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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23,
Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
Ovince St Preux entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-10-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world but he won just two out of his last six bouts, the last one against Marcos Rogerio de Lima (=St Preux vs Rogerio de Lima). Before this fight he had lost to Jon Jones (=Jones vs St Preux), Jimi Manuwa (=St Preux vs Manuwa) and Volkan Oezdemir (=St Preux vs Oezdemir).
His opponent, the black belt in judo Yushin Okami, has an official record of 34-10-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.42 welterweight. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2014 and 2015, against David Branch and Jon Fitch (=Fitch vs Okami), but then he has won four bouts beating Andre Lobato in 2017. Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami is the main event of UFC Fight Night 117. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, great performance by both fighters:
Claudia Gadelha vs Jessica Andrade is very close to get four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and three times Bjj world champion Claudia Gadelha entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-2-0 (60% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s strawweight in the world. ‘Claudinha’ lost to current #1 Ufc champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk last year (=Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha 2) but then she has beat Cortney Casey and Karolina Kowalkiewicz (=Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz).
Her opponent, Jessica Andrade, has a record of 16-6-0 (75% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. She has fought twice in 2017 defeating Angela Hill (=Andrade vs Hill) and losing to Joanna Jedrzejczyk (=Jedrzejczyk vs Andrade). Jessica Andrade vs Claudia Gadelha is on the undercard of Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami – UFC Fight Night 117. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, pretty good finish between
Takanori Gomi and Dong Hyun Kim but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Pride and Shooto Lw champion Takanori Gomi entered this fight with a mma record of 35-13-0 (54% finishing rate) but he comes off four consecutive defeats, the last one against Jon Tuck.
His opponent, Dong Hyun Kim, has an official record of 14-8-3 (79% finishing rate) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Dominique Steele and Marco Polo Reyes; after this bout he has won over Brendan O’Reilly. Dong Hyun Kim vs Takanori Gomi is on the undercard of Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami – UFC Fight Night 117. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, tough fight with some nice exchanges and a spectacular finish:
Gokhan Saki vs Henrique da Silva this is one of the
best mma fights of 2017 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The former Glory light-Hw kickboxing champion Gokhan Saki entered this fight with a professional mma record of 0-1-0 but he has kickboxing record of 83-12-0 (59 knockouts). He debuted in mixed martial arts in 2004 but he lost to James Zikic via tko; in his last kickboxing fight he beat Sebastian Ciobanu in 2015 (=Saki vs Ciobanu).
His opponent, Henrique da Silva, has a record of 12-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.78 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, two in 2017, against Jordan Johnson and Ion Cutelaba. Gokhan Saki vs Henrique da Silva is on the undercard of Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami – UFC Fight Night 117. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, pretty good fight between
Jussier Formiga and Yuta Sasaki: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj and judo Jussier Formiga da Silva entered this fight with a pro record of 19-5-0 (42% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.7 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Henry Cejudo in 2015 (via split decision, Formiga vs Cejudo) and Ray Borg in 2017 (=Formiga vs Borg). Between these two bouts he had won over Dustin Ortiz (=Formiga vs Ortiz).
His opponent, Yuta Sasaki, has an official mma record of 20-4-2 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.20 in the same weight class but he won just two out of his last five bouts, against Willie Gates in 2016 and Justin Scoggins in 2017. Between these two victories he was defeated by Wilson Reis (=Reis vs Sasaki). Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Yuta Sasaki is on the undercard of Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami – UFC Fight Night 117. Watch the video and rate this fight!
