Best fights of the week 50, year 2017

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 50: (Mon-Sun) from December 11, 2017 to December 17, 2017.   Boxing Fight of the Week: John Molina Jr vs Ivan Redkach Boxing Knockout of the Week: Diego Gabriel Chaves vs Jamal James   Mma … Read more

2017 MMA fight – Michael McDonald vs Peter Ligier – full fight Video Bellator 191

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-15, disappointing fight between Michael McDonald and Peter Ligier: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Michael McDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-4-0 (88% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 13, 2016 when he was defeated by John Lineker (=McDonald vs Lineker); before this bout he had beat Masanori Kanehara.
His opponent, Peter Ligier, has an official record of 8-1-1 (62% finishing rate) and he suffered his only loss when he faced Mike Wootten in 2014, since then he has collected four victories and one draw. McDonald vs Ligier is the main event of Bellator 191. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos full fight Video UFC on Fox 26 – 2017

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good fight between Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos: it gets three stars.

The former Ufc Ww champion Robbie Lawler entered this fight with a mma record of 28-11-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley last year (=Lawler vs Woodley) but he came back to win in 2017 with Donald Cerrone (=Lawler vs Cerrone).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Rafael dos Anjos, has an official record of 27-9-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights in 2016, against Eddie Alvarez (=dos Anjos vs Alvarez) and Tony Ferguson (=dos Anjos vs Ferguson), but then he has beat Tarec Saffiedine (=dos Anjos vs Saffiedine) and Neil Magny (=dos Anjos vs Magny). Dos Anjos vs Lawler, main event of UFC on Fox 26, is the eliminator for the Ufc welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Mike Perry – fight Video UFC on Fox 26

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, nice exchanges between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Mike Perry: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Bjj Santiago Ponzinibbio entered this fight with a pro record of 25-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 welterweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2015, against Lorenz Larkin (=Larkin vs Ponzinibbio), but then he has won five bouts beating Nordine Taleb (=Ponzinibbio vs Taleb) and Gunnar Nelson in 2017 (=Nelson vs Ponzinibbio).
His opponent, Mike Perry, has an official mma record of 11-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered his first loss last year when he faced Alan Jouban (=Perry vs Jouban) but then he has defeated Jake Ellenberger (=Ellenberger vs Perry) and Alex Reyes (=Perry vs Reyes). Ponzinibbio vs Perry is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Ricardo Lamas vs Josh Emmett full fight Video UFC on Fox 26 – 2017

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, good finish between Ricardo Lamas and Josh Emmett: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ricardo Lamas entered this fight with a professional record of 18-5-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Fw Ufc champion Max Holloway last year (=Holloway vs Lamas), but then he has won over Charles Oliveira (=Lamas vs Oliveira) and Jason Knight (=Lamas vs Knight).
His opponent, Josh Emmett, has a mma record of 12-1-0 (42% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 losing to Desmond Green and defeating Felipe Arantes. Emmett vs Lamas is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Glover Teixeira vs Misha Cirkunov – full fight Video UFC on Fox 26

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good fight between Glover Teixeira and Misha Cirkunov: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Glover Teixeira entered this fight with a record of 26-6-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Anthony Johnson (in 2016 Johnson vs Teixeira) and Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Teixeira); between these two bouts he beat Jared Cannonier (=Teixeira vs Cannonier).
His opponent, Misha Cirkunov (black belt in Bjj as well), has a mma record of 13-3-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Volkan Oezdemir (=Cirkunov vs Oezdemir). Before this bout, in 2016, he had won over Alex Nicholson, Ion Cutelaba and Nikita Krylov. Teixeira vs Cirkunov is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Vitaly Minakov vs Tony Johnson – full fight Video FNG 82

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good finish between Vitaly Minakov and Tony Johnson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated black belt in judo, former Bellator and world combat sambo champion Vitaly Minakov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 20-0-0 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 heavyweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2017 beating DJ Linderman (=Minakov vs Linderman) and Antonio Bigfoot Silva (=Minakov vs Silva).
His opponent, Tony Johnson, has a record of 11-3-0 (55% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Cheick Kongo last year (=Kongo vs Johnson) but he came back to win in 2017 with Magomedbag Agaev. Minakov vs Johnson is the main event of Fight Nights Global 82 – FNG 82. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 49, year 2017

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 49: (Mon-Sun) from December 4, 2017 to December 10, 2017.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman Boxing Knockout of the Week: Luis Ortiz vs Daniel Martz   K-1 Muay Thai … Read more

Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega full fight Video UFC FN 123 – 2017

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, pretty good fight between Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night and UFC Fight of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2014 and 2015, against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and current #1 Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway), but then he has won four bouts beating Artem Lobov in 2017 (=Swanson vs Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Diego Brandao (=Ortega vs Brandao), Clay Guida (=Ortega vs Guida) and Renato Moicano Carneiro (=Carneiro vs Ortega). Ortega vs Swanson is the mian event of UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Jason Knight vs Gabriel Benitez – fight Video UFC FN 123

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, fight not so exciting between Gabriel Benitez and Jason Knight: it gets two stars.

Jason Knight entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2017 beating Alex Caceres (=Knight vs Caceres) and Chas Skelly (=Skelly vs Knight) but then he has lost to Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Knight).
His opponent, Gabriel Benitez, has an official record of 19-6-0 (84% finishing rate) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Andre Fili and Enrique Barzola, between these two bouts he beat Sam Sicilia. Benitez vs Knight is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!