Review: 2014-09-20, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Kiichi Kunimoto vs Richard Walsh gets two stars. Kiichi Kunimoto entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-5-2 (65% finishing rate) while his opponent, Richard Walsh, has an official record of 8-1-0 (62% finishing rate); both fighters come off six consecutive wins. Kunimoto vs Walsh is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2014 MMA fight – Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah – fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah gets two. The black belt in judo Yoshihiro Akiyama entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (92% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since February, 2012 when he was defeated by Jake Shields (=Shields vs Akiyama); before that bout he had already lost three consecutive times.
His opponent, Amir Sadollah, has a record of 6-4-0 (33% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 29, 2012 when he was defeated by Dan Hardy (=Hardy vs Sadollah). Akiyama vs Sadollah is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Miesha Tate vs Rin Nakai – fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, fight not particularly exciting between Miesha Tate and Rin Nakai: it gets two stars. The former Strikeforce women’s Bw champion Miesha Tate entered this fight with a mma record of 14-5-0 (64% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.5 women’s bantamweight in the world; she lost two out of two fights in 2013, against Cat Zingano (=Tate vs Zingano) and the rematch against #1 Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Tate 2), but she came back to win in 2014 beating Liz Carmouche (=Tate vs Carmouche).
Her opponent, the undefeated black belt in judo and former Pancrase women’s Bw champion Rin Nakai, has an official record of 16-0-1 (62% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, she has already fought once in 2014 beating Sarah D’Alelio. Tate vs Nakai is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Myles Jury vs Takanori Gomi – full fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, pretty good finish between Myles Jury and Takanori Gomi: it gets three stars. The undefeated black belt in Bjj Myles Jury entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world, he has already fought once in 2014 beating Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Jury).
His opponent, the former Pride Lw champion Takanori Gomi, has an official record of 35-9-0 (54% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Gomi) but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Isaac Vallie-Flagg. Jury vs Gomi is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – full fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The 40-year-old Mark Hunt (two years older than Nelson) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-8-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); he fought three times last year defeating Stefan Struve (=Struve vs Hunt) but then he was beat by #2 Junior dos Santos (=Dos Santos vs Hunt) and he drew against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in one of the most exciting fights of 2013 (4-stars-fight Bigfoot vs Hunt).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Roy Nelson, has an official record of 20-9-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive bouts in 2013, against Stipe Miocic (=Nelson vs Miocic) and Daniel Cormier (=Cormier vs Nelson), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson). ‘Big Country’ Nelson vs Hunt is the main event of UFC Fight Night 52. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Kyoji Horiguchi vs Jon delos Reyes – full fight Video UFC FN 52
Review: 2014-09-20, good finish between Kyoji Horiguchi and Jon delos Reyes: it gets three stars. The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a mma record of 13-1-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson); he suffered his only defeat (via majority decision) in 2012 when he faced Masakatsu Ueda, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories.
His opponent, Jon delos Reyes, has an official record of 7-3-0 (100% finishing rate), he has already fought once in 2014 but he lost to Dustin Kimura: Horiguchi vs Reyes is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!