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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, pretty good fight between
TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
TJ Dillashaw entered this fight with a mma record of 12-2-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. He won the Ufc Bw belt in 2014 defeating Renan Barao (=Barao vs Dillashaw I) and he defended it twice beating Joe Soto (=Dillashaw vs Soto) and Barao in their rematch (=Dillashaw vs Barao II).
His opponent, the former Ufc and Wec bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, has an official record of 20-1-0 (40% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 27, 2014 when he defeated Takeya Mizugaki (=Cruz vs Mizugaki); Cruz’s only loss occurred in 2007 when he faced Urijah Faber. Dillashaw vs Cruz, main event of UFC Fight Night 81, is valid for the Ufc bantamweight title (Dillashaw’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, close fight but not particularly exciting:
Anthony Pettis vs Eddie Alvarez gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former Ufc and Wec Lw champion Anthony Pettis entered this fight with a professional record of 18-3-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against #1 Rafael dos Anjos (=Pettis vs dos Anjos).
His opponent, the former bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez, has a mma record of 26-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost to Donald Cerrone in 2014 (=Cerrone vs Alvarez) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Gilbert Melendez (=Melendez vs Alvarez). Pettis vs Alvarez is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, good fight between
Luke Sanders and Maximo Blanco: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated Luke Sanders entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Maximo Blanco, has an official record of 12-6-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.31 featherweight. Both fighters fought just once last year: Sanders beat Terrion Ware while Blanco defeated Mike de la Torre. Sanders vs Blanco is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, disappointing fight between
Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione: it gets two stars.
Travis Browne entered this fight with a pro record of 17-3-1 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Fabricio Werdum) while his opponent, the black belt in karate Matt Mitrione, has an official mma record of 9-4-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. Both fighters lost their last bout: Browne was defeated by Andrei Arlovski (4-stars fight, Arlovski vs Browne) while Mitrione lost to Ben Rothwell (=Rothwell vs Mitrione). Browne vs Mitrione is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, some good single shots between
Francisco Trinaldo and Ross Pearson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Jungle Fight Lw champion Francisco Trinaldo entered this fight with a record of 18-4-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2014 when he faced Michael Chiesa, since then he has won four consecutive bouts beating Chad Laprise in his last one (=Trinaldo vs Laprise).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and Tuf 9 tournament winner Ross Pearson, has an official mma record of 18-9-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year defeating Sam Stout (=Pearson vs Stout) and Paul Felder but between these two fights he lost to Evan Dunham (=Pearson vs Dunham). Trinaldo vs Pearson is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
