2016 MMA fight – Heath Herring vs Amir Aliakbari – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, good exchanges between Heath Herring and Amir Aliakbari: it gets three stars.

The former World Vale Tudo and Bas Rutten Invitational 3 Tournament champion Heath Herring (who replaces Shane Carwin) entered this fight with a mma record of 28-14-0 (82% finishing rate) while his opponent, the 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a perfect record of 3-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Herring is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 9, 2008 when he was defeated by Brock Lesnar. Herring vs Aliakbari is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Baruto Kaito vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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1 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, boring fight between Baruto Kaito and Tsuyoshi Kosaka: it gets one star.

The undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (0 knockouts) while his opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Tsuyoshi Kosaka (who replaces Jiri Prochazka), has a record of 27-18-2 (52% finishing rate). Baruto beat Peter Aerts in 2015 (=Aerts vs Baruto) and Kazuyuki Fujita in 2016 while Kosaka has fought just once since 2006, when he was defeated by Mark Hunt, winning over James Thompson. Baruto vs Kosaka is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs King Mo Lawal – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and King Mo Lawal but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 32-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won four bouts beating Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2) and Hyun Man Myung (=Cro Cop vs Myung).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (who replaces Wanderlei Silva), has an official record of 20-5-0 (65% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing to Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal) and winning over Satoshi Ishii (=Lawal vs Ishii). Cro Cop vs Lawal, main event of Rizin 3 2016 2nd Round, is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 50, year 2016

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 12, 2016 to December 18, 2016.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Shabranskyy vs Sullivan Barrera Boxing Knockout of the Week: Hassan N’Dam vs Alfonso Blanco   Mma Fight of the … Read more

Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson full fight Video UFC on Fox 22 – 2016

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good finish between Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

Paige VanZant entered this fight with a mma record of 7-2-0 (57% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.17 women’s stawweight in the world. She lost to Rose Namajunas last year (=Namajunas vs VanZant) but she came back to win against Bec Rawlings in 2016 (=VanZant vs Rawlings).
Her opponent, the black belt in karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has an official record of 13-4-0 (85% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since July 12, 2015 when she defeated Angela Magana (=Waterson vs Magana). Before this bout she had lost to Herica Tiburcio (=Waterson vs Tiburcio). VanZant vs Waterson is the main event of UFC on Fox 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Sage Northcutt vs Mickey Gall – fight Video UFC on Fox 22

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, good performance by both fighters: Sage Northcutt vs Mickey Gall gets three stars.

The 20-year-old black belt in karate and kajukenbo Sage Northcutt entered this fight with a professional record of 8-1-0 (87% finishing rate) while his opponent, Mickey Gall, has a mma record of 3-0-0 (100% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko). Both fighters have fought twice in 2016: Northcutt has lost to Bryan Barberena (=Northcutt vs Barberena) but then he has beat Enrique Marin (=Northcutt vs Marin) while Gall has won over Mike Jackson and CM Punk (=CM Punk vs Gall). ‘Super’ Northcutt vs Gall is on the undercard of Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson – UFC on Fox 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Urijah Faber vs Brad Pickett – fight Video UFC on Fox 22

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, good fight between Urijah Faber and Brad Pickett: it gets three stars.

Urijah Faber entered this fight with a pro record of 33-10-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 bantamweight in the world but he lost three out of his last four bouts, twice in 2016, against #1 Dominick Cruz (=Cruz vs Faber 3) and Jimmie Rivera (=Faber vs Rivera).
His opponent, Brad Pickett, has an official mma record of 25-12-0 (68% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.52 in the same weight class but he lost four out of his last five bouts. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Francisco Rivera (=Rivera vs Pickett) and losing to Iuri Alcantara. Faber vs Pickett is on the undercard of Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson – UFC on Fox 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Mike Perry vs Alan Jouban – fight Video UFC on Fox 22

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, some good exchanges between Alan Jouban and Mike Perry but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated Mike Perry entered this fight with a perfect record of 9-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.33 welterweight in the world. He has already fought four times in 2016 beating Hyun Gyu Lim (=Lim vs Perry) and Danny Roberts in his last two.
His opponent, Alan Jouban, has a mma record of 14-4-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class. He lost to Albert Tumenov last year but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Brendan O’Reilly and Belal Muhammad (=Muhammad vs Jouban). Perry vs Jouban is on the undercard of Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson – UFC on Fox 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Daniel Weichel vs Brian Moore – full fight Video Bellator 169

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-16, pretty good fight between Daniel Weichel and Brian Moore: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former Bellator Fw tournament winner (season ten) and M-1 Global Lw champion Daniel Weichel entered this fight with a pro mma record of 37-9-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 featherweight in the world while his opponent, Brian Moore, has a record of 9-4-0 (78% finishing rate). Weichel suffered his last loss in 2015, against Patricio Freire (=Freire vs Weichel), but then he has won over Georgi Karakhanyan (=Weichel vs Karakhanyan) and Emmanuel Sanchez (=Weichel vs Sanchez) while Moore was defeated by Marat Pekov in 2014 and then he has beat Tommy McCafferty and Mick Brennan. Weichel vs Moore is on the undercard of Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 169. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Satoshi Ishii – full fight Video Bellator 169

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-16, fight not so exciting between Muhammed Lawal and Satoshi Ishii: it gets two stars.

Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.12 light-heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal). Before this fight he had won the 8-men Rizin FF tournament beating Jiri Prochazka in the final (=Lawal vs Prochazka).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and 2008 Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, has an official record of 14-6-1 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He has lost four out of his last six bouts losing to Jiri Prochazka (=Ishii vs Prochazka) and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson in his last two (=Jackson vs Ishii). King Mo vs Ishii is the main event of Bellator 169. Watch the video and rate this fight!