Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-05-06, great performance by both fighters: the kickboxing match Buakaw Banchamek vs Rukiya Anpo gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Kickboxing Fights of 2023).
Anpo vs Buakaw is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 6th, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo (Japan), in a 3-round super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Kai Asakura vs Yuki Motoya – Rizin 42. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-23, nice and tough kickboxing match: Buakaw Banchamek vs Minoru Kimura gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-27, good fight between Tenshin Nasukawa and Kouzi: it gets three stars. Moreover this match was named ‘Kickboxing Fight of the Year 2020’ by our users (check out the full ranking here, 2020 Kickboxing Fans Ranking).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, good fight between Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi: it gets three stars.The Bellator Bw champion Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-1-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He suffered his only loss when he faced Joe Taimanglo in 2016 (Caldwell vs Taimanglo I) but then he took revenge on him (Taimanglo vs Caldwell II); after this bout he has won three fights beating Noad Lahat in his last one (Darrion Caldwell vs Noad Lahat).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 25-2-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced former Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson in 2015 (Johnson vs Horiguchi), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Ian McCall and Hiromasa Ogikubo in 2018. Caldwell vs Horiguchi is valid for the inaugural Rizin bantamweight title; undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa – Rizin 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Amir Aliakbari but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 34-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while his opponent the undefeated 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a record of 5-0-0 (60% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Aliakbari is the final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the semifinals Cro Cop has beat Baruto Kaito (=Filipovic vs Baruto) while Aliakbari has defeated Valentin Moldavsky (=Moldavsky vs Aliakbari); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, good fight between Tatsuya Kawajiri and Kron Gracie: it gets three stars.Tatsuya Kawajiri entered this fight with a professional mma record of 35-10-2 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 featherweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Dennis Bermudez (=Kawajiri vs Bermudez) and Cub Swanson.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Kron Gracie, has an official record of 3-0-0 (100% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko); he has fought once in 2016 beating Hideo Tokoro (=Gracie vs Tokoro). Kawajiri vs Gracie is the main event of Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, disappointing fight between Valentin Moldavsky and Amir Aliakbari: it gets two stars.Both undefeated, the Russian Valentin Moldavsky has a perfect record of 5-0-0 (60% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.87 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a record of 4-0-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Moldavsky vs Aliakbari is the semifinal of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the quarter-finals Moldavsky has beat Szymon Bajor (=Bajor vs Moldavsky) while Aliakbari has defeated Heath Herring (=Herring vs Aliakbari); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, fight not particularly good between Mirko Filipovic and Baruto Kaito: it gets two stars.Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson), entered this fight with a pro mma record of 3-0-0 (0 knockouts). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Baruto is the semifinal of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the quarter-finals Cro Cop has beat Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (=Filipovic vs Lawal) while Baruto has won over Tsuyoshi Kosaka (=Baruto vs Kosaka); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-04-13, good mma bout: Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic gets three stars (Ufc Performance of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-22, pretty good finish but the rest of the bout was quite boring: Patricio Freire vs Jeremy Kennedy gets two stars.
