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Josh Koscheck vs Jake Ellenberger full fight Video UFC 184 – 2015

2021/06/182015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, spectacular finish between Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger: it is very close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Josh Koscheck entered this fight with a mma record of 17-8-0 (59% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 16, 2013 when he was defeated by Tyron Woodley (=Koscheck vs Woodley), before this bout he had already lost twice: against Robbie Lawler in February 2013 (=Koscheck vs Lawler) and against Johny Hendricks in 2012 (=Koscheck vs Hendricks).
His opponent, Jake Ellenberger, has a record of 29-9-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 welterweight in the world but he lost his last three bouts as well: he was defeated by Rory MacDonald (=Ellenberger vs MacDonald), Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs Ellenberger) and Kelvin Gastelum (=Ellenberger vs Gastelum). Koscheck vs Ellenberger is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Enriko Kehl vs Erkan Varol 2 – full fight Video

2015/05/102015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, good fight between Enriko Kehl and Erkan Varol: it gets three stars.

Enriko Kehl entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 37-7-1 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world; he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Dzhabar Askerov, since then he has won five consecutive bouts winning the 2014 K-1 World Max tournament against Buakaw Banchamek (the Thai refused to fight the extra-round in the final, Buakaw vs Kehl 2). After this bout Kehl beat Abdoul Toure.
His opponent, Erkan Varol, has a record of 86-15-0 (45 knockouts) and he comes off the loss against Giorgio Petrosyan suffered just one month ago (=Petrosyan vs Varol). In their first bout Kehl defeated Varol by unanimous decision (June 15, 2013); this second fight is on the undercard of Zabit Samedov vs Mert Akin – Akin Dovus Arenasi. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Zabit Samedov vs Mert Akin – full fight Video

2015/04/172015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, fight not particularly exciting between Zabit Samedov and Mert Akin: it gets two stars.

Zabit Samedov entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 80-11-1 and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated Mert Akin, has an official record of 5-0-0. Samedov suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Badr Hari in their rematch (=Hari vs Samedov 2), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts taking revenge on Hari in their third fight (=Hari vs Samedov 3) and beating Makoto Uehara in his last bout. Samedov vs Akin is the main event of Akin Dovus Arenasi. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Carl Frampton vs Chris Avalos – full fight Video IBF

2016/04/212015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, great fight between Carl Frampton and Chris Avalos: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Carl Frampton entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 19-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux); he fought twice in 2014 beating Hugo Fidel Cazares (=Frampton vs Cazares) and Kiko Martinez in their rematch (bout valid for the Ibf super-Bw title, Martinez vs Frampton 2).
His opponent, Chris Avalos, has an official record of 25-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class; he lost twice by split decision: against Christopher Martin in 2010 and Jhonatan Romero in 2011 (when he was 22 years old Avalos vs Romero). After his second loss he has won six consecutive bouts beating Yasutaka Ishimoto and Jose Cen Torres in 2014. Frampton vs Avalos is valid for the IBF World super bantamweight title (Frampton’s first defense), first world title shot for Avalos. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Tyson Fury vs Christian Hammer – full fight Video

2020/09/092015/03/01 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, too much clinching and disappointing finish: Tyson Fury vs Christian Hammer gets two stars.

The undefeated Tyson Fury entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 23-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Wladimir Klitschko); he fought twice in 2014 beating Joey Abell (=Fury vs Abell) and Dereck Chisora in their rematch (=Chisora vs Fury 2).
His opponent, Christian Hammer, has an official record of 17-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class; he suffered two consecutive losses in 2010, against Mariusz Wach and Taras Bidenko, since then he has won ten consecutive bouts, the last one against then-undefeated Irineu Beato Costa Junior (=Hammer vs Costa Junior). Fury vs Hammer is valid for the WBO International heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Dmitry Chudinov vs Chris Eubank Jr – full fight Video WBA

2016/03/282015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, Dmitry Chudinov vs Chris Eubank Jr gets three stars thanks to some explosive exchanges and an exciting finish.

The undefeated Dmitry Chudinov entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 14-0-2 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.14 middleweight in the world; the last man who stopped him in a draw was Patrick Mendy in 2013, since then he has won five consecutive bouts beating Patrick Nielsen (=Nielsen vs Chudinov) and Mehdi Bouadla in 2014 (=Chudinov vs Bouadla).
His opponent, Chris Eubank Jr, has an official record of 18-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class; he fought seven times last year but he suffered his first loss in his last bout, against the undefeated Billy Joe Saunders (via split decision, Saunders vs Eubank Jr). Chudinov vs Eubank Jr is valid for the interim WBA World middleweight title; undercard of Tyson Fury vs Christian Hammer. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo – full fight Video

2018/01/292015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, tremendous pace and very tough exchanges: Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo was an awesome bout, one of the best boxing fights of 2015; it gets four stars but if we don’t find anything better this could be the 2015 female Fight of the Year!

The former Wba, Wbc, Ibf super lightweight and Ibf, Iba, Wbf welterweight champion Anne Sophie Mathis entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-3-1 (23 KOs=85%) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s super welterweight in the world but she won just one out of his last four fights. In fact she suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Holly Holm (in their rematch – Mathis won the first bout) and against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Mathis), then she won the vacant Wbf super-Ww title with Yahaira Hernandez in 2013 and her last bout, against Christina Hammer, ended in a no-contest.
Her opponent, the 20-year-old (17 years younger than Mathis) former Wbo super-Ww champion Oxandia Castillo, has an official record of 13-2-2 (10 KOs=77%) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class; she lost twice between 2013 and 2014, against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Castillo) and Noni Tenge, but then ‘La Loba’ Castillo came back to win beating Yoseidy Zarzuela. Mathis vs Castillo is valid for the WBF female super welterweight title (Mathis’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Pablo Cesar Cano vs Juan Carlos Abreu – full fight Video

2016/08/172015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, pretty good fight between Pablo Cesar Cano and Juan Carlos Abreu: it gets three stars.

Pablo Cesar Cano entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 28-4-1 (21 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.47 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Juan Carlos Abreu, has a record of 18-1-1 (17 KOs=94%). Both boxers lost in 2014: Cano was defeated by Fernando Angulo while Abreu lost to Humberto Soto (=Soto vs Abreu); after losing the Mexican beat Jorge Silva (=Cano vs Silva) while the Dominican defeated Basilio Silva and Ruddy Ascasio. Cano vs Abreu is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino vs Charmaine Tweet full fight Video Invicta FC 11 – 2015

2021/06/252015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, good start between Cristiane Justino and Charmaine Tweet: it gets three stars.

The former Strikeforce women’s Fw champion Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino (formerly known as Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-1-0 (83% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) but she is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since July 13, 2013 when she defeated Marloes Coenen in their rematch winning the inaugural Invicta FC Fw title (=Cyborg vs Coenen 2). Cristiane Justino suffered her only defeat in 2005 at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes.
Her opponent, Charmaine Tweet, has an official record of 6-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 featherweight in the world; she suffered her last defeat in 2013 when she faced Julia Budd at Invicta FC 7 (=Budd vs Tweet), after this bout she beat Anna Barone and Veronica Rothenhausler. Cyborg vs Tweet, main event of Invicta Fc 11, is valid for the Invicta FC featherweight title (Cyborg’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Diego De La Hoya vs Manuel Roman – full fight Video

2015/03/012015/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Diego De La Hoya vs Manuel Roman gets two stars.

The undefeated 20-year-old Diego De La Hoya (cousin of Oscar De La Hoya) entered this fight with a boxing record of 8-0-0 (6 KOs=75%) while his opponent, Manuel Roman, has an official record of 17-3-3 (6 knockouts) and he comes off the loss against Leo Santa Cruz (bout valid for the Wbc super-Bw title, Santa Cruz vs Roman). De La Hoya vs Roman is on the undercard of Pablo Cesar Cano vs Juan Carlos Abreu. Watch the video and rate this fight!