciting between Ryan Martinez and Mike Wessel: two stars. Ryan Martinez entered the fight with a record of 7-1-0 while Mike Wessel had a record of 11-4-0. Martinez vs Wessel is on the undercard of Travis Wiuff vs Attila Vegh (Bellator 73). Watch the video!