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Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Kevin Holland full fight Video UFC 256 – 2020

2021/10/092020/12/12 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-12, great finish between Ronaldo Souza and Kevin Holland: it gets three stars – UFC Performance of the Night (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The black belt in Bjj, judo and former Strikeforce Mw champion Ronaldo Jacare Souza entered this fight with a record of 26-8-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Israel Adesanya) but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Chris Weidman in 2018 (Chris Weidman vs Ronaldo Jacare Souza). After this fight he has lost to Jack Hermansson (Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Jack Hermansson) and Jan Blachowicz (Jan Blachowicz vs Ronaldo Jacare Souza).
His opponent, the black belt in kung-fu and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Kevin Holland, has a mma record of 20-5-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class. He lost to Brendan Allen last year but then he has won four fights defeating Darren Stewart and Charlie Ontiveros in his last two. Holland vs Souza is on the undercard of Deiveson Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno – UFC 256. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Anthony Smith vs Devin Clark full fight Video UFC on ESPN 18 – 2020

2023/05/102020/11/29 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-28, pretty good finish between Anthony Smith and Devin Clark but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two – UFC Performance of the Night (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Anthony Smith entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-16-0 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Alexander Gustafsson in 2019 (Alexander Gustafsson vs Anthony Smith); after this fight he has lost to Glover Teixeira (Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira) and Aleksandar Rakic (Anthony Smith vs Aleksandar Rakic).
His opponent, Devin Clark, has an official record of 12-4-0 (33% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class. He lost to Ryan Spann in 2019 but then he has won over Dequan Townsend and Alonzo Menifield. Clark vs Smith is the main event of the UFC on ESPN 18 (also known as UFC Vegas 15); on the original fight card the main event was Curtis Blaydes vs Derrick Lewis but the match was canceled since Blaydes tested positive for COVID-19. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Miguel Baeza vs Takashi Sato FULL fight Video UFC on ESPN 18 – 2020

2022/03/192020/11/29 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-28, fight not so exciting between Miguel Baeza and Takashi Sato: it gets two stars – UFC Performance of the Night (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The undefeated Miguel Baeza entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 9-0-0 (78% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.47 welterweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Victor Reyna, Hector Aldana and Matt Brown.
His opponent, the black belt in judo Takashi Sato, has a record of 16-3-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.75 in the same weight class. He lost to Belal Muhammad in 2019 but he came back ton win against Jason Witt in 2020. Sato vs Baeza is on the undercard of Anthony Smith vs Devin Clark – UFC on ESPN 18 (also known as UFC Vegas 15). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Brendan Allen vs Sean Strickland full fight Video UFC FN 183 – 2020

2023/09/022020/11/15 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-14, pretty good finish between Brendan Allen and Sean Strickland but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brendan Allen entered this fight with a pro record of 15-3-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 middleweight in the world. He was defeated by Anthony Hernandez in 2018 but then he has won seven bouts beating Tom Breese and Kyle Daukaus in 2020.
His opponent, Sean Strickland, has an official mma record of 21-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 in the same weight class. He also suffered his last loss in 2018, against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, but then he has defeated Nordine Taleb and Jack Marshman. Strickland vs Allen is on the undercard of Paul Felder vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC Fight Night 183 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 41 or UFC Vegas 14). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2020 MMA fight – Kalinn Williams vs Abdul Razak Alhassan – fight Video UFC FN 183

2020/12/192020/11/15 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-14, good finish between Kalinn Williams and Abdul Razak Alhassan: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Kalinn Williams (also known as Khaos Williams) entered this fight with a professional record of 10-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.61 welterweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Dan Yates in 2018, since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Alex Morono in 2020.
His opponent, the black belt in judo Abdul Razak Alhassan, has a mma record of 10-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.127 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over Sabah Homasi and Niko Price but then he has lost to Mounir Lazzez. Alhassan vs Williams is on the undercard of Paul Felder vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC Fight Night 183 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 41 or UFC Vegas 14). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje full fight Video UFC 254 – 2020

2022/05/302020/10/24 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-24, good fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match took second place in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
The undefeated black belt in judo, two time combat sambo world champion and Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 28-0-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Al Iaquinta (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta), Conor McGregor (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor) and Dustin Poirier (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier). After the fight with McGregor, Khabib was suspended for nine months because, following his victory over the Irishman, he jumped the cage and charged toward McGregor’s cornerman Dillon Danis, who provoked Nurmagomedov with trash talk from outside the cage and then a brawl broke out between the two teams.
His opponent, the former Wsof Lw and current interim Ufc Lw champ Justin Gaethje, has an official record of 22-2-0 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, against Eddie Alvarez (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje) and Dustin Poirier (4-stars fight, Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje), but then he has won four fights defeating Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Justin Gaethje) and Tony Ferguson in his last two (Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje); in this last bout Ferguson was expected to face Khabib but the Russian had to pull out due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaethje vs Khabib, main event of the Ufc 254, is valid for the UFC lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Magomed Ankalaev vs Ion Cutelaba 2 full fight Video UFC 254 – 2020

2024/01/102020/10/24 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-24, pretty good fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Ion Cutelaba 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Magomed Ankalaev entered this fight with a professional record of 14-1-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 light heavyweight in the world. He was defeated by Paul Craig in 2018 but then he has won over Marcin Prachnio, Klidson Farias de Abreu (Magomed Ankalaev vs Klidson Farias de Abreu), Dalcha Lungiambula and Ion Cutelaba in their first fight (controversial TKO decision, Ion Cutelaba vs Magomed Ankalaev I).
His opponent, Ion Cutelaba, has a mma record of 15-5-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. Before losing to Ankalaev, he had fought twice in 2019 losing also to Glover Teixeira (Glover Teixeira vs Ion Cutelaba) and beating Khalil Rountree (Khalil Rountree vs Ion Cutelaba). Cutelaba vs Ankalaev 2 is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje – UFC 254. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Jimmy Crute vs Modestas Bukauskas fight Video UFC FN 180 – 2020

2021/04/242020/10/18 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-18, pretty good finish between Jimmy Crute and Modestas Bukauskas: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Jimmy Crute entered this fight with a mma record of 11-1-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Misha Cirkunov last year (Jim Crute vs Misha Cirkunov) but then he came back back to win against Michal Oleksiejczuk in February 2020 (Jim Crute vs Michal Oleksiejczuk).
His opponent, Modestas Bukauskas, has an official record of 11-2-0 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2016, against Pavel Doroftei and John Redmond, but then he has won seven fights defeating Andreas Michailidis in his last one. Bukauskas vs Crute is on the undercard of Brian Ortega vs Korean Zombie – UFC Fight Night 180 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 38 or UFC Fight Island 6). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Andrade full fight Video UFC FN 180 – 2020

2021/04/242020/10/18 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-18, fight not so exciting between Katlyn Chookagian and Jessica Andrade: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Katlyn Chookagian entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (21% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s flyweight in the world. She has already fought twice in 2020 losing to current #1 Ufc champion Valentina Shevchenko (Valentina Shevchenko vs Katlyn Chookagian) and beating Antonina Shevchenko (Katlyn Chookagian vs Antonina Shevchenko).
Her opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Ufc champion Jessica Andrade, has a record of 20-8-0 (70% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 women’s strawweight but she comes off two consecutive losses, against Zhang Weili (Jessica Andrade vs Weili Zhang) and with Rose Namajunas in their rematch (controversial split decision, Jessica Andrade vs Rose Namajunas 2); before these two bouts ‘Bate Estaca’ Andrade had beat Namajunas in their first clash (Rose Namajunas vs Jessica Andrade I). Andrade vs Chookagian is on the undercard of Brian Ortega vs Korean Zombie – UFC Fight Night 180 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 38 or UFC Fight Island 6). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Impa Kasanganay vs Joaquin Buckley full fight Video highlights UFC FN 179 – 2020

2021/09/182020/10/11 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, spectacular finish between Impa Kasanganay and Joaquin Buckley: this is one of the best mma fights of 2020 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
The undefeatead Impa Kasanganay entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 8-0-0 (25% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.104 middleweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Kailan Hill, Anthony Adams and Maki Pitolo.
His opponent, Joaquin Buckley, has an official record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.135 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2020 beating Jackie Gosh and losing to Kevin Holland. Buckley vs Kasanganay is on the undercard of Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen – UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37 or UFC Fight Island 5). Watch the video and rate this fight!