Home » UFC Fight Night 96
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-10-01, some good exchanges in the second part of the bout but it is not enough to get three stars:
John Lineker vs John Dodson gets two.
John Lineker entered this fight with a professional mma record of 28-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He suffered his last loss when he faced Ali Bagautinov in 2014 (=Lineker vs Bagautinov), since then he has won five bouts beating Rob Font and Michael McDonald in 2016 (=McDonald vs Lineker).
His opponent, the black belt in gaidojutsu and Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson, has an official record of 18-7-0 (61% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He lost to Demetrious Johnson last year (=Johnson vs Dodson 2) but he came back to win in 2016 against Manny Gamburyan. Lineker vs Dodson is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-10-01, fight not so exciting between
Will Brooks and Alex Oliveira: it gets two stars.
The former Bellator Lw champion Will Brooks entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Eddie Alvarez). He suffered his only defeat when he faced Saad Awad in 2013 (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won nine consecutive fights taking revenge on Awad (=Brooks vs Awad 2) and beating Ross Pearson in his Ufc debut (=Brooks vs Pearson).
His opponent, Alex Oliveira, has a record of 14-4-1 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.56 welterweight. ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira has already fought twice in 2016 losing to Donald Cerrone (=Cerrone vs Oliveira) and defeating James Moontasri. Brooks vs Oliveira is on the undercard of John Lineker vs John Dodson – UFC Fight Night 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-10-01, some good single shots between
Josh Burkman and Zak Ottow but it is not enough to get three stars, it gets two.
Joshua Burkman entered this fight with a mma record of 28-13-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 lightweight in the world but he won just one out of his last five bouts, against KJ Noons in February; after this fight he was defeated by Paul Felder (=Burkman vs Felder).
His opponent, Zak Ottow, has an official record of 13-3-0 (92% finishing rate) and he suffered his last loss against Jacob Volkmann in 2015 but then he has won four consecutive fights. Burkman vs Ottow is on the undercard of John Lineker vs John Dodson – UFC Fight Night 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-10-01, good finish between
Louis Smolka and Brandon Moreno: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Louis Smolka entered this fight with a professional record of 11-1-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson) while his opponent, Brandon Moreno, has a mma record of 11-3-0 (82% finishing rate). Smolka suffered his only defeat when he faced Chris Cariaso in 2014 (via split decision, Cariaso vs Smolka) but then he has won four bouts beating Ben Nguyen in his last one (=Smolka vs Nguyen) while Moreno was defeated by Brenson Hansen in 2012 but since then he has won eight consecutive fights. Smolka vs Moreno is on the undercard of John Lineker vs John Dodson – UFC Fight Night 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
