Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-30, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj and current Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-1 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world. In his last three fights he beat Demian Maia in 2017 (Tyron Woodley vs Demian Maia), Darren Till in 2018 but then he lost to current #1 Ww Ufc champ Kamaru Usman in 2019 (Tyron Woodley vs Kamaru Usman).
His opponent, the black belt and three-time Bjj world champion Gilbert Burns, has an official record of 18-3-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. ‘Durinho’ Burns was defeated by Dan Hooker in 2018 but then he has won five fights beating Alexey Kunchenko, Gunnar Nelson (Gunnar Nelson vs Gilbert Burns) and Demian Maia in his last three (Demian Maia vs Gilbert Burns). Woodley vs Burns is the main event of UFC on ESPN 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2020 MMA fight – Augusto Sakai vs Blagoy Ivanov – fight Video UFC on ESPN 9
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-30, disappointing fight between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai: it gets two stars.
The black belt in judo, former world combat sambo and Wsof champion Blagoy Ivanov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-3-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Ben Rothwell (Blagoy Ivanov vs Ben Rothwell) and Tai Tuivasa (Tai Tuivasa vs Blagoy Ivanov) but then he was defeated by Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Blagoy Ivanov).
His opponent, Augusto Sakai, has a record of 14-1-1 (79% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He lost to Cheick Kongo in 2017 (Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai) but then he has won five consecutive bouts beating Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Augusto Sakai) and Marcin Tybura in 2019. Ivanov vs Sakai is on the undercard of Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns – UFC on ESPN 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2020 MMA fight – Katlyn Chookagian vs Antonina Shevchenko – fight Video UFC on ESPN 9
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-30, some good exchanges between Katlyn Chookagian and Antonina Shevchenko but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Katlyn Chookagian entered this fight with a mma record of 13-3-0 (23% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s flyweight in the world but she comes off the loss against current #1 Ufc champion Valentina Shevchenko (Valentina Shevchenko vs Katlyn Chookagian); before this bout, in 2019, she had defeated Joanne Calderwood and Jennifer Maia.
Her opponent, the former 2017 WMC muay thai super-Lw champ Antonina Shevchenko, has an official record of 8-1-0 (37% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. She suffered her only loss when she faced Roxanne Modafferi last year (via split decision, Antonina Shevchenko vs Roxanne Modafferi) but then she has beat Lucie Pudilová. Chookagian vs Shevchenko is on the undercard of Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns – UFC on ESPN 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!