Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 36: (Mon-Sun) from September 1, 2014 to September 7, 2014. Boxing Fight of the Week: Akira Yaegashi vs Roman Gonzalez Mma Fight of the Week: Michael Chiesa vs Joe Lauzon Mma Knockout of … Read more
Review: 2014-09-06, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Juan Diaz vs Carlos Cardenas gets two. Juan Diaz entered this fight with a boxing record of 39-4-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.68 lightweight in the world, he was the Wba, Wbo and Ibf Lw champion between 2004 and 2008 when he lost his first bout, against Nate Campbell, since then he won six out of his last nine fights.
His opponent, Carlos Cardenas, has a record of 21-8-1 (14 knockouts) but he lost three out of his last four bouts. ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz vs Cardenas is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-07, fight not particularly exciting between Vyacheslav Vasilevsky and Ramazan Emeev: it gets two stars. The black belt in judo and four times Combat Sambo world champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 middleweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Maiquel Falcao at Bellator 66 (=Falcao vs Vasilevsky), since then he has collected seven consecutive victories and he took revenge on Falcao in his last fight (August 9, 2014).
His opponent, Ramazan Emeev, has a record of 11-2-0 (64% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 9, 2013 when he defeated Mario Miranda in their second fight successfully defending his M1 Global Mw belt (=Miranda vs Emeev 2). Vasilevsky vs Emeev, main event of M-1 Challenge 51, is valid for the M-1 Global middleweight title (Emeev’s second defense); they also faced each other a second time on April 10, 2015 (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, nice battle between Juan Francisco Estrada and Giovani Segura: it gets three stars. Juan Francisco Estrada entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Akira Yaegashi); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced the unbeaten Roman Gonzalez for the Wba light-Flw belt (=Gonzalez vs Estrada), after that bout he has won three consecutive fights winning the Wbo and Wba titles in the flyweights.
His opponent, Giovani Segura, has an official record of 32-3-1 (28 KOs=87%) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class, he was the Wba light-Flw champion from 2009 to 2011 when he moved up in weight class to the flyweight; in this division he lost to Brian Viloria in 2011 (=Segura vs Viloria) and to Edgar Sosa last year (=Sosa vs Segura). Estrada vs Segura is valid for the WBA and WBO flyweight titles (both titles held by Estrada). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, nice and close fight between Adrien Broner and Emmanuel Taylor: it gets three stars. Adrien Broner entered this fight with a boxing record of 28-1-0 (22 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.6 light welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Danny Garcia), he suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Marcos Maidana in a bout valid for the WBA Ww title (=Broner vs Maidana); after that fight he came back to win beating Carlos Molina (=Broner vs Molina).
His opponent, Emmanuel Taylor, has a record of 18-2-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing to the undefeated Chris Algieri in February (=Taylor vs Algieri) but then he beat Karim Mayfield in July (=Mayfield vs Taylor). ‘AB’ Broner vs Taylor is valid for the vacant WBA International light welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, fight not so exciting with a bad referee…Lucas Matthysse vs Roberto Ortiz gets two stars. Lucas Martin Matthysse entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 35-3-0 (33 KOs=94%) and he is ranked as the No.2 light welterweight in the world, he suffered his last loss at the end of 2013 when he faced the undefeated #1 light-Ww Danny Garcia (=Garcia vs Matthysse); he came back to win in 2014 beating John Molina in one of the best boxing fights of the year (4-stars-fight Matthysse vs Molina).
His opponent, the undefeated Roberto Ortiz, has an official record of 31-0-1 (24 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class, he has already fought once in 2014 beating Ramiro Alcaraz in five rounds and successfully defending his WBC Silver light-Ww belt. Matthysse vs Ortiz is valid for the WBC Silver light welterweight title; undercard of Adrien Broner vs Emmanuel Taylor. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, good pace with some nice exchanges: Andre Berto vs Steve Chambers gets three stars. Andre Berto entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 28-3-0 (22 KOs=78%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 27, 2013 when he was defeated by Jesus Soto Karass (=Berto vs Soto Karass); before that fight he had lost against Robert Guerrero in a bout valid for the interim WBC Ww title (=Guerrero vs Berto).
His opponent, Steve Upsher Chambers, has a record of 24-3-1 (6 knockouts) but he is not ranked as well because he hasn’t fought since August 19, 2013 when he was beat by Eddie Gomez; Chambers had lost also is previous fight, against Luis Collazo. Berto vs Chambers is on the undercard of Adrien Broner vs Emmanuel Taylor. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, pretty good fight between Kiko Martinez and Carl Frampton: their second fight gets three stars. Kiko Martinez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 31-4-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux); he suffered his last defeat at the beginning of 2013 when he faced Frampton for the first time (=Frampton vs Martinez I), since then he won four consecutive bouts winning the Ibf super-Bw belt against then-undefeated Jhonatan Romero (=Romero vs Martinez). Martinez has already fought once in 2014 beating Hozumi Hasegawa in one of the best boxing fights of the year (4-stars-fight Martinez vs Hasegawa).
His opponent, the undefeated Carl Frampton, has a perfect record of 18-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, he has fought once in 2014 as well, beating Hugo Fidel Cazares in two rounds (=Frampton vs Cazares). Martinez vs Frampton 2 is valid for the IBF super bantamweight title (Martinez’s third defense), first world title shot for Frampton. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, technical fight with a pretty good finish but it was not so exciting: Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and judo Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Strikeforce Mw title (=Chris Weidman), he suffered his last defeat when he faced Luke Rockhold in 2011 losing his Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Jacare ), since then he has collected six consecutive wins (three under Strikeforce and three in the Ufc).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion and black belt in judo Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 35-4-2 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout, against Lyoto Machida in February (=Machida vs Mousasi), but then he came back to win against Mark Munoz in May (=Munoz vs Mousasi). In their first fight Mousasi defeated Jacare in just one round (on September 23, 2008) and the bout was valid for the Dream Mw title; this second fight is the main event of Ufc Fight Night 50 (Ufc Foxwoods). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, pretty good finish between Alistair Overeem and Ben Rothwell: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The former K-1 world Gp and Strikeforce Hw champion Alistair Overeem entered this fight with a mma record of 37-13-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); ‘the Reem’ fought twice in 2013 but he lost both fights: against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in February (=Overeem vs Silva) and to Travis Browne in August (=Overeem vs Browne). He came back to win in 2014 beating Frank Mir (=Overeem vs Mir).
His opponent, Ben Rothwell, has an official record of 33-9-0 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2013 as well, losing the first bout, against Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Rothwell), but then he defeated Brandon Vera (=Rothwell vs Vera). Overeem vs Rothwell is on the undercard of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – UFC FN 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review: 2014-09-06, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Juan Diaz vs Carlos Cardenas gets two. Juan Diaz entered this fight with a boxing record of 39-4-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.68 lightweight in the world, he was the Wba, Wbo and Ibf Lw champion between 2004 and 2008 when he lost his first bout, against Nate Campbell, since then he won six out of his last nine fights.
Review: 2014-09-06, nice battle between Juan Francisco Estrada and Giovani Segura: it gets three stars. Juan Francisco Estrada entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is 
