Videos of the best Fights of the Year candidates: Mma, Boxing, K-1

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Guto Inocente vs Demoreo Dennis – full fight Video

2016/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-26, fantastic finish between Guto Inocente and Demoreo Dennis: this fight gets four stars!

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce and Ufc fighter Carlos Augusto Inocente Filho entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 28-7-0 (15 knockouts or 47-14-0 on wikipedia) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Demoreo Dennis, has an official record of 9-5-0 (7 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. In their last bout Inocente beat Felipe Micheletti while Dennis lost to Chi Lewis Parry. Inocente vs Dennis is on the undercard of Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3 – Glory 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Leo Santa Cruz vs Kiko Martinez full fight Video – 2016

2021/11/142016/02/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-27, fast and furious start, high pace and spectacular exchanges: Leo Santa Cruz vs Kiko Martinez was an authentic war and it gets five stars; this is the first candidate for the boxing Fight of the Year 2016!

The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional record of 31-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Jesus Ruiz (=Santa Cruz vs Ruiz), Jose Cayetano (=Santa Cruz vs Cayetano) and Abner Mares (=Santa Cruz vs Mares).
His opponent, the former Ibf super-Bw champion Kiko Martinez, has a boxing record of 35-6-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He fought four times in 2015 losing to Scott Quigg (=Quigg vs Martinez) but then he won three consecutive bouts. Santa Cruz vs Martinez is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Samo Petje vs Meletis Kakoubavas – full fight Video FFC 22

2016/02/23 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-19, nice exchanges with a brutal finish: Samo Petje vs Meletis Kakoubavas gets four stars!!

Samo Petje entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 30-5-1 while his opponent, Meletis Kakoubavas, has an official record of 31-6-0. Petje vs Kakoubavas is valid for the FFC lightweight title; undercard of Brian Douwes vs Pavel Zhuravlev – FFC 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best MMA fight – Robin van Roosmalen vs Athinodoros Michailidis – full fight Video

2017/03/122016/02/20 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-19, heavy exchanges and spectacular finish: Robin van Roosmalen vs Athinodoros Michailidis gets four stars!!

The Glory Lw champion Robin van Roosmalen is at his professional mma debut but he is ranked as the No.1 kickboxing super welterweight in the world with a record of 47-14-3 (14 knockouts) while his opponent, Athinodoros Michailidis, has an official mma record of 6-5-0 (67% finishing rate). Van Roosmalen fought three times last year beating Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong in his last kickboxing fights (controversial decision, Roosmalen vs Sitthichai) while Thed Michailidis fought twice losing both bouts. Van Roosmalen vs Michailidis is the main event of Final Fight Championship 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Said Magomedov vs Alin Cimpan – full fight Video

2016/02/162016/02/14 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-12, spectacular finish between Said Magomedov and Alin Cimpan: it gets four stars!

The undefeated 21-year-old Said Magomedov (six years younger than his opponent) entered this fight with a perfect kickboxing record of 11-0-0 (6 knockouts) while, Alin Cimpan (who replaces Amancio or Amansio Paraschiv), has an official record of 7-2-0 (3 knockouts) but he comes the loss against Liu Mingzhi at Kunlun Fight 34. Magomedov vs Cimpan is the eighth-final of the Tatneft Cup 2016 tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best MMA fight – Noad Lahat vs Diego Rivas – fight Video UFC FN 82

2016/02/072016/02/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-06, good work on the ground and spectacular finish: Noad Lahat vs Diego Rivas gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Bjj and judo Noad Lahat entered this fight with a record of 9-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.59 featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss in 2014 when he faced Godofredo ‘Pepey’ Castro, after this bout he has won over Steven Siler and Niklas Backstrom.
His opponent, the undefeated Diego Rivas, has an official mma record of 6-0-0 (67% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 8, 2014 when he beat Rodolfo Rubio Perez. Lahat vs Rivas is on the undercard of Johny Hendricks vs Stephen Thompson – UFC Fight Night 82. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 best BOXING fight – Evgeny Gradovich vs Jesus Galicia – full fight Video

2016/04/202016/01/10 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-09, high pace with some wild and tough exchanges: Evgeny Gradovich vs Jesus Galicia was a war and it gets four stars!

Evgeny Gradovich entered this fight with a professional record of 20-1-1 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Lee Selby (bout in which he lost his Ibf Fw title, Gradovich vs Selby) and defeating Aldimar Silva Santos (=Gradovich vs Silva Santos).
His opponent, Jesus Galicia, has a boxing record of 13-8-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.85 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four bouts. Gradovich vs Galicia is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Johny Tancray vs Christian Zahe – full fight Video

2016/01/07 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-07, close and very tough battle thanks to a great performance by both fighters: Johny Tancray vs Christian Zahe was one of the best kickboxing fights of the year 2015 and it gets four stars!

The former WFKB and MTA world champion Johny Tancray (red and black shorts) entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 53-9-3 (22 knockouts) and he fought fighters like Giorgio Petrosyan, Kaopon Lek and Enriko Gogokhia in his professional career.
His opponent, Christian Zahe, had an official record of 26-7-7 and he won the WKN world welterweight belt in his previous bout against Daniel Zahra. Tancray vs Zahe was valid for the ISKA Intercontinental welterweight title and it was the co-main event of “Nice Fight Night” (the main bout was Aydin Tuncay vs Paolo Barbanti). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best MMA fight – Igor Svirid vs Vitaly Bigdash – full fight Video ONE

2022/02/232016/01/05 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-09, great action packed fight with some wild exchanges form the first bell: Igor Svirid vs Vitaly Bigdash was one of the best mma fights of the year 2015 and it gets four stars!

Igor Svirid entered this fight with a mma record of 10-1-0 (70% finishing rate) and he suffered his only loss at his professional mma debut in 2011, against Kwi Hyun Joo; since then he has collected ten consecutive victories winning the inaugural One Fc middleweight belt in his last bout, against Leandro Ataides.
His opponent, the undefeated Vitaly Bigdash, has an official record of 7-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he has already fought once in 2015 beating Magomed Magomedkerimov. Svirid vs Bigdash, main event of “ONE Championship: Tigers of Asia”, is valid for the One FC middleweight title (Svirid’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit full fight Video UFC 195 – 2016

2025/08/102016/01/03 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-02, great performance by both fighters with an outstanding finish (candidate for mma Round of the Year 2016): Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit was the UFC Fight of the Night and it gets four stars (with a better first part of the bout it could be a candidate for mma Fight of the Year 2016).

Robbie Lawler entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-10-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2014 when he faced Johny Hendricks the first time (=Hendricks vs Lawler I) but then he has won four consecutive bouts taking revenge on Hendricks (in a fight valid for the Ufc Ww belt Hendricks vs Lawler II) and beating Rory MacDonald in his last fight (=Lawler vs MacDonald II).
His opponent, the black belt in gaidojutsu and former Ufc interim Ww champion Carlos Condit, has an official record of 30-8-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He lost to Tyron Woodley in 2014 (=Condit vs Woodley) but he came back to win in 2015 defeating Thiago Alves (=Condit vs Alves). Lawler vs Condit, main event of UFC 195, is valid for the Ufc welterweight title (Lawler’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!