Review: 2013-10-18, just some good takedowns but the fight is not worth seeing: Bibiano Fernandes vs Soo Chul Kim gets two stars. Bibiano Fernandes (14-3-0, 43% finishing rate) entered as the No.5 bantamweight in the world while Soo Chul Kim (7-4-0, 58% finishing rate) entered as the No.35. Fernandes vs Kim, main event of ONE FC 11, is valid for the ONE FC bantamweight title (Fernandes’s first defense). Watch the video!
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2013 BOXING fight – Carl Frampton vs Jeremy Parodi – full fight Video
Review: 2013-10-19, good pace and good finish: Carl Frampton vs Jeremy Parodi gets three stars. The undefeated Carl Frampton (16-0-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.4 super bantamweight in the world while Jeremy Parodi (35-1-1, 9 KOs) entered as the No.34. Frampton vs Parodi is valid for the EBU and IBF Inter-Continental super bantamweight titles. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Manuel Charr vs Denis Bakhtov – full fight Video
Review: 2013-10-19, some good shots between Manuel Charr and Denis Bakhtov but it is not enough to get three stars. Manuel Charr (24-1-0, 14 KOs) entered as the No.21 heavyweight in the world while Denis Bakhtov (36-8-0, 24 KOs) entered as the No.79. Charr vs Bakhtov is valid for the WBC International Silver and Mediterranean heavyweight titles; undercard of Robert Stieglitz vs Isaac Ekpo. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Robert Stieglitz vs Isaac Ekpo – full fight Video WBO
Review: 2013-10-19, if this is a world title fight it doesn’t even deserve two stars: Robert Stieglitz vs Isaac Ekpo gets one, boring!! Robert Stieglitz (45-3-0, 26 KOs) entered as the No.2 super middleweight in the world while Isaac Ekpo (22-1-0, 16 KOs) entered as the No.82 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Carl Froch). Stieglitz vs Ekpo is valid for the WBO super middleweight title (Stieglitz’s second defense). Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Karl Amoussou vs Paul Bradley – full fight Video Bellator 104
Review: 2013-10-18, good first part but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Karl Amoussou vs Paul Bradley gets two stars. Karl Amoussou ranked as the No.39 welterweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 16-5-2 (81% finishing rate) while Paul Bradley had a record of 20-5-0 (70% finishing rate). Amoussou vs Bradley is on the undercard of Rick Hawn vs Brent Weedman 2 – Bellator 104. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Eric Prindle vs Peter Graham – full fight Video Bellator 104
Review: 2013-10-18, tough fight with some good exchanges: Eric Prindle vs Peter Graham gets three stars. Eric Prindle (8-3-0, 76% finishing rate) entered as the No.48 heavyweight in the world while Peter Graham, former K-1 kickboxing fighter, (8-5-0, 100% ko/tko victories) entered as the No.25. Prindle vs Graham is on the undercard of Rick Hawn vs Brent Weedman 2 – Bellator 104. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Kendall Grove vs Joe Vedepo – fight Video Bellator 104
Review: 2013-10-18, pretty good fight between Kendall Grove and Joe Vedepo: it gets three stars. Kendall Grove ranked as the No.44 middleweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 18-13-0 (72% finishing rate) while Joe Vedepo had a record of 14-6-0 (86% finishing rate). Grove vs Vedepo is on the undercard of Rick Hawn vs Brent Weedman 2 – Bellator 104. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – War Machine vs Ron Keslar – full fight Video Bellator 104
Review: 2013-10-18, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars. War Machine entered the fight with a record of 14-4-0 (100% finishing rate) while Ron Keslar had a record of 10-3-0 (50% finishing rate). War Machine vs Keslar is the semifinal of the Bellator welterweight tournament; undercard of Rick Hawn vs Brent Weedman 2 – Bellator 104. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Rick Hawn vs Brent Weedman 2 – full fight Video Bellator 104
Review: 2013-10-18, good fight between Rick Hawn and Brent Weedman: it gets three stars. Rick Hawn (16-2-0, 63% finishing rate – curiously he has never won by submission) entered as the No.35 welterweight in the world while Brent Weedman (22-8-1, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.36. In their first fight Hawn defeated Weedman by unanimous decision (May 25, 2012); this second fight, main event of Bellator 104, is the semifinal of the Bellator welterweight tournament. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Julio Ceja vs Juan Jose Montes – full fight Video
Review: 2013-10-12, fight not particularly exciting between Julio Ceja and Juan Jose Montes: it gets two stars. Julio ‘Pollito’ Ceja (24-1-0, 22 KOs=91%) entered as the No.19 bantamweight in the world while Juan Jose ‘Goofy’ Montes (23-3-2, 14 KOs) entered as the No.42. Ceja vs Montes is valid for the vacant WBC Silver bantamweight title. Watch the video!