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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, pretty good fight between
Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The 2008 Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medalist and current Ufc Flw champion Henry Cejudo entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-2-0 (38% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2016, against Demetrious Johnson in their first bout (Johnson vs Cejudo I) and with Joseph Benavidez (via split decision, Benavidez vs Cejudo), but then he has won three fights taking revenge on Johnson in his last one (Demetrious Johnson vs Henry Cejudo 2).
His opponent, the Ufc Bw champ TJ Dillashaw, has an official record of 16-3-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.1 bantamweight. He was defeated by Dominick Cruz in 2016 (via split decision, Dillashaw vs Cruz), but then he has won four bouts beating Cody Garbrandt twice in his last two fights (Cody Garbrandt vs TJ Dillashaw I and TJ Dillashaw vs Cody Garbrandt II ). Cejudo vs Dillashaw, main event of UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1), is valid for the Ufc flyweight title (Cejudo’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, some good exchanges between
Greg Hardy and Allen Crowder but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former American football NFL defensive end Greg Hardy entered this fight with a pro mma record of 3-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.162 heavyweight in the world. He has won all his three professional mma bouts via knockout in the first round and in less than one minute: against Austen Lane, Tebaris Gordon and Ray Jones.
His opponent, Allen Crowder, has a record of 9-3-0 (89% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 2, 2017 when he was defeated by Justin Willis, before this fight he had beat Don’Tale Mayes. Hardy vs Crowder is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, fight not particularly good between
Yancy Medeiros and Gregor Gillespie: it gets two stars.
Yancy Medeiros entered this fight with a mma record of 15-5-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Donald Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Yancy Medeiros); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Erick Silva (Silva vs Medeiros) and Alex Oliveira (Alex Oliveira vs Yancy Medeiros).
His opponent, the undefeated Gregor Gillespie, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Jordan Rinaldi (Gregor Gillespie vs Jordan Rinaldi) and Vinc Pichel (Gregor Gillespie vs Vinc Pichel). Medeiros vs Gillespie is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, good fight between
Donald Cerrone and Alexander Hernandez: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night, UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and gaidojutsu Donald Cerrone entered this fight with a professional mma record of 34-11-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 welterweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Yancy Medeiros (Donald Cerrone vs Yancy Medeiros) and Mike Perry (Donald Cerrone vs Mike Perry) but between these two bouts ‘Cowboy’ lost to Leon Edwards (Donald Cerrone vs Leon Edwards).
His opponent, Alexander Hernandez, has an official record of 10-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 lightweight. He suffered his only loss when he faced Jamall Emmers in 2013, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Beneil Dariush and Olivier Aubin-Mercier in 2018 (Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs Alexander Hernandez). Cerrone vs Hernandez is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, nice exchanges between
Glover Teixeira and Karl Roberson: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Kajukenbo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Glover Teixeira entered this fight with a record of 27-7-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Alexander Gustafsson in 2017 (Gustafsson vs Teixeira) and Corey Anderson in 2018 (Glover Teixeira vs Corey Anderson); between these two bouts he beat Misha Cirkunov (Glover Teixeira vs Misha Cirkunov).
His opponent, Karl Roberson, has a mma record of 7-1-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Cezar Ferreira and defeating Jack Marshman (Jack Marshman vs Karl Roberson). Teixeira vs Roberson is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, fight not so exciting between
Joseph Benavidez and Dustin Ortiz 2: it gets two stars.
Joseph Benavidez entered this fight with a professional record of 26-5-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Henry Cejudo). He fought twice last year losing to Sergio Pettis (Joseph Benavidez vs Sergio Pettis) and beating Alex Perez (Joseph Benavidez vs Alex Perez).
His opponent, Dustin Ortiz, has a mma record of 19-7-0 (63% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost to Brandon Moreno in 2017 (Moreno vs Ortiz) but then he has won three consecutive fights defeating Matheus Nicolau Pereira in his last one (Dustin Ortiz vs Matheus Nicolau Pereira). In their previous bout, Benavidez had beat Ortiz via unanimous decision (November 22, 2014 – Joseph Benavidez vs Dustin Ortiz I); this second fight is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, good exchanges on the ground between
Paige VanZant and Rachael Ostovich: it gets three stars.
Paige VanZant entered this fight with a pro record of 7-4-0 (57% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.50 women’s flyweight in the world since she won just one out of her last four bouts, against Bec Rawlings in 2016 (VanZant vs Rawlings); after this fight she was defeated by Michelle Waterson (VanZant vs Waterson) and by Jessica-Rose Clark (Paige VanZant vs Jessica-Rose Clark).
Her opponent, Rachael Ostovich, has an official mma record of 4-4-0 (50% submission victory rate – she has never won via ko/tko) and she entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. She had beat Karine Gevorgyan in 2017 but then she lost against Montana De La Rosa last year. VanZant vs Ostovich is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1); they also faced each other a second time on July 23, 2021 in a bare knuckle boxing fight (Paige VanZant vs Rachael Ostovich 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
