Ola Afolabi entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 21-3-4 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.16 cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, the former Wbo Cw champion Victor Emilio Ramirez, has an official record of 21-2-0 (17 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class. Both boxers had won the Wbo Cw title but then they lost it against Marco Huck: Afolabi was defeated in 2013 (=Huck vs Afolabi 3) while Ramirez lost in 2009. After losing the Englishman beat Lukasz Janik (=Afolabi vs Janik) and Anthony Caputo Smith while the Argentinian has won six consecutive fights defeating Deon Elam in his last bout (=Ramirez vs Elam). Afolabi vs Ramirez is valid for the interim IBF cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2015 BOXING fight – Ievgen Khytrov vs Aaron Coley – full fight Video
Both undefeated, the 2011 world amateur boxing champion Ievgen Khytrov entered this fight with a perfect record of 9-0-0 (9 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.25 middleweight in the world while his opponent, Aaron Coley, has an official record of 9-0-1 (6 knockouts). ‘The Ukranian Lion’ Khytrov has already fought twice in 2015 beating Maurice Louishomme and Jorge Melendez (=Khytrov vs Melendez). Khytrov vs Coley is on the undercard of Frank Galarza vs Sheldon Moore. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – David Branch vs Jesse McElligott – full fight Video WSOF 20
The black belt in Bjj David Branch entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-3-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Anthony Johnson (=Johnson vs Branch), since then he has won five bouts winning the Wsof Mw title in 2014, against Jesse Taylor (=Branch vs Taylor), and defended it once with Yushin Okami (=Branch vs Okami).
His opponent, Jesse McElligott (who replaces Ronny Markes that pulled out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons on the day of the weigh-in), has an official record of 5-1-0 (80% finishing rate) and he comes off two consecutive victories. Branch vs McElligott, main event of WSOF 20, is the semifinal of the World Series of Fighting light-Hw tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Alexander Volkov vs Tony Johnson – full fight Video Bellator 136
Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 24-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitaly Minakov and he lost his Bellator Hw title (=Volkov vs Minakov), since then he has won five bouts beating Alexei Kudin in his last fight (=Volkov vs Kudin).
His opponent, Tony Johnson, has a record of 8-2-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class; he lost to Chris Lokteff in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Robert Neal. Volkov vs Johnson is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy – full fight Video Bellator 136
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marcin Held entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Alexander Sarnavskiy, has an official record of 30-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2013 and then they have won five consecutive bouts: Sarnavskiy was defeated by Will Brooks (=Sarnavskiy vs Brooks), while Held lost to Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held); after losing Held has won the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) beating Patricky Freire in the final (=Freire vs Held). ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy vs Held is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Joe Schilling vs Rafael Carvalho – full fight Video Bellator 136
The former Glory kickboxing champion Joe Schilling, has a pro mma record of 2-3-0 (18-7-0 in kickboxing) and he is ranked as the No.48 middleweight in the world since he defeated Melvin Manhoef in 2014 (=Manhoef vs Schilling – his previous mma bouts were held in 2008).
His opponent, Rafael Carvalho, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. The only bout he lost was in 2011 at his professional mma debut, against Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes; Carvalho fought twice last year beating Mauri Roque and Brian Rogers (=Carvalho vs Rogers). Schilling vs Carvalho is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – full fight Video Bellator 136
The Bellator Lw champion Will Brooks entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). The only man who stopped him (in one round) was Saad Awad in 2013 (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won six consecutive fights beating Michael Chandler twice in 2014 and winning the Bellator Lw belt (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II).
His opponent, Dave Jansen, has an official record of 20-2-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2010, against Kamal Shalorus and Ricardo Lamas, but since then he has collected seven victories winning the Bellator Lw tournament (season seven) in 2013 beating Marcin Held in the final (=Jansen vs Held). After this bout he has fought once winning over Rick Hawn (=Hawn vs Jansen). Brooks vs Jansen, main event of Bellator 136, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs Ramazan Emeev 2 – full fight Video M-1
The black belt in judo and four times world combat sambo champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-2-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 middleweight in the world. The last time he lost was in 2012 when he faced Maiquel Falcao (=Falcao vs Vasilevsky), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts taking revenge on Falcao in 2014 and winning the M-1 Challenge title against Emeev in their first bout (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev). After this fight he has also beat German Yakubov.
His opponent, Ramazan Emeev, has an official record of 11-3-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.81 in the same weight class. Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2, main event of M-1 Challenge 56, is valid for the M-1 Challenge middleweight title (Vasilevsky’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Denis Lebedev vs Youri Kayembre Kalenga – full fight Video WBA
Denis Lebedev entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-2-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Grigory Drozd). He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Guillermo Jones (=Lebedev vs Jones) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Pawel Kolodziej (=Lebedev vs Kolodziej).
His opponent, Youri Kayembre Kalenga, has a record of 21-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred in 2013, against Arturs Kulikauskis, after this bout he has won five consecutive fights winning the interim WBA belt against Mateusz Masternak (=Masternak vs Kalenga) and defending it with Denton Daley in his last bout (=Daley vs Kalenga). Lebedev vs Kalenga is valid for the WBA World cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Eduard Troyanovsky vs Aik Shakhnazaryan – full fight Video
The undefeated Eduard Troyanovsky entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 20-0-0 (17 KOs=85%) and he is ranked as the No.23 super lightweight in the world; he fought three times last year beating Anton Bekish, Jose Alfaro and Jose Agustin Feria.
His opponent, Aik Shakhnazaryan, has an official record of 15-1-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class, he won six out of six bouts in 2014 but he suffered his first defeat in 2015, against Abner Lopez (=Shakhnazaryan vs Lopez). Troyanovsky vs Shakhnazaryan is valid for the vacant IBO World super lightweight title; undercard of Denis Lebedev vs Youri Kalenga. Watch the video and rate this fight!