Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, pretty good fight between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
TJ Dillashaw entered this fight with a mma record of 12-2-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. He won the Ufc Bw belt in 2014 defeating Renan Barao (=Barao vs Dillashaw I) and he defended it twice beating Joe Soto (=Dillashaw vs Soto) and Barao in their rematch (=Dillashaw vs Barao II).
His opponent, the former Ufc and Wec bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, has an official record of 20-1-0 (40% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 27, 2014 when he defeated Takeya Mizugaki (=Cruz vs Mizugaki); Cruz’s only loss occurred in 2007 when he faced Urijah Faber. Dillashaw vs Cruz, main event of UFC Fight Night 81, is valid for the Ufc bantamweight title (Dillashaw’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, close fight but not particularly exciting: Anthony Pettis vs Eddie Alvarez gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former Ufc and Wec Lw champion Anthony Pettis entered this fight with a professional record of 18-3-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against #1 Rafael dos Anjos (=Pettis vs dos Anjos).
His opponent, the former bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez, has a mma record of 26-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost to Donald Cerrone in 2014 (=Cerrone vs Alvarez) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Gilbert Melendez (=Melendez vs Alvarez). Pettis vs Alvarez is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, good fight between Luke Sanders and Maximo Blanco: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated Luke Sanders entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Maximo Blanco, has an official record of 12-6-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.31 featherweight. Both fighters fought just once last year: Sanders beat Terrion Ware while Blanco defeated Mike de la Torre. Sanders vs Blanco is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, disappointing fight between Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione: it gets two stars.
Travis Browne entered this fight with a pro record of 17-3-1 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Fabricio Werdum) while his opponent, the black belt in karate Matt Mitrione, has an official mma record of 9-4-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. Both fighters lost their last bout: Browne was defeated by Andrei Arlovski (4-stars fight, Arlovski vs Browne) while Mitrione lost to Ben Rothwell (=Rothwell vs Mitrione). Browne vs Mitrione is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, some good single shots between Francisco Trinaldo and Ross Pearson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Jungle Fight Lw champion Francisco Trinaldo entered this fight with a record of 18-4-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2014 when he faced Michael Chiesa, since then he has won four consecutive bouts beating Chad Laprise in his last one (=Trinaldo vs Laprise).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and Tuf 9 tournament winner Ross Pearson, has an official mma record of 18-9-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year defeating Sam Stout (=Pearson vs Stout) and Paul Felder but between these two fights he lost to Evan Dunham (=Pearson vs Dunham). Trinaldo vs Pearson is on the undercard of TJ Dillashaw vs Dominick Cruz – UFC Fight Night 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-31, good fight between Andre Fili and Bryce Mitchell: it gets three stars. Andre Fili entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-7-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 featherweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2020 losing to Sodiq Yusuff and beating Charles Jourdain (Andre Fili vs Charles Jourdain).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Bryce Mitchell, has a perfect record of 13-0-0 (69% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.55 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Bobby Moffett, Matt Sayles and Charles Rosa. Mitchell vs Fili is on the undercard of Uriah Hall vs Anderson Silva – UFC Fight Night 181 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 39 or UFC Vegas 12). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-31, fight not so exciting between Uriah Hall and Anderson Silva: it gets two stars.
The black belt in karate Uriah Hall entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-9-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 middleweight in the world. He lost to Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa in 2018 (Uriah Hall vs Paulo Costa) but then he has beat Bevon Lewis and Antonio Carlos Junior (Uriah Hall vs Antonio Carlos Jr).
His opponent, the 45-year-old (9 years older than Hall) black belt in Bjj, tae-kwon-do and former Ufc Mw champion Anderson Silva, has an official record of 34-10-0 (76% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 11, 201 when he was defeated by Jared Cannonier (Anderson Silva vs Jared Cannonier); before this bout he had also lost to Israel Adesanya in February 2019 (Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva) and he had beat Derek Brunson in 2017 (Anderson Silva vs Derek Brunson). Silva vs Hall is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 181 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 39 or UFC Vegas 12); this should be the retirement fight of Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-09, good mma bout: Michel Pereira vs Michal Oleksiejczuk gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Oleksiejczuk vs Pereira is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 9th, at the Kaseya Center in Miami (Florida, United States), in a 3-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera 2 – UFC 299. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-09, disappointing mma bout: Kevin Holland vs Michael Page gets two stars.
MVP Page vs Holland is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 9th, at the Kaseya Center in Miami (Florida, United States), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera 2 – UFC 299. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-09, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Gilbert Burns vs Jack Della Maddalena gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
Della Maddalena vs Burns is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 9th, at the Kaseya Center in Miami (Florida, United States), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera 2 – UFC 299. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-17, pretty good fight between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-09, good mma bout: Michel Pereira vs Michal Oleksiejczuk gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-09, disappointing mma bout: Kevin Holland vs Michael Page gets two stars.
