Review: 2014-10-04, good finish between Max Holloway and Akira Corassani: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Max Holloway entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 featherweight in the world, he lost twice in 2013, against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway) but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Will Chope (=Holloway vs Chope), Andre Fili (=Holloway vs Fili) and Clay Collard (=Holloway vs Collard).
His opponent, the balck belt in tae-kwon-do Akira Corassani, has an official record of 12-4-0 (34% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class, he won twice last year, against Robbie Peralta (=Peralta vs Corassani) and Maximo Blanco, but he lost his only bout of 2014 against Dustin Poirier (=Poirier vs Corassani). Holloway vs Corassani is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story – UFC FN 53. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2014 MMA fight – Ilir Latifi vs Jan Blachowicz – fight Video UFC FN 53
Review: 2014-10-04, fight not particularly exciting between Ilir Latifi and Jan Blachowicz: it gets two stars. Ilir Latifi entered this fight with a mma record of 9-3-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 light heavyweight in the world, he lost his Ufc debut fight in 2013, against Gegard Mousasi (=Mousasi vs Latifi), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Cyrille Diabate and Chris Dempsey.
His opponent, Jan Blachowicz, has a record of 17-3-0 (65% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since March 16, 2013 when he defeated Goran Reljic successfully defended his KSW light-Hw title (=Blachowicz vs Reljic). Latifi vs Blachowicz is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story – UFC FN 53. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Niklas Backstrom vs Mike Wilkinson – fight Video UFC FN 53
Review: 2014-10-04, exciting finish between Niklas Backstrom and Mike Wilkinson: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The undefeated Niklas Backstrom entered this fight with a perfect record of 8-0-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 featherweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Max Coga and Tom Niinimaki (=Niinimaki vs Backstrom).
His opponent, Mike Wilkinson, has an official record of 8-1-0 (75% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 8, 2013 when he was defeated by Rony ‘Jason’ Mariano Bezerra (=Jason vs Wilkinson). Backstrom vs Wilkinson is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story – UFC FN 53. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Kendall Grove vs Christian M’Pumbu – full fight Video Bellator 127
Review: 2014-10-03, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was boring: Kendall Grove vs Christian M’Pumbu gets two stars. The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Kendall Grove entered this fight with a mma record of 20-14-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.71 middleweight in the world; he lost to Brett Cooper in his last bout (=Cooper vs Grove).
His opponent, the former Bellator light-Hw champion Christian M’Pumbu, has an official record of 18-6-1 (83% finishing rate) but he comes off three consecutive defeats: against Travis Wiuff (=Wiuff vs M’Pumbu), Attila Vegh (=M’pumbu vs Vegh) and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (=Rampage vs M’Pumbu). Grove vs M’Pumbu is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Robert Emerson vs Rafael Silva – full fight Video Bellator 127
Review: 2014-10-03, some good exchanges in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Rob Emerson vs Rafael Silva gets two stars. The black belt in kyokushin karate Robert Emerson entered this fight with a mma record of 17-10-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Justin Salas, since then he has won five consecutive bouts, the last one against Joe Taimanglo.
His opponent, Rafael Silva, has an official record of 21-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class, he won the Bellator Bw tournament in 2013 but then he lost to Joe Warren on May 2014 (=Warren vs Silva). ‘Morcego’ Silva vs Emerson is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Fernando Gonzalez vs Karo Parisyan – full fight Video Bellator 127
Review: 2014-10-03, fight not particularly exciting between Fernando Gonzalez and Karo Parisyan: it gets two stars. Fernando Gonzalez entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-13-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.68 welterweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Karo Parisyan, has an official record of 24-10-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.98 in the same weight class. Gonzalez vs Parisyan is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Daniel Straus vs Justin Wilcox – full fight Video Bellator 127
Review: 2014-10-03, the fight between Daniel Straus and Justin Wilcox gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Daniel Straus entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-5-0 (36% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world, he won the Bellator Fw title in his only fight of 2013, against Pat Curran (=Curran vs Straus 2 ) but on March 2014, in their third bout, he lost the belt (=Straus vs Curran 3).
His opponent, Justin Wilcox, has an official record of 14-6-0 (29% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.61 lightweight, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Patricio Freire (=Freire vs Wilcox) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Jason Fischer. Straus vs Wilcox is the main event of Bellator 127. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Dante Jardon vs Adrian Estrella – full fight Video
Review: 2014-07-05, some good exchanges between Dante Jardon and Adrian Estrella but it is not enough to get three stars. Dante Jardon entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 24-4-0 (20 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.14 super featherweight in the world, he fought four times in 2013 defeating Adrian Verdugo, Akinori Kanai and Gamaliel Diaz (=Jardon vs Diaz) but then he lost to Takashi Miura in a bout valid for the WBC super-Fw title (=Miura vs Jardon).
His opponent, the undefeated Adrian Estrella, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (17 KOs=100%) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Yuta Matsuda (=Estrella vs Matsuda) and Balweg Bangoyan. Jardon vs Estrella is valid for the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Curtis Stevens vs Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam – full fight Video
Review: 2014-10-01, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Curtis Stevens vs Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam gets two. Curtis Stevens entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 27-4-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world, he suffered his last loss at the end of 2013 when he faced the undefeated Gennady Golovkin (bout valid for the Wba and Ibo middleweight titles =Golovkin vs Stevens); he came back to win in 2014 beating Patrick Majewski (=Stevens vs Majewski) and Tureano Johnson (=Stevens vs Johnson).
His opponent, Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam, has a record of 30-1-0 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class, he won the interim Wbo Mw belt in 2012 against Max Bursak (=N’Dam vs Bursak) but then he lost it to the undefeated Peter Quillin (=N’Dam vs Quillin); after that bout he won three consecutive fights, the last one against Fulgencio Zuniga. Stevens vs N’Jikam, IBF middleweight title eliminator. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Carlos Buitrago vs Knockout CP Freshmart – full fight Video WBA
Review: 2014-10-01, close and pretty good fight between Carlos Buitrago and Knockout Freshmart: it gets three stars. Both undefeated, the Nicaraguan Carlos Buitrago entered this fight with a boxing record of 27-0-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 minimumweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Francisco Rodriguez Jr); he fought four times in 2013 and his last bout was valid for the WBO belt but he was stopped in a draw by Merlito Sabillo (=Sabillo vs Buitrago).
His opponent, the Thai Knockout CP Freshmart, has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class, he has already fought four times in 2014 successfully defending his WBC Youth title. Buitrago vs Freshmart is valid for the interim WBA minimumweight title; they also faced each other a second time on February 04, 2016 (=CP Freshmart vs Buitrago II). Watch the video and rate this fight!