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Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor full fight Video UFC 229 – 2018

2024/07/172018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, great fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor: it gets three stars.

The undefeated black belt in judo, two time combat sambo world champion and Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect record of 26-0-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. After suffering different injuries between 2014 and 2015, he fought twice in 2016 winning over Darrell Horcher (Nurmagomedov vs Horcher) and Michael Johnson (Johnson vs Nurmagomedov), and twice between 2017 and 2018 beating Edson Barboza (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza) and Al Iaquinta (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta).
His opponent, the former Ufc Fw and Lw champ Conor McGregor, has an official mma record of 21-3-0 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 12, 2016 when he defeated Eddie Alvarez (Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor). Before this bout, in 2016, ‘The Notorius’ had faced Nate Diaz twice losing the first bout (4-stars fight, McGregor vs Diaz I) and winning the second one (Diaz vs McGregor II). McGregor vs Khabib main event of Ufc 229, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title (Khabib’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis full fight Video UFC 229 – 2018

2023/12/112018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, nice and tough exchanges between Tony Ferguson and Anthony Pettis: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

The black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi Bjj) and Tuf 13 tournament winner Tony Ferguson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-3-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov). ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson suffered his last defeat when he faced Michael Johnson in 2012, since then he has collected ten consecutive victories beating Landon Vannata (4-stars fight, Ferguson vs Vannata), Rafael dos Anjos (dos Anjos vs Ferguson) and Kevin Lee in his last three (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do, Bjj and former Ufc Lw champion Anthony Pettis, has an official record of 21-7-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class but he won just three out of his last eight bouts. He lost to Dustin Poirier at the end of 2017 (Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis) but he came back to win against Michael Chiesa in 2018 (Anthony Pettis vs Michael Chiesa). Ferguson vs Pettis is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Ovince St Preux vs Dominick Reyes – full fight Video UFC 229

2020/09/262018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, Ovince St Preux vs Dominick Reyes gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.

Ovince Saint Preux entered this fight with a pro mma record of 23-11-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world. OSP has already fought twice in 2018 losing to Ilir Latifi (Ovince St Preux vs Ilir Latifi) and beating Tyson Pedro (Ovince St Preux vs Tyson Pedro).
His opponent, the undefeated Dominick Reyes, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Joachim Christe, Jeremy Kimballnsen and Jared Cannonier (Dominick Reyes vs Jared Cannonier). St Preux vs Reyes is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Alexander Volkov vs Derrick Lewis full fight Video UFC 229 – 2018

2024/05/102018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, pretty good finish between Alexander Volkov and Derrick Lewis but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The former Bellator and M-1 Global Hw champion Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 30-6-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He suffered two consecutive losses in 2015, against Tony Johnson (Volkov vs Johnson) and Cheick Kongo (Kongo vs Volkov), but then he has won six bouts beating Fabricio Werdum in his last one (Fabricio Werdum vs Alexander Volkov).
His opponent, Derrick Lewis, has an official record of 20-5-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Mark Hunt in 2017 (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt) but then, in 2018, he has won over Marcin Tybura (Derrick Lewis vs Marcin Tybura) and Francis Ngannou (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis). Volkov vs Lewis is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Felice Herrig vs Michelle Waterson – fight Video UFC 229

2019/03/312018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, fight not particularly good between Felice Herrig and Michelle Waterson: it gets two stars.

Felice Herrig entered this fight with a professional record of 14-7-0 (36% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.12 women’s strawweight in the world but she comes off the loss against Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Before this bout, in 2017, she had beat Alexa Grasso (Alexa Grasso vs Felice Herrig), Justine Kish and Cortney Casey.
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has a mma record of 15-6-0 (80% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.20 in the same weight class but she lost two out of his last three fights, against Rose Namajunas (Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson) and Tecia Torres; after this bout she has beat Cortney Casey. Herrig vs Waterson is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Sergio Pettis – fight Video UFC 229

2019/03/242018/10/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, disappointing fight between Jussier Formiga da Silva and Sergio Pettis: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj and judo Jussier Formiga da Silva entered this fight with a pro record of 21-5-0 (48% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.3 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Henry Cejudo). He lost to Ray Borg in 2017 (Formiga vs Borg) but then he has beat Ulka Sasaki (Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Yuta Sasaki) and Ben Nguyen (Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Ben Nguyen).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Sergio Pettis, has an official mma record of 17-3-0 (35% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Henry Cejudo last year (Henry Cejudo vs Sergio Pettis) but he came back to win in 2018 with Joseph Benavidez (Joseph Benavidez vs Sergio Pettis). Formiga vs Pettis is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!