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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-01, some good exchanges between
Jake Ellenberger and Ben Saunders but it is not enough to get three stars, it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
Jake Ellenberger entered this fight with a professional record of 31-13-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.42 welterweight in the world but he won just two out of his last nine fights: he beat Matt Brown in 2016 (Brown vs Ellenberger) and then he was defeated by Jorge Masvidal (Ellenberger vs Masvidal) and Mike Perry (Jake Ellenberger vs Mike Perry).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Ben Saunders, has a mma record of 21-9-2 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.81 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, with Alan Jouban in 2018 and Peter Sobotta in 2017 (Ben Saunders vs Peter Sobotta); before this bout he had beat Court McGee (Ben Saunders vs Court McGee). Ellenberger vs Saunders is on the undercard of Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes – UFC Fight Night 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-01, good fight between
Gregor Gillespie and Vinc Pichel: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated Gregor Gillespie entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 11-0-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.55 lightweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Andrew Holbrook, Jason Gonzalez and Jordan Rinaldi (Gregor Gillespie vs Jordan Rinaldi).
His opponent, Vinc Pichel, has an official record of 11-1-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.63 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Rustam Khabilov in 2012 (Rustam Khabilov vs Vinc Pichel), since then he has fought and won just four times beating Joaquim Silva in 2018. Gillespie vs Pichel is on the undercard of Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes – UFC Fight Night 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-01, good finish between
Jimmie Rivera and Marlon Moraes: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in karate Jimmie Rivera entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-1-0 (29% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He suffered his only loss at his second professional mma fight, against Jason McLean in 2008 (via split decision), since then he has collected 20 consecutive victories beating Iuri Alcantara (Alcantara vs Rivera), Urijah Faber (Faber vs Rivera) and Thomas Almeida in his last three (Jimmie Rivera vs Thomas Almeida).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has a record of 20-5-1 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year losing to Raphael Assuncao (Moraes vs Assuncao) but then he beat John Dodson (Dodson vs Moraes) and Aljamain Sterling (Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes). Rivera vs Moraes is the main event of UFC Fight Night 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!
