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

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Jordann Pikeur vs Daiki Watabe – full fight Video

2015/07/14 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-07-04, back and forth battle with a very aggressive start and some tough exchanges: Jordann Pikeur vs Daiki Watabe is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars.

The WMTA Benelux 70kg champion Jordann Pikeur entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 14-4-1 (3 knockouts) while his opponent, the WPMF Japan welterweight champion Daiki Watabe, has an official record of 20-16-2 (13 knockouts). Pikeur vs Watabe is the quarterfinal of the K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Thiago Santos vs Steve Bosse full fight Video UFC FN 70 – 2015

2021/10/082015/06/28 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-27, spectacular finish between Thiago Santos and Steve Bosse: it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Thiago Santos entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2014 when he faced Uriah Hall (=Hall vs Santos) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Andy Enz.
His opponent, Steve Bosse, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 11, 2013 when he beat Caleb Grummet; he makes his Ufc debut in this bout. ‘Marreta’ Santos vs Bosse is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero – UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best MMA fight – Joe Schilling vs Hisaki Kato – full fight Video Bellator 139

2016/06/252015/06/27 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-26, Joe Schilling vs Hisaki Kato gets four stars thanks to one of the best mma knockouts of the year!

The former Glory kickboxing champion Joe Schilling entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-4-0 (18-7-0 in kickboxing) and he is ranked as the No.56 middleweight in the world while his opponent, Hisaki Kato, has a record of 4-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Schilling won over Melvin Manhoef last year (=Manhoef vs Schilling) but then he lost to Rafael Carvalho in 2015 (via split decision Schilling vs Carvalho). Schilling vs Kato is on the undercard of Cheick Kongo vs Alexander Volkov – Bellator 139; they also faced each other a second time on June 24, 2016 (=Joe Schilling vs Hisaki Kato 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Thanonchai vs Saeksan 2 – full fight Video Rajadamnern

2015/06/16 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-04, brutal and very tough fight with some tremendous elbows between two of the best muay thai fighters in the world: Thanonchai Tor Sangtiennoi vs Saeksan Or Kwanmuang 2 is one of the best muay thai fights of 2015 and it gets four stars!

Saeksan Or Kwanmuang (also known as Seksan – เสกสรร อ.ขวัญเมือง) entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 163-26-3 and he is ranked as the No.5 super featherweight in the world while his opponent, Thanonchai Tor Sangtiennoi (red trunks – ธนญชัย ท.แสงเทียนน้อย), entered as the No.2 featherweight but unfortunately we don’t know his record. In their first fight Thanonchai defeated Saeksan on points (on February 12, 2015); this second bout was the main event at the Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Andrei Arlovski vs Travis Browne full fight Video UFC 187 – 2015

2022/10/282015/05/24 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, back and forth fight with some wild exchanges: Andrei Arlovski vs Travis Browne is one of the best mma fights of 2015 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a mma record of 23-10-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez). He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Anthony Johnson (=Arlovski vs Johnson), since then he has won four bouts beating Brendan Schaub (=Schaub vs Arlovski) and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in 2014 (=Silva vs Arlovski 2).
His opponent, Travis Browne, has an official record of 17-2-1 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He also fought twice last year losing to Fabricio Werdum (=Werdum vs Browne) but then he came back to win against Brendan Schaub (=Browne vs Schaub). ‘The Pit Bull’ Arlovski vs Browne is on the undercard of Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier – UFC 187. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Frank Buglioni vs Lee Markham – full fight Video

2015/09/302015/05/10 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-09, close and very exciting toe-to-toe fight thanks to an amazing performance by both boxers: Frank Buglioni vs Lee Markham is one of the best boxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars!

Frank Buglioni entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 16-1-0 (12 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.51 super middleweight in the world. He suffered his only defeat in 2014, against Sergey Khomitsky (=Buglioni vs Khomitsky), but after this bout he has won four consecutive fights, the last one with Ivan Jukic.
His opponent, Lee Markham, has an official record of 14-2-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.95 in the same weight class; he has already fought twice in 2015 beating Lewis van Poetsch but then he lost to Jahmaine Smyle. Buglioni vs Markham is valid for the WBO European super middleweight title (Buglioni’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Saul Canelo Alvarez vs James Kirkland full fight Video – 2015

2022/09/142015/05/10 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-09, Saul Alvarez vs James Kirkland was not a boxing fight, it was a war in which both fighters exchanged shot for shot from the first round and thanks also to an impressive finish it gets five stars! We have, finally, the first candidate for the 2015 Boxing Fight of the Year!

The former Wbc and Wba super-Ww champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 44-1-1 (31 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr (=Mayweather vs Alvarez); after losing he came back to win beating Alfredo Angulo (=Alvarez vs Angulo) and Erislandy Lara (=Alvarez vs Lara).
His opponent, James Kirkland, has an official record of 32-1-0 (28 KOs=87%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 7, 2013 when he defeated Glen Tapia (=Kirkland vs Tapia). Kirkland’s only loss occurred in 2011 against Nobuhiro Ishida (=Ishida vs Kirkland). Alvarez vs Kirkland is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Takeru vs Taiga 2 – full fight Video K-1 World GP 2015

2017/11/062015/04/20 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-19, two very young kickboxers in a very exciting battle thanks to an outstanding performance by both fighters (they had already fought twice the same night), some tremendous exchanges and a nonstop pace: the second fight between Takeru and Taiga is the first candidate for kickboxing Fight of the Year 2015 and it gets five stars!

Takeru (red and yellow hair) entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 17-1-0 (10 knockouts) while his opponent, the 18-year-old Taiga (five years younger than Takeru), has an official record of 9-1-0 (1 knockout) and he suffered his only defeat in 2014 when he faced Takeru for the first time. Takeru vs Taiga 2 is the final of the K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg championship tournament; Takeru beat Alexandre Prilip in the quarterfinals and Shota Takiya in the semifinals while Taiga won over Soufiane El Haji and Nobuchika Terado. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Souwer vs Jonay Risco – full fight Video Enfusion 27

2015/09/182015/04/20 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, speed, high pace and some very nice combinations in a close fight where the action never stopped: Andy Souwer vs Jonay Risco is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars!

The 2005 and 2007 K-1 World MAX Champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 158-17-1 (98 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, Jonay Risco, has a record of 52-6-1 (4 knockouts). Souwer has already fought four times in 2015 beating Jiao Fukai (=Souwer vs Fukai) but then he lost the final of the Kunlun Fight Mw tournament (Group A) against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (=Souwer vs Sitthichai); after this bout he came back to win with Hideya Tanaka (one of the best knockouts of the year,
Souwer vs Tanaka) and Dong Wenfei (=Souwer vs Wenfei). Souwer vs Risco is on the undercard of Mohamed Boubkari vs Moises Baute – Enfusion Live 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Mathias Gallo Cassarino vs Puenyai – full fight Video

2021/01/072015/04/08 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-05, Mathias Gallo Cassarino vs Puenyai Payyakka Mpan gets four stars thanks to one of the best muay thai knockouts of the year!

The 22-year-old Mathias Gallo Cassarino, also known as Mathias Muay Farang, entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 38-20-4 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Puenyai Payyakka Mpan (or Puenyai Payupkampan), has an official record of 90-15-5. Mathias has already fought twice in 2015 beating a Cambodian fighter but then he lost to Ayoub El Khaidar in France (controversial decision) while the Thai Puenyai has recently won the WMC title. Mathias vs Puenyai is the final of the Max Muay Thai 8 4-man tournament -62kg; in the semifinals the Italian defeated Issam Arabat-Ziane while Puenyai beat Ruslan Berdyev (also known as Ruslam Rusthaiteam). Watch the video and rate this fight!