2019 MMA fight – Ivan Shtyrkov vs Hoon Kim – full fight Video Rizin 17

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-28, fight not so exciting between Ivan Shtyrkov and Hoon Kim: it gets two stars.

The undefeaed Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-0-1 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 light heavyweight in the world. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Geronimo dos Santos last year (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Geronimo dos Santos); after this fight ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has won over Fabio Maldonado (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Fabio Maldonado) and Thiago Silva (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Thiago Silva).
His opponent, Hoon Kim, has an official record of 10-12-2 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since Ocotber 28, 2017 when he was defeated by Young Choi; before this bout, in July 2017, he had beat Riki Fukuda. Shtyrkov vs Kim is on the undercard of Yusuke Yachi vs Mikuru Asakura – Rizin 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Darrion Caldwell vs Kyoji Horiguchi – full fight Video Rizin 14

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3 Star RatingReview 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!

2018 MMA fight – Ivan Shtyrkov vs Thiago Silva – full fight Video RCC 5

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-15, good finish between Ivan Shtyrkov and Thiago Silva: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Ivan Shtyrkov entered this fight with a record of 14-0-1 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2018 beating Marcin Lazarz (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Marcin Lazarz) and Fabio Maldonado (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Fabio Maldonado) but between these two bouts ‘Ural Hulk’ Shtyrkov has tied with Geronimo dos Santos (Ivan Shtyrkov vs Geronimo dos Santos).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Thiago Silva, has a mma record of 21-7-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.48 light heavyweight. He has fought twice in 2018 losing to Mikhail Kolobegov and beating James McSweeney. Shtyrkov vs Silva is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Jonas Billstein – RCC 5. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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!

2017 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka – full fight Video Rizin 2017

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-31, fight not so exciting between Mirko Filipovic and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka: it gets two stars.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do, former K-1, Pride and 2016 Rizin Hw champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 35-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won seven bouts beating Muhammed King Mo Lawal (=Cro Cop vs Lawal), Baruto Kaito (=Filipovic vs Baruto) and Amir Aliakbari (=Filipovic vs Aliakbari).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Tsuyoshi Kosaka, has an official record of 27-19-2 (52% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 29, 2016 when he was defeated by Baruto Kaito (=Baruto vs Kosaka). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Kosaka is the main event of “Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round”. 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 – Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal 2 – full fight Video Bellator 175

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-03-31, disappointing fight between Quinton Jackson and Muhammed Lawal 2: it gets two stars.

The former Ufc ligh-Hw champion Quinton Rampage Jackson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 37-11-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 heavyweight in the world. He suffered three consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2013 (the last one against Glover Teixeira: Rampage vs Teixeira) but then he has won five bouts winning the Bellator light-Hw tournament (Season 10) against Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal in 2014 (=Rampage vs Lawal I) and beating Satoshi Ishii in his last fight (=Jackson vs Ishii).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Muhammed King Mo Lawal, has an official record of 20-6-0 (65% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three bouts, against Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal) and Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic (=Cro Cop vs Lawal). Between these two fights he beat Satoshi Ishii (=Lawal vs Ishii). Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Rampage Jackson 2 is the main event of Bellator 175. Watch the video and rate this fight!