Review: 2014-02-22, close and tough fight with some nice exchanges and a good work on the ground (in the first part): Rory MacDonald vs Demian Maia gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 welterweight in the world, he is a black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu and last year he fought twice: he beat Jake Ellenberger in July (=Ellenberger vs MacDonald) but then he lost to Robbie Lawler in November (=MacDonald vs Lawler).
His opponent, the 36-year-old Demian Maia (12 more than MacDonald), has an official record of 18-5-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre). Like MacDonald, Maia is also a black belt in bjj and he fought twice in 2013: winning the first bout against Jon Fitch (=Fitch vs Maia) and then losing to Jake Shields (=Maia vs Shields). MacDonald vs Maia is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann – UFC 170. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann full fight Video UFC 170 – 2014
Review: 2014-02-22, aggressive start and good finish: Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Both undefeated, the champion Ronda Rousey entered this fight with a perfect record of 8-0-0 (100% armbar submission victory rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world, she is a 4th dan black belt in judo and she won the bronze medal in judo at the Olympic games in Beijing 2008.
Her opponent, Sara McMann, has an official mma record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, she is 33 years old (six years older than Rousey) and she also won a medal at the Olympic games (silver medal in freestyle wrestling, Athens 2004). Rousey vs McMann, main event of UFC 170, is valid for the Ufc women’s bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Daniel Cormier vs Patrick Cummins – full fight Video UFC 170
Review: 2014-02-22, some good shots but it is not enough to get thrre stars: Daniel Cormier vs Patrick Cummins gets two. Both undefeated, Daniel Cormier entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-0-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world but in this fight he moved down to the light heavyweight division. He is a former Olympic wrestler but he is also a brown belt in bjj.
His opponent, Patrick Cummins, has an official record of 4-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and like Cormier he comes from a wrestling background. Cummins debuts in Ufc replacing Rashad Evans who has forced to withdraw from the bout due to a leg injury. Cormier vs Cummins is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann – UFC 170. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Mike Pyle vs TJ Waldburger – fight Video UFC 170
Review: 2014-02-22, the fight between Mike Pyle and TJ Waldburger gets three stars thanks to a good finish. The former WEC welterweight champion Mike Pyle entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-9-1 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 welterweight in the world, last year he fought twice beating Rick Story in May but then he lost to Matt Brown in August (=Pyle vs Brown).
His opponent, TJ Waldburger, has a record of 16-8-0 (87% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.66 in the same weight class, he is 25 years old (13 years younger than Pyle) and he also lost his last fight (the only one in 2013) facing Adlan Amagov at UFC 166. Pyle vs Waldburger is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann – UFC 170. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Robert Whittaker vs Stephen Thompson full fight Video UFC 170 – 2014
Review: 2014-02-22, some nice single shots and a pretty good finish: Robert Whittaker vs Stephen Thompson gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Robert Whittaker entered this fight with a mma record of 11-3-0 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.58 welterweight in the world, he is just 23 years old (8 years younger than Thompson) and he is a black belt in karate and hapkido. Last year he fought twice, beating Colton Smith in May but then he lost to Court McGee in August (=McGee vs Whittaker).
His opponent, Stephen Thompson, has an official record of 8-1-0 (63% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.97 in the same weight class, he is a black belt in karate and kickboxing, discipline in which he is undefeated with 20 victories out of 20 professional kickboxing fights. Last year he fought twice defeating both his opponets: Nah-Shon Burrell and Chris Clements. Whittaker vs Thompson is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann – UFC 170. Watch the video and rate this fight!