Review: 2014-08-16, good fight between Tim Boetsch and Brad Tavares: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Tim Boetsch entered this fight with a mma record of 17-7-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 middleweight in the world but he lost three out of his last four bouts.
His opponent, Brad Tavares, has an official record of 12-2-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class, he has fought twice in 2014 defeating Lorenz Larkin (=Larkin vs Tavares) but then he lost to Yoel Romero Palacio (=Tavares vs Romero). Boetsch vs Tavares is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Ovince St Preux – UFC FN 47. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2014 BOXING fight – Sakio Bika vs Anthony Dirrell 2 – full fight Video WBC
Review: 2014-08-16, disappointing and pretty boring fight with too much clinching: the second bout between Sakio Bika and Anthony Dirrell gets one star! Sakio Bika entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 32-5-3 (21 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super middleweight in the world, he suffered two defeats in 2010, against Jean-Paul Mendy and #1 Andre Ward, but after this fight he collected four consecutive victories and one draw (his first bout against Dirrell, Bika vs Dirrell).
His opponent, the undefeated Anthony Dirrell, has an official record of 26-0-1 (22 KOs=84%) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. Bika vs Dirrell 2 is valid for the WBC super middleweight title (Bika’s second defense); undercard of Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Robbie Peralta vs Thiago Tavares – fight Video UFC FN 47
Review: 2014-08-16, pretty good fight between Robbie Peralta and Thiago Tavares: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in tae-kwon-do Robbie Peralta entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-4-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 featherweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Akira Corassani (=Peralta vs Corassani), after that bout he has fought and won twice beating Estevan Payan and Rony ‘Jason’ (=Peralta vs Jason).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Thiago Tavares, has a record of 18-5-1 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.51 lightweight, he fought twice in 2013 losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov (=Tavares vs Nurmagomedov) but then he came back to victory against Justin Salas. Peralta vs Tavares is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Ovince St Preux – UFC FN 47. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Omar Figueroa vs Daniel Estrada – full fight Video WBC
Review: 2014-08-16, good fight between Omar Figueroa and Daniel Estrada: it gets three stars. The undefeated Omar Figueroa entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford); he won the interim WBC lightweight title beating Nihito Arakawa in 2013 (5-stars-fight Figueroa vs Arakawa) and he defeated Jerry Belmontes in his first bout of 2014 (=Figueroa vs Belmontes).
His opponent, Daniel Estrada, has a record of 32-2-1 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he suffered his second defeat in 2010 when he faced Reyes Sanchez (via split decision), since then he has collected nine consecutive wins. Figueroa vs Estrada is valid for the WBC lightweight title (Figueroa’s second defense); undercard of Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Deontay Wilder vs Jason Gavern – full fight Video
Review: 2014-08-16, fight not particularly exciting between Deontay Wilder and Jason Gavern: it gets two stars. The undefeated Deontay Wilder entered this fight with a perfect record of 31-0-0 (31 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Wladimir Klitschko), he has already fought once in 2014 beating Malik Scott in the first round (=Wilder vs Scott).
His opponent, Jason Gavern, has a record of 25-16-4 (11 knockouts), he fought seven times in 2013 winning four times; in his last bout he managed to beat former world champion James Toney. Wilder vs Gavern is on the undercard of Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs Firat Arslan – full fight Video IBF
Review: 2014-08-16, nice and close fight between Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Firat Arslan: it gets three stars. Yoan Pablo Hernandez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 28-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world, he fought just once in 2013 beating Alexander Alekseev and defending his Ibf belt (=Hernandez vs Alekseev).
His opponent, the 43-year-old Firat Arslan (14 years older than Hernandez), has an official record of 34-7-2 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing to Marco Huck in January (=Huck vs Arslan 2) and winning over Tamas Bajzath in june. Hernandez vs Arslan is valid for the IBF cruiserweight title (Hernandez’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Jose Pedraza vs Juan Carlos Martinez – full fight Video
Review: 2014-08-15, some good combinations between Jose Pedraza and Juan Carlos Martinez but it is not enough to get three stars. The undefeated Jose Pedraza entered this fight with a perfect record of 17-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.24 super featherweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Alberto Garza and Arturo Uruzquieta.
His opponent, Juan Carlos Martinez, has a record of 20-14-1 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he has fought once in 2014 defeating Alejandro Perez. Pedraza vs Martinez is on the undercard of Rustam Nugaev vs Denis Shafikov. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Rustam Nugaev vs Denis Shafikov – full fight Video
Review: 2014-08-15, great performance by both boxers: Rustam Nugaev vs Denis Shafikov gets three stars. Rustam Nugaev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-6-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford), he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced then-undefeated Alisher Rahimov, since then he has won six consecutive times.
His opponent, Denis Shafikov, has an official record of 33-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat just six months ago when he faced Miguel Vazquez in a bout valid for the IBF Lw title. Nugaev vs Shafikov is the main event of the night, IBF lightweight title eliminator. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Stephan Puetz vs Luis Miranda – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 50
Review: 2014-08-15, fight not particularly good between Stephan Puetz and Luis Fernando Miranda: it gets two stars. Stephan Puetz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-1-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.41 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in his first bout of 2014, against Joachim Christensen, but he came back to victory one month later against Viktor Nemkov (=Nemkov vs Puetz).
His opponent, Luis Fernando Miranda, has a record of 12-1-0 (92% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.76 in the same weight class, he suffered his only loss in 2010 when he faced Dirlei Broenstrup, since then he has collected seven consecutive wins. Puetz vs Miranda is valid for the M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title; undercard of Damian Grabowski vs Marcin Tybura – M-1 Challenge 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Damian Grabowski vs Marcin Tybura – full fight Video M-1 Chal 50
Review: 2014-08-15, pretty good finish between Damian Grabowski and Marcin Tybura: it gets three stars. Damian Grabowski entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-1-0 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez), he suffered his only defeat in 2010 when he faced Cole Konrad in the semifinal of the Bellator (season 3) Hw tournament; since then he has collected six consecutive victories winning the M-1 Hw belt in his last bout, against Kenny Garner (=Garner vs Grabowski).
His opponent, the undefeated Marcin Tybura, has a perfect record of 10-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class, he has already fought once in 2014 beating Maro Perak in the final of the M1 Grand prix Hw tournament (=Tybura vs Perak). Grabowski vs Tybura, main event of M-1 Challenge 50, is valid for the M-1 Challenge heavyweight title (Grabowski’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!