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Review: 2014-05-10, aggressive start, back-and-forth action, tough exchanges, good work on the ground and high pace: Matt Brown vs Erick Silva is definitely a candidate for Fight of the Year 2014 and it gets five stars (UFC Performance and Fight of the Night). Matt Brown entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-11-0 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 welterweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Seth Baczynski at Ufc 139, since then he has collected six consecutive wins.
His opponent, the balck belt in Bjj and judo Erick ‘Indio’ Silva, has an official record of 16-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2013 defeating Jason High (=Silva vs High) and losing to Dong Hyun Kim (=Silva vs Kim); he came back to victory in 2014 winning over Takenori Sato (=Silva vs Sato). Brown vs Silva is the main event of UFC Fight Night Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, good exchanges and nice finish: Costas Philippou vs Lorenz Larkin gets three stars. Constantinos Philippou entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-4-0 (58% finishing rate, with only one victory by submission) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world, he comes off two consecutive losses: against Francis Carmont in 2013 (=Philippou vs Carmont) and Luke Rockhold in 2014 (=Rockhold vs Philippou).
His opponent, Lorenz Larkin, has a record of 14-2-0 (57% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class, he also lost in 2013 against Carmont and once in 2014 against Brad Tavares (=Larkin vs Tavares), between these two bouts he defeated Chris Camozzi. Costas Philippou vs Larkin is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, Daron Cruickshank vs Erik Koch gets three stars thanks to a great finish. The black belt in taekwondo Daron Cruickshank entered this fight with a mma record of 14-4-0 (64% finishing rate, with only one victory by submission) and he is ranked as the No.76 lightweight in the world, he lost twice in his last four fights: against John Makdessi and Adriano Martins, both in 2013; he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Mike Rio.
His opponent, Erik Koch, has a record of 14-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he also is a black belt in taekwondo, lost twice in 2013 (against Ricardo Lamas =Lamas vs Koch and Dustin Poirier =Poirier vs Koch) and came back to victory this year beating Rafaello Oliveira. Cruickshank vs Koch is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: Tim Means vs Neil Magny gets two. Tim Means entered this fight with a mma record of 20-5-1 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.52 welterweight in the world, he lost two consecutive fights in 2013 (against Jorge Masvidal and Danny Castillo) and was released by the Ufc, after these two bouts he has fought and won twice for the Legacy Fc (defeating Pete Spratt and Artenas Young, both in the first round via ko) and he was resigned by the Ufc.
His opponent, Neil Magny, has an official record of 9-3-0 (44% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.97 in the same weight class, he also lost twice in 2013, against Sergio Moraes (=Moraes vs Magny) and Seth Baczynski, but then he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Gasan Umalatov. Means vs Magny is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, fight not particularly exciting between Soa Palelei and Ruan Potts: it gets two stars. The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Soa Palelei entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.34 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Daniel Cormier, since then he has collected 10 consecutive wins, his last two in the Ufc: against Nikita Krylov (=Palelei vs Krylov) and Pat Barry (=Barry vs Palelei).
His opponent, Ruan Potts, has an official record of 8-1-0 (100% finishing rate) he is a black belt in judo but he also won the muay thai South African title; in this fight he makes his debut in the Ufc. Palelei vs Potts is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-10, pretty good fight between Chris Cariaso and Louis Smolka: it gets three stars. Chris Cariaso entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-5-0 (31% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 flyweight in the world, he lost to Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva in his first bout of 2013 but then he defeated Iliarde Santos and Danny Martinez (this last fight in 2014).
His opponent, the undefeated Louis Smolka, has an official record of 7-0-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he is just 22 years old (10 years younger than Cariaso) and he made his Ufc debut just four months ago defeating Alptekin Ozkilic. Cariaso vs Smolka is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
