USERS’ MMA RANKING: top 25 mma Fights of the Year 2016

Here you can find the best mma fights of 2016 rated by our users (ranking updated monthly). We post the top 25 fighting with 4 and 5 stars rated at least ten times.

Clicking on the name of the fighter you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it.

Best fights of the week 15, year 2016

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 15: (Mon-Sun) from April 11, 2016 to April 17, 2016.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Jesus Soto Karass vs Yoshihiro Kamegai Boxing Knockout of the Week: Errol Spence Jr vs Chris Algieri   K-1 … Read more

2016 MMA fight – Patricky Freire vs Edimilson Souza – full fight Video Bellator 152

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1 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, boring fight between Patricky Freire and Kevin Souza: it gets one star.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricky Freire entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-7-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 lightweight in the world. He lost to Derek Anderson last year (=Freire vs Anderson 2) but he came back to win in 2016 beating Ryan Couture (=Freire vs Couture).
His opponent, Edimilson Souza, has an official record of 15-4-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.52 featherweight but he comes off the loss against Chas Skelly. ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Souza is the main event of the Bellator 152. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Brian Rogers vs Alessio Sakara – full fight Video Bellator 152

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, heavy exchanges and good finish: Alessio Sakara vs Brian Rogers gets three stars.

Brian Rogers entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-8-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.49 light heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj Alessio Sakara, has a record of 17-11-0 (76% finishing rate). Both fighters lost four out of their last six bouts but they won their last one: Rogers beat Virgil Zwicker (Zwicker vs Rogers) while Sakara defeated Dib Akil. Rogers vs Sakara is on the undercard of Patricky Freire vs Edimilson Souza – Bellator 152. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Glover Teixeira vs Rashad Evans – full fight Video UFC on Fox 19

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, pretty good finish between Glover Teixeira and Rashad Evans: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Glover Teixeira entered this fight with a mma record of 24-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2014, against #1 Jon Jones (=Jones vs Teixeira) and with Phil Davis (=Teixeira vs Davis), but he came back to win in 2015 beating Ovince St Preux (=Teixeira vs St Preux) and Patrick Cummins (=Teixeira vs Cummins).
His opponent, the black belt in no-gi Bjj, Gaidojutsu and former Ufc light-Hw champion Rashad Evans, has an official record of 19-4-1 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Ryan Bader (=Evans vs Bader). Teixeira vs Evans is the main event of UFC on Fox 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Rose Namajunas vs Tecia Torres 2 full fight Video UFC on Fox 19 – 2016

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, some good exchanges between Rose Namajunas and Tecia Torres but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and karate Rose Namajunas entered this fight with a professional record of 4-2-0 (100% submission victory rate – she has never won via ko/tko) and she is ranked as the No.5 women’s strawweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Joanna Jedrzejczyk). She lost two consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, against Tecia Torres and Carla Esparza (=Esparza vs Namajunas), but she came back to win in 2015 beating Angela Hill and Paige VanZant (=Namajunas vs VanZant).
Her opponent, the undefeated Tecia Torres (black belt in tae-kwon-do and karate as well), has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (0% finishing rate – she has never won via ko or submission) and she entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. She fought twice last year winning over Angela Hill (=Torres vs Hill) and Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. Namajunas vs Torres 2 is on the undercard of Glover Teixeira vs Rashad Evans – UFC on Fox 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Darrell Horcher – fight Video UFC on Fox 19

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, good fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Darrell Horcher: it gets three stars.

The undefeated black belt in judo and former World Combat Sambo champion Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (64% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 19, 2014 when he beat #1 Ufc Lw champion Rafael dos Anjos (=dos Anjos vs Nurmagomedov).
His opponent, Darrell Horcher (who replaces Tony Ferguson), has a mma record of 12-1-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.65 lightweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Phillipe Nover in 2013, since then he has won five consecutive bouts beating Stephen Regman in his last one. Nurmagomedov vs Horcher is on the undercard of Glover Teixeira vs Rashad Evans – UFC on Fox 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Cub Swanson vs Hacran Dias – fight Video UFC on Fox 19

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, fight not so exciting between Cub Swanson and Hacran Dias: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro record of 21-7-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 featherweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses: against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway).
His opponent, Hacran Dias (blkack belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well), has an official mma record of 23-3-1 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.20 in the same weight class. He also suffered two consecutive defeats, between 2013 and 2014, but then he has won over Darren Elkins and Levan Makashvili (=Dias vs Makashvili). Swanson vs Dias is on the undercard of Glover Teixeira vs Rashad Evans – UFC on Fox 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Ben Askren vs Nikolay Aleksakhin – full fight Video ONE FC 40

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-15, some good exchanges between Ben Askren and Nikolay Aleksakhin but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated former Bellator Ww champion Ben Askren entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 14-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Nikolay Aleksakhin, has an official record of 17-3-0 (47% finishing rate). Askren won the One Fc Ww title in 2014, against Nobutatsu Suzuki (=Askren vs Suzuki), and he defended his belt once in 2015, against Luis Santos (bout ended in a no-contest Askren vs Santos) while Aleksakhin fought twice last year beating Jose de Ribamar Machado Gomes and Burenzorig Batmunkh. Askren vs Aleksakhin, main event of One Fc 40, is valid for the One Fc welterweight championship title (Askren’s seond defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 14, year 2016

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 14: (Mon-Sun) from April 4, 2016 to April 10, 2016.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Oscar Valdez vs Evgeny Gradovich Boxing Knockout of the Week: Charles Martin vs Anthony Joshua   Mma Fight of … Read more