2016 MMA fight – Ayaka Hamasaki vs Amber Brown – full fight Video Invicta FC 16

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-11, good work on the ground between Ayaka Hamasaki and Amber Brown: it gets three stars.

The black belt in judo Ayaka Hamasaki entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s atomweight in the world. She suffered her only loss when she faced Claudia Gadelha in 2013, after this bout she has won three consecutive fights beating Herica Tiburcio in her last one (valid for the Invicta FC title, Tiburcio vs Hamasaki).
Hes opponent, Amber Brown, has an official record of 6-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. She has also lost in 2013, against Emi Fujino, but then she has collected four victories. Hamasaki vs Brown, main event of the Invicta FC 16, is valid for the Invicta FC atomweight title (Hamasaki’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best of MMA: Ranking of the best mma Fights of the Year 2016 by ATBF

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‘Best of Mma’, is the annual ranking of the best mma fights of the year 2016 (best Ufc fights and other promotions), matches rated by AllTheBestFights.

Clicking on the names of the fighters you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it. However, you do not find a link for all the mma matches because we create a single post just for the 4 and 5 stars fights or for the most important ones.

Comment this post if you want to suggest your favorite mma fight and to help us creating the best mma ranking of all the most spectacular fights!

Best fights of the week 09, year 2016

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 09: (Mon-Sun) from February 29, 2016 to March 06, 2016.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Antonio Margarito vs Jorge Paez Jr Boxing Knockout of the Week: Khalid Yafai vs Dixon Flores   Mma Fight … Read more

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz full fight Video UFC 196 – 2016

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, entertaining fight thanks to a good pace, some nice shots and a spectacular finish: Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz is one of the best mma fights of the year 2016 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night and UFC Performance of the Night).

The Ufc Fw champion Conor McGregor entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-2-0 (95% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world but in this fight he moves up in weight class to the welterweight division. McGregor suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Joseph Duffy, but since then he has won 15 fights (seven in the Ufc) beating, in 2015, Dennis Siver (=McGregor vs Siver), Chad Mendes (=Mendes vs McGregor) and Jose Aldo (4-stars-fight, Aldo vs McGregor).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf 5 Lw tournament winner Nate Diaz, has an official record of 18-10-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 lightweight. He lost to Rafael dos Anjos in 2014 (=dos Anjos vs Diaz) but he came back to win in 2015 defeating Michael Johnson (=Johnson vs Diaz). ‘The Notorius’ McGregor vs Diaz is the main event of the UFC 196 (on the original fight card Conor was expected to face Rafael dos Anjos but the Brazilian pulled out due to a broken foot). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Holly Holm vs Miesha Tate full fight Video UFC 196 – 2016

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, pretty good fight with a spectacular finish: Holly Holm vs Miesha Tate gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The undefeated Ufc women’s Bw champion and former Wbc, Wba, Wbf, Iba boxing champion Holly Holm entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (70% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world. She fought three times last year beating Raquel Pennington (=Holm vs Pennington), Marion Reneau (=Holm vs Reneau) and Ronda Rousey (4-stars-fight, Rousey vs Holm).
Her opponent, the former Strikeforce women’s Bw champion Miesha Tate, has a record of 17-5-0 (53% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. She lost two consecutive fights in 2013, against Cat Zingano (4-stars-fight, Tate vs Zingano) and Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Tate 2), but then she has won four consecutive bouts beating Sara McMann (=Tate vs McMann) and Jessica Eye in 2015 (=Tate vs Eye). Holm vs Tate is valid for the UFC women’s bantamweight title (Holm’s first defense); undercard of Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz – UFC 196. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Ilir Latifi vs Gian Villante – fight Video UFC 196

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, some good exchanges between Ilir Latifi and Gian Villante but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Ilir Latifi entered this fight with a mma record of 11-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Jan Blachowicz in 2014 (=Latifi vs Blachowicz) but then he has won over Hans Stringer and Sean O’Connell.
His opponent, Gian Villante, has an official record of 14-6-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year beating Corey Anderson and Anthony Perosh but between these two bouts he lost to Tom Lawlor. Latifi vs Villante is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz – UFC 196. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Corey Anderson vs Tom Lawlor – fight Video UFC 196

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, fight not particularly good between Corey Anderson and Tom Lawlor: it gets two stars.

The Tuf 19 tournament winner Corey Anderson entered this fight with a professional record of 7-1-0 (43% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.19 light heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year losing to Gian Villante but then he won over Jan Blachowicz (=Blachowicz vs Anderson) and Fabio Maldonado (=Anderson vs Maldonado).
His opponent, Tom Lawlor, has a mma record of 10-5-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Francis Carmont in 2012 (=Carmont vs Lawlor), but after this fight he beat Michael Kuiper and Gian Villante. Anderson vs Lawlor is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz – UFC 196. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko full fight Video UFC 196 – 2016

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, fight not so exciting between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj Amanda Nunes entered this fight with a pro record of 11-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.8 women’s bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Holly Holm). She lost to Cat Zingano in 2014 (=Zingano vs Nunes) but then she has won over Shayna Baszler (=Nunes vs Baszler) and Sara McMann (=McMann vs Nunes).
Her opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and former Wmf, Wmc muay thai and Kunlun champion Valentina Shevchenko, has an official record of 12-1-0 (75% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. She suffered her only loss in 2010 when she faced Liz Carmouche, since then she has won five consecutive bouts beating Sarah Kaufman in his last one. Nunes vs Shevchenko is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz – UFC 196. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Karol Bedorf vs James McSweeney full fight Video KSW 34 – 2016

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-05, Karol Bedorf vs James McSweeney gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.

The Ksw Hw champion Karol Bedorf entered this fight with a pro record of 13-2-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.30 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Rogent Lloret in 2011, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories beating Peter Graham (=Graham vs Bedorf) and Michal Kita in 2015 (=Bedorf vs Kita).
His opponent, James McSweeney, has an official mma record of 15-13-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.59 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last three bouts, against Marcin Rozalski. ‘Coco’ Bedorf vs McSweeney, main event of Ksw 34, is valid for the KSW heavyweight title (Bedorf’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Joe Taimanglo vs Sirwan Kakai – full fight Video Bellator 151

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-04, some good single shots between Joe Taimanglo and Sirwan Kakai but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Joe Taimanglo entered this fight with a professional record of 21-6-1 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Sirwan Kakai, has a mma record of 12-3-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.67 in the same weight class. Taimanglo vs Kakai is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Darrion Caldwell – Bellator 151. Watch the video and rate this fight!