Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, pretty good finish between Lyoto Machida and Yoel Romero but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-6-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three bouts: against #1 Chris Weidman in 2014 (=Weidman vs Machida) and with Luke Rockhold in 2015 (=Machida vs Rockhold). Between these two fights he defeated CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway).
His opponent, the 2000 Olympic Mw silver medalist in freestyle wrestilng Yoel Romero Palacio, has an official record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he fought against Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante, since then he has won five consecutive fights beating Tim Kennedy in his last one (=Kennedy vs Romero). ‘The Dragon’ Machida vs Romero is the main event of UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, spectacular finish between Thiago Santos and Steve Bosse: it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Thiago Santos entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2014 when he faced Uriah Hall (=Hall vs Santos) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Andy Enz.
His opponent, Steve Bosse, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 11, 2013 when he beat Caleb Grummet; he makes his Ufc debut in this bout. ‘Marreta’ Santos vs Bosse is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-13, aggressive start, tough exchanges and great finish: Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Ufc Hw champion Cain Velasquez entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-1-0 (85% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 19, 2013 when he defeated Junior dos Santos (in their third fight, Velasquez vs dos Santos 3); after some month he underwent surgery to repair his torn meniscus. His only loss occurred in 2011 when he faced for the first time ‘Cigano’ dos Santos (=Dos Santos vs Velasquez) but then he beat twice Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva and JDS.
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Fabricio Werdum, has an official record of 19-5-1 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. ‘Vai Cavalo’ Werdum suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Werdum), since then he has collected five consecutive victories winning the interim Ufc Hw title in his last bout, against Mark Hunt (=Werdum vs Hunt). Velasquez vs Werdum, main event of Ufc 188, is valid for the Ufc heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-13, great start between Alejandro Perez and Patrick Williams: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Alejandro Perez entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-5-0 (73% finishing rate) while his opponent, Patrick Williams, has an official record of 7-4-0 (86% finishing rate). Perez vs Williams is on the undercard of Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum – UFC 188. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, pretty good fight between Dustin Poirier and Yancy Medeiros: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Dustin Poirier entered this fight with a mma record of 17-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world. He lost to Conor McGregor in 2014 (=Poirier vs McGregor) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Carlos Diego Ferreira (=Poirier vs Ferreira).
His opponent, Yancy Medeiros, has an official record of 11-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.80 in the same weight class. He lost in 2014 as well, but against Jim Miller (=Miller vs Medeiros), and then he has won over Damon Jackson (=Jackson vs Medeiros) and Joe Proctor (=Proctor vs Medeiros). Poirier vs Medeiros is on the undercard of Tim Boetsch vs Dan Henderson – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-30, great performance by both fighters: Nik Lentz vs Charles Oliveira 2 gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night).
Nik Lentz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-6-2 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 featherweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Chad Mendes (=Mendes vs Lentz), after this bout he fought just once beating Manny Gamburyan.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Charles Oliveira, has a record of 19-4-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2012 and 2013, against Cub Swanson (=Swanson vs Oliveira) and Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Oliveira), but since then he has won three bouts beating Jeremy Stephens in his last one (=Stephens vs Oliveira). The first fight between Lentz and Oliveira ended in a no-contest due to an illegal knee (June 26, 2011); this second bout is the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 67 Condit vs Alves. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, good fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Anthony Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.2 light-heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). His last defeat occurred in 2012, against Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Johnson), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts, but just the last three in the Ufc: against Phil Davis (who had defeated Gustafsson in 2010, Davis vs Johnson), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (=Johnson vs Nogueira) and Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Johnson).
His opponent, the former Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. ‘DC’ beat Patrick Cummins (=Cormier vs Cummins) and Dan Henderson in 2014 (=Henderson vs Cormier) but then he suffered his first loss in 2015 when he faced the champ Jon Jones (=Jones vs Cormier). ‘Rumble’ Johnson vs Cormier, main event of Ufc 187, is valid for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title (Jones was stripped of the belt on April 28th, 2015 for violating the Athlete Code of Conduct Policy and for his legal problems); they also faced each other a second time on April 8, 2017 (=Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, nice shots between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort: this fight gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Chris Weidman entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world. He won the Ufc Mw belt in 2013 when he faced Anderson Silva (=Silva vs Weidman I) and then defended his title twice: with ‘The Spyder’ in their rematch (=Weidman vs Silva II) and against Lyoto Machida in his only fight of 2014 (=Weidman vs Machida).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo and former Ufc Hw and light-Hw champion Vitor Belfort (he is 38 years old, eight years older than Weidman), has an official record of 24-10-0 (83% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 9, 2013 when he defeated Dan Henderson (=Belfort vs Henderson 2). Before this bout he had won over Luke Rockhold (with one of the best mma knockouts of the year, Belfort vs Rockhold) and Michael Bisping (=Belfort vs Bisping); Belfort’s last defeat occurred in 2012, against #1 light-Hw Jon Jones (=Jones vs Belfort). Weidman vs Belfort, co-main event of Ufc 187, is valid for the Ufc middleweight title (Weidman’s third defense); undercard of Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-16, nice back and forth fight between Neil Magny and Hyun Gyu Lim: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Neil Magny entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 welterweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Sergio Moraes (=Moraes vs Magny) and Seth Baczynski, but since then he has won six consecutive bouts beating Kiichi Kunimoto in his last fight (=Magny vs Kunimoto).
His opponent, Hyun Gyu Lim, has an official record of 13-4-1 (92% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Tarec Saffiedine (=Saffiedine vs Lim) and winning over Takenori Sato. Magny vs Lim is on the undercard of Frankie Edgar vs Urijah Faber – UFC Fight Night 66. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-10, pretty good finish between Brad Tavares and Robert Whittaker: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Brad Tavares entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-3-0 (46% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2014, against Yoel Romero Palacio (=Tavares vs Romero) and Tim Boetsch (=Boetsch vs Tavares), but he came back to win in 2015 beating Nate Marquardt (=Marquardt vs Tavares).
His opponent, the black belt in hapkido and karate Robert Whittaker, has an official record of 13-4-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2013 and 2014, against Court McGee (=McGee vs Whittaker) and Stephen Thompson (=Whittaker vs Thompson), but then he has won twice, with Mike Rhodes and Clint Hester (=Hester vs Whittaker). Tavares vs Whittaker is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Stipe Miocic – UFC Fight Night 65. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, pretty good finish between Lyoto Machida and Yoel Romero but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
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