2018 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Roque Martinez – full fight Video RIZIN FF 13

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-30, fight not particularly good between Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic and Roque Martinez: it gets two stars.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a pro record of 36-11-2 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won eight consecutive bouts winning the 2016 Rizin Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament beating Amir Aliakbari in the final (Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Amir Aliakbari) and, in 2017, he defeated Tsuyoshi Kohsaka.
His opponent, Roque Martinez, has an official mma record of 13-4-2 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.90 in the same weight class. He lost to Kelvin Fitial in 2011 but since then he has collected eight victories and one draw defeating Jerome Le Banner (Jerome Le Banner vs Roque Martinez) and Kiyoshi Kuwabara in his last two. Cro Cop Filipovic vs Martinez is on the undercard of Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin 13. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki – full fight Video Rizin FF 1

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, disappointing fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Shinya Aoki: it gets two stars.

The first man to defeat Royce Gracie in mma history Kazushi Sakuraba (he is 46 years old, 14 years older than Aoki) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-16-1 (88% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 9, 2011 when he was defeated by Yan Cabral (=Cabral vs Sakuraba); before this bout he had lost three consecutive bouts.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Shinya Aoki, has an official record of 38-6-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 66 (=Alvarez vs Aoki 2), since then he has collected eight consecutive victories winning the One Fc Lw belt against Kotetsu Boku in 2013 (=Aoki vs Boku) and defending it twice, the last one against Koji Ando (=Aoki vs Ando). Sakuraba vs Aoki is the main event of “Rizin FF 1 Saraba (Farewell) Fiesta”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Satoshi Ishii vs Jiri Prochazka – full fight Video Rizin FF 1

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, pretty good fight between Satoshi Ishii and Jiri Prochazka: it gets three stars.

The 2008 Olympic judo heavyweight gold medalist Satoshi Ishii entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-4-1 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.39 heavyweight in the world. He lost twice to Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic in 2014 (=Ishii vs Filipovic I and Filipovic vs Ishii II), but he came back to win in 2015 beating Nick Rossborough and Will Penn.
His opponent, Jiri Prochazka, has a record of 14-2-1 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 light heavyweight. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Abdul-Kerim Edilov, since then he has collected eight victories and one draw. Ishii vs Prochazka is the quarterfinal of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament; undercard of Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki – Rizin FF 1 Saraba. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Goran Reljic vs Vadim Nemkov – full fight Video Rizin FF 1

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, fight not particularly good between Goran Reljic and Vadim Nemkov: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj and former KSW light-Hw champion Goran Reljic entered this fight with a mma record of 15-5-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.30 light heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Vadim Nemkov, has an official record of 4-0-0 (100% finishing rate). Both fighters have fought twice in 2015: Reljic has beat Attila Vegh (=Vegh vs Reljic) but then he has lost to Tomasz Narkun (=Reljic vs Narkun 2) while Nemkov has won over Isidor Bunea and Joaquim Ferreira. Reljic vs Nemkov is the quarterfinal of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament; undercard of Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki – Rizin FF 1 Saraba. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Brett McDermott – full fight Video Rizin FF 1

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, pretty good finish between Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal and Brett McDermott but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The former Strikeforce champion and Bellator 2013 Summer Series tournament winner Muhammed Lawal entered this fight with a pro record of 16-4-0 (69% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson last year (=Rampage vs Lawal) but after this bout he has won four consecutive fights defeating Cheick Kongo (=Lawal vs Kongo) and Linton Vassell in 2015 (=Lawal vs Vassell).
His opponent, Brett McDermott, has an official mma record of 5-2-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he has fought twice in 2015 as well: losing to Marcin Lazarz and winning over Pelu Adetola. Lawal vs McDermott is the quarterfinal of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament; undercard of Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki – Rizin FF 1 Saraba. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Andy Souwer vs Akiyo Nishiura – full fight Video Rizin FF 7

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-15, fight not particularly good between Andy Souwer and Akiyo Nishiura: it gets two stars.

The former ISKA, WKA and two-time K-1 World Max champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-2-0 (100% finishing rate) but he has a kickboxing record of 160-19-1. He lost to Daron Cruickshank (=Souwer vs Cruickshank) and Kazuyuki Miyata last year (=Souwer vs Miyata) but he came back to win in 2017 with Massaro Glunder.
His opponent, Akiyo Nishiura, has a record of 13-8-1 (38% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 5, 2014 when he defeated by Ryogo Takahashi. Souwer vs Nishiura is on the undercard of Rena Kubota vs Andy Nguyen – Rizin FF 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 Grappling fight – Kazushi Sakuraba vs Frank Shamrock – full fight Video Rizin FF 7

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1 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-15, boring fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock: it gets one star!

The 48-year-old Kazushi Sakuraba (4 years older than Shamrock) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-17-1 (88% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 29, 2015 when he was defeated by Shinya Aoki (=Sakuraba vs Aoki). He was the first man to defeat Royce Gracie in mma history (May 1, 2000) while in 2005 he beat also Ken Shamrock, Frank’s older brother.
His opponent, the former Ufc light-Hw and Strikeforce Mw champion Frank Shamrock, has an official record of 23-10-2 (70% finishing rate) and he is also not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2009 when he lost to Nick Diaz. Shamrock vs Sakuraba is a special match with grappling rules, undercard of Rena Kubota vs Andy Nguyen – Rizin FF 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Jerome Le Banner vs Roque Martinez – full fight Video Rizin FF 7

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-15, pretty good finish between Jerome Le Banner and Roque Martinez: it gets three stars.

The black belt in karate, judo and former Wkn, Iska world champion Jerome Le Banner (he is 44 years old), entered this fight with a mma record of 3-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he has a kickboxing record of 81-22-2. In his last mma fight he was defeated by Satoshi Ishii (=December 31, 2010) while in his last kickboxing bout he had beat Karl Roberson (=Le Banner vs Roberson).
His opponent, Roque Martinez, has an official record of 11-4-2 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.93 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Kelvin Fitial in 2011, since then he has collected six victories and one draw beating Jaideep Singh in 2017. Martinez vs Le Banner is on the undercard of Rena Kubota vs Andy Nguyen – Rizin FF 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Kyoji Horiguchi vs Hideo Tokoro – full fight Video Rizin FF 6

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-30, pretty good finish between Kyoji Horiguchi and Hideo Tokoro but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a mma record of 19-2-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 flyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced #1 current Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson (=Johnson vs Horiguchi), since then he has won four bouts beating Yuki Motoya in 2017 (=Horiguchi vs Motoya).
His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, has an official record of 34-29-2 (74% finishing rate) but he lost four out of his last six bouts, the last one with Kron Gracie (=Gracie vs Tokoro); after this fight he has beat Asen Yamamoto. Kyoji Horiguchi vs Hideo Tokoro is the main event of Rizin FF 6. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Kyoji Horiguchi vs Yuki Motoya – full fight Video Rizin FF 5 Sakura

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-16, some good exchanges between Kyoji Horiguchi and Yuki Motoya but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a professional record of 18-2-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 flyweight in the world. He lost to #1 Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson in 2015 (=Johnson vs Horiguchi), but then he has won over Chico Camus (=Horiguchi vs Camus), Neil Seery and Ali Bagautinov (=Horiguchi vs Bagautinov).
His opponent, Yuki Motoya, has a mma record of 18-4-0 (61% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Tatsumitsu Wada in 2013, since then he has collected ten victories and one no-contest. Kyoji Horiguchi vs Yuki Motoya is on the undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Anthony Birchak – Rizin FF 5 Sakura. Watch the video and rate this fight!