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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, pretty good finish between
Lyoto Machida and Yoel Romero but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-6-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three bouts: against #1 Chris Weidman in 2014 (=Weidman vs Machida) and with Luke Rockhold in 2015 (=Machida vs Rockhold). Between these two fights he defeated CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway).
His opponent, the 2000 Olympic Mw silver medalist in freestyle wrestilng Yoel Romero Palacio, has an official record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he fought against Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante, since then he has won five consecutive fights beating Tim Kennedy in his last one (=Kennedy vs Romero). ‘The Dragon’ Machida vs Romero is the main event of UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, good fight betwwen
Lorenz Larkin and Santiago Ponzinibbio: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
Lorenz Larkin entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-4-0 (60% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.26 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against John Howard in 2015.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Santiago Ponzinibbio, has a record of 19-2-0 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.36 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Ryan LaFlare (=Ponzinibbio vs LaFlare), after this fight he has fought twice winning over Wendell Oliveira Marques (=Oliveira vs Ponzinibbio) and Sean Strickland (=Strickland vs Ponzinibbio). Larkin vs Ponzinibbio is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, pretty good finish between
Eddie Gordon and Antonio Carlos Jr but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Eddie Gordon entered this fight with a mma record of 7-3-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.55 in the world while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj Antonio Carlos Junior, has an official record of 4-1-0 (75% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko). Gordon won the TUF 19 Mw tournament while Carlos Junior won The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 in the heavyweight division but after the finals of the tournaments both fighters were defeated: Gordon lost to Josh Samman and Chris Dempsey while the Brazilian suffered his first loss with Patrick Cummins (=Carlos Jr vs Cummins). ‘Cara de Sapato’ Carlos Jr vs Gordon is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, fight not particularly exciting between
Hacran Dias and Levan Makashvili: it gets two stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Hacran Dias entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-3-1 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, against Nik Lentz and Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Dias), but then he came back to win beating Darren Elkins.
His opponent, Levan Makashvili, has an official record of 7-1-0 (43% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat in 2014 when he faced Alexandre Bezerra but after this fight he took revenge on the Brazilian and won over Mark Eddiva at his Ufc debut (=Makashvili vs Eddiva). Dias vs Makashvili is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, spectacular finish between
Thiago Santos and Steve Bosse: it gets
four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Thiago Santos entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2014 when he faced Uriah Hall (=Hall vs Santos) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Andy Enz.
His opponent, Steve Bosse, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 11, 2013 when he beat Caleb Grummet; he makes his Ufc debut in this bout. ‘Marreta’ Santos vs Bosse is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
