The black belt in karate KJ Noons entered this fight with a mma record of 13-7-0 (69% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.55 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Alex Oliveira, has an official record of 10-2-1 (90% finishing rate). Noons vs Oliveira is on the undercard of Carlos Condit vs Thiago Alves – UFC Fight Night 67. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier full fight Video highlights UFC 187 – 2015
Anthony Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.2 light-heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). His last defeat occurred in 2012, against Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Johnson), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts, but just the last three in the Ufc: against Phil Davis (who had defeated Gustafsson in 2010, Davis vs Johnson), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (=Johnson vs Nogueira) and Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Johnson).
His opponent, the former Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. ‘DC’ beat Patrick Cummins (=Cormier vs Cummins) and Dan Henderson in 2014 (=Henderson vs Cormier) but then he suffered his first loss in 2015 when he faced the champ Jon Jones (=Jones vs Cormier). ‘Rumble’ Johnson vs Cormier, main event of Ufc 187, is valid for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title (Jones was stripped of the belt on April 28th, 2015 for violating the Athlete Code of Conduct Policy and for his legal problems); they also faced each other a second time on April 8, 2017 (=Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold – full fight Video UFC on Fox 15
The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc light-Hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 middleweight in the world. ‘The Dragon’ fought three times in 2014 beating Gegard Mousasi (=Machida vs Mousasi) and CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway) but between these two bouts he lost to #1 Ufc Mw champion Chris Weidman (=Weidman vs Machida).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce Mw champion Luke Rockhold, has an official record of 13-2-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitor Belfort (4-stars-fight Belfort vs Rockhold) but after losing he has won three fights beating Michael Bisping in his last bout (=Rockhold vs Bisping). Machida vs Rockhold is the main event of UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs Ramazan Emeev 2 – full fight Video M-1
The black belt in judo and four times world combat sambo champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-2-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 middleweight in the world. The last time he lost was in 2012 when he faced Maiquel Falcao (=Falcao vs Vasilevsky), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts taking revenge on Falcao in 2014 and winning the M-1 Challenge title against Emeev in their first bout (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev). After this fight he has also beat German Yakubov.
His opponent, Ramazan Emeev, has an official record of 11-3-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.81 in the same weight class. Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2, main event of M-1 Challenge 56, is valid for the M-1 Challenge middleweight title (Vasilevsky’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Ryan Couture vs Dakota Cochrane – full fight Video Bellator 135
Ryan Couture (son of the former UFC champion Randy Couture) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 9-3-0 (67% finishing rate) while his opponent, Dakota Cochrane, has an official record of 18-7-0 (67% finishing rate). Couture vs Cochrane is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Marcos Galvao 2 – Bellator 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Leonardo Santos vs Tony Martin – fight Video UFC FN 62
Leonardo Santos entered this fight with a mma record of 13-3-1 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.45 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2009 when he faced Kazunori Yokota, since then he has collected seven victories and one draw, against Norman Parke (=Parke vs Santos); after this bout he fought once beating Efrain Escudero (=Santos vs Escudero).
His opponent, Tony Martin, has an official record of 9-2-0 (78% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko), he fought three times last year losing to Rashid Magomedov and Beneil Dariush but then he came back to win defeating Fabricio Camoes. Santos vs Martin is on the undercard of Demian Maia vs Ryan LaFlare – UFC Fight Night 62. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Beneil Dariush vs Daron Cruickshank – fight Video UFC 185
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Beneil Dariush entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-1-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 lightweight in the world; he suffered his only defeat last year when he faced Ramsey Nijem (=Dariush vs Nijem). After losing he came back to win beating Tony Martin and Carlos Diego Ferreira (=Ferreira vs Dariush).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Daron Cruickshank, has an official record of 16-5-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 in the same weight class; he lost in 2014 as well, against Jorge Masvidal, but then he defeated Anthony Njokuani. After this bout he faced KJ Noons but the fight ended in a no-contest (=Daron Cruickshank vs KJ Noons. Dariush vs Cruickshank is on the undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Tony Ferguson vs Gleison Tibau full fight Video UFC 184 – 2015
The TUF 13 winner (The Ultimate Fighter) Tony Ferguson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-3-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 lightweight in the world; he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Michael Johnson, since then he has won four consecutive bouts, the last one against Abel Trujillo (=Ferguson vs Trujillo).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gleison Tibau, has a record of 33-10-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class; he lost his last fight against Michael Johnson as well but after losing he came back to win collecting three consecutive victories. He has already fought in 2015 beating Norman Parke fourty days ago (=Tibau vs Parke). Ferguson vs Tibau is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Brennan Ward vs Curtis Millender – full fight Video Bellator 134
Brennan Ward entered this fight with a mma record of 9-3-0 (89% finishing rate) and he comes off two consecutive defeats: he lost to Alexander Shlemenko (bout valid for the Bellator Mw title Shlemenko vs Ward) and to Tamdan McCrory.
His opponent, the undefeated Curtis Millender, has an official record of 7-0-0 (29% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he makes his Bellator debut in this fight. Ward vs Millender is on the undercard of Emanuel Newton vs Liam McGeary – Bellator 134. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Benson Henderson vs Brandon Thatch full fight Video UFC FN 60 – 2015
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and Bjj and former Ufc lightweight champion Benson Henderson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-5-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive defeats: he lost to Rafael dos Anjos in 2014 (=Henderson vs dos Anjos) and to Donald Cerrone just one month ago (=Cerrone vs Henderson 3). In this fight Ben ‘Smooth’ Henderson makes his debut in the welterweight division replacing Stephen Thompson who suffered a rib injury.
His opponent, Brandon Thatch, has an official record of 11-1-0 (100% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 9, 2013 when he defeated Paulo Thiago (=Thatch vs Thiago). The only fight lost by Thatch was in 2008 when he faced Brandon Magana (via split decision) and he was at his second pro mma bout. Henderson vs Thatch is the main event of UFC Fight Night 60. Watch the video and rate this fight!