Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: (Mon-Sun) from December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2020.
Boxing Fight of the Week: Kosei Tanaka vs Kazuto Ioka
Boxing Knockout of the Week: Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell
K-1 Muay Thai Fight of the Week: Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kumandoi Petcharoenvit
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, great fight between Tenshin Nasukawa and Kumandoi Petcharoenvit: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the best kickboxing fights of 2020).
The undefeated black belt in karate and former ISKA world champion Tenshin Nasukawa entered this fight with a perfect kickboxing record of 39-0-0 (30 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2020 winning over Yuki Kasahara, Kouzi (Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kouzi Koji) and Yuki; at the end of 2018 he had also faced Floyd Mayweather Jr in a boxing exhibition fight (Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa).
His opponent, the former Omnoi and Wbc Muay Thai champ Kumandoi Petcharoenvit, has an official record of 122-28-0 and he entered as the No.4 featherweight but he lost two out of his last three bouts, both against Saoek Sitchefboontham; between the two losses he beat Petchsuntri Jitmuangnon. Kumandoi vs Tenshin is on the undercard of Kai Asakura vs Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, pretty good finish between Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The Rizin Bw champion Kai Asakura entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-2-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 bantamweight in the world. He lost to Manel Kape last year but he came back to win against Hiromasa Ougikubo and Shoji Maruyama in 2020.
His opponent, the black belt in karate, former Bellator and Rizin Bw champ Kyoji Horiguchi, has a record of 28-3-0 (61% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 18, 2019 when he was defeated by Kai Asakura in their first fight. Before this bout, in the same year, he had beat Ben Nguyen (Kyoji Horiguchi vs Ben Nguyen) and Darrion Caldwell (Kyoji Horiguchi vs Darrion Caldwell 2). Horiguchi vs Asakura 2, main event of the Rizin 26, is valid for the Rizin bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-19, great finish between Darrion Caldwell and AJ McKee: it 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: 2020-07-12, entertaining fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Jiri Prochazka: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a record of 17-4-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world. He lost three consecutive fights between 2018 and 2019, the last one with Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir) but then he has beat Ilir Latifi (Volkan Oezdemir vs Ilir Latifi) and Aleksandar Rakic (Volkan Oezdemir vs Aleksandar Rakic).
His opponent, Jiri Prochazka, has a mma record of 26-3-1 (96% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Muhammed Lawal in 2015 (Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts taking revenge on Lawal in 2019 (Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka 2) and beating, after this bout, also Fabio Maldonado (Jiri Prochazka vs Fabio Maldonado) and CB Dollaway. Oezdemir vs Prochazka is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal – UFC 251. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: (Mon-Sun) from December 23, 2019 to December 31, 2019.
Boxing Fight of the Week: Moruti Mthalane vs Akira Yaegashi
Boxing Knockout of the Week: Ryota Murata vs Steven Butler
Mma Fight of the Week: Patricky Freire vs Tofiq Musayev
Mma Knockout of the Week: Patricky Freire vs Luiz Gustavo
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-31, nice exchanges between Patricky Freire and Tofiq Musayev: it gets three stars.The black belt in Bjj Patricky Freire entered this fight with a pro record of 23-8-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 lightweight in the world. Patricky Pitbull lost to Michael Chandler in 2016 (Chandler vs Freire 2) but then he has won seven bouts defeating Luiz Gustavo Felix dos Santos in the semifinal of the Rizin lightweight Grand Prix mma tournament (Patricky Freire vs Luiz Gustavo Felix dos Santos).
His opponent, Tofiq Musayev, has an official mma record of 17-3-0 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Aigun Akhmedov in 2014, since then he has won 13 consecutive bouts defeating Johnny Case in his last one. Freire vs Musayev is the final of Rizin lightweight Grand Prix mma tournament; undercard of Kai Asakura vs Manel Kape – RIZIN 20. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-31, good start between Patricky Freire and Luiz Gustavo Felix dos Santos: it gets three stars.The black belt in Bjj Patricky Freire entered this fight with a professional record of 22-8-0 (68% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 lightweight in the world. Patricky Pitbull lost to Michael Chandler in 2016 (Chandler vs Freire 2) but then he has won six bouts defeating Ryan Scope (Patricky Freire vs Ryan Scope) and Tatsuya Kawajiri in 2019 (Patricky Freire vs Tatsuya Kawajiri).
His opponent, Luiz Gustavo Felix dos Santos, has a mma record of 10-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.82 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2019 losing to Mikuru Asakura and beating Hiroto Uesako. Freire vs Gustavo is the semifinal of the Rizin lightweight Grand Prix mma tournament; undercard of Kai Asakura vs Manel Kape – RIZIN 20. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, fight not particularly good between Jiri Prochazka and Fabio Maldonado: it gets two stars.Jiri Prochazka entered this fight with a professional record of 24-3-1 (96% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Muhammed Lawal in 2015 (Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka), since then he has won eight consecutive bouts defeating Brandon Halsey at the end of 2018 and taking revenge on Lawal in 2019 (Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka 2).
His opponent, the former Fight Nights Global light-Hw champion Fabio Maldonado, has a mma record of 25-13-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.64 heavyweight. He fought three times last year losing to Nikita Krylov (Nikita Krylov vs Fabio Maldonado) and Ivan Shtyrkov (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Fabio Maldonado) but then he beat Thiago Silva Batista. Prochazka vs Maldonado is the main even of RIZIN 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!
