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!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-10, James Vick vs Jake Matthews gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
Both undefeated, the American James Vick entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.51 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Jake Matthews, has a record of 8-0-0 (87% finishing rate). Vick vs Matthews is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Stipe Miocic – UFC Fight Night 65. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi gets three stars only thanks to great finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
The Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Dominick Cruz (=Cruz vs Johnson), since then he has collected one draw and seven consecutive victories beating Chris Cariaso in his last bout (=Johnson vs Cariaso).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Shooto Bw champion Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred in 2012 against Masakatsu Ueda (via majority decision), since then he has won nine consecutive fights winning over Louis Gaudinot in his last bout (=Horiguchi vs Gaudinot). Johnson vs Horiguchi, main event of Ufc 186, is valid for the Ufc flyweight title (held by Johnson). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, pretty good fight between Thomas Almeida and Yves Jabouin: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated Thomas Almeida entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 17-0-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.42 bantamweight in the world; he fought three times last year beating Tim Gorman in his last bout (Almeida’s Ufc debut)
His opponent, Yves Jabouin, has a record of 20-9-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class; he fought twice in 2014 losing to Eddie Wineland but then he came back to win beating Mike Easton. Almeida vs Jabouin is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi – UFC 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, good fight between Lyoto Machida and Luke Rockhold: it gets three stars (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 22-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 middleweight in the world. ‘The Dragon’ fought three times in 2014 beating Gegard Mousasi (=Machida vs Mousasi) and CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway) but between these two bouts he lost to #1 Ufc Mw champion Chris Weidman (=Weidman vs Machida).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce Mw champion Luke Rockhold, has an official record of 13-2-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitor Belfort (4-stars-fight Belfort vs Rockhold) but after losing he has won three fights beating Michael Bisping in his last bout (=Rockhold vs Bisping). Machida vs Rockhold is the main event of UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, Cub Swanson vs Max Holloway gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Cub Swanson entered this fight with a mma record of 21-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo). He fought twice last year beating Jeremy Stephens (=Swanson vs Stephens) but then he lost to Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson).
His opponent, Max Holloway, has an official record of 12-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway), but then he has won five bouts beating Cole Miller in his last fight (=Holloway vs Miller). Swanson vs Holloway is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold – UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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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).
