2015 MMA fight – Alexander Volkov vs Tony Johnson – full fight Video Bellator 136

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, fight not particularly good between Alexander Volkov and Tony Johnson: it gets two stars.

Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 24-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitaly Minakov and he lost his Bellator Hw title (=Volkov vs Minakov), since then he has won five bouts beating Alexei Kudin in his last fight (=Volkov vs Kudin).
His opponent, Tony Johnson, has a record of 8-2-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class; he lost to Chris Lokteff in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Robert Neal. Volkov vs Johnson is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, great work on the ground and good finish: Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marcin Held entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Alexander Sarnavskiy, has an official record of 30-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2013 and then they have won five consecutive bouts: Sarnavskiy was defeated by Will Brooks (=Sarnavskiy vs Brooks), while Held lost to Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held); after losing Held has won the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) beating Patricky Freire in the final (=Freire vs Held). ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy vs Held is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Joe Schilling vs Rafael Carvalho – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, nice and close fight between Joe Schilling and Rafael Carvalho: it gets three stars.

The former Glory kickboxing champion Joe Schilling, has a pro mma record of 2-3-0 (18-7-0 in kickboxing) and he is ranked as the No.48 middleweight in the world since he defeated Melvin Manhoef in 2014 (=Manhoef vs Schilling – his previous mma bouts were held in 2008).
His opponent, Rafael Carvalho, has a record of 10-1-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. The only bout he lost was in 2011 at his professional mma debut, against Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes; Carvalho fought twice last year beating Mauri Roque and Brian Rogers (=Carvalho vs Rogers). Schilling vs Carvalho is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – full fight Video Bellator 136

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, good fight between Will Brooks and Dave Jansen: it gets three stars.

The Bellator Lw champion Will Brooks entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). The only man who stopped him (in one round) was Saad Awad in 2013 (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won six consecutive fights beating Michael Chandler twice in 2014 and winning the Bellator Lw belt (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II).
His opponent, Dave Jansen, has an official record of 20-2-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2010, against Kamal Shalorus and Ricardo Lamas, but since then he has collected seven victories winning the Bellator Lw tournament (season seven) in 2013 beating Marcin Held in the final (=Jansen vs Held). After this bout he has fought once winning over Rick Hawn (=Hawn vs Jansen). Brooks vs Jansen, main event of Bellator 136, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs Ramazan Emeev 2 – full fight Video M-1

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-04, pretty good fight between Vyacheslav Vasilevsky and Ramazan Emeev: it gets three stars.

The black belt in judo and four times world combat sambo champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-2-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 middleweight in the world. The last time he lost was in 2012 when he faced Maiquel Falcao (=Falcao vs Vasilevsky), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts taking revenge on Falcao in 2014 and winning the M-1 Challenge title against Emeev in their first bout (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev). After this fight he has also beat German Yakubov.
His opponent, Ramazan Emeev, has an official record of 11-3-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.81 in the same weight class. Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2, main event of M-1 Challenge 56, is valid for the M-1 Challenge middleweight title (Vasilevsky’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 14, year 2015

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 March 30, 2015 to April 5, 2015.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Carlos Cuadras vs Luis Concepcion Boxing Knockout of the Week: Artur Beterbiev vs Gabriel Campillo   K-1 Muay Thai … Read more

2015 MMA fight – Al Iaquinta vs Jorge Masvidal – fight Video UFC FN 63

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, fight not particularly exciting between Al Iaquinta and Jorge Masvidal: it gets two stars.

Al Iaquinta entered this fight with a pro mma record of 11-3-1 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos); he suffered his last defeat in 2014, against Mitch Clarke, but then he won three consecutive bouts: against Rodrigo Damm, Ross Pearson (=Pearson vs Iaquinta) and Joe Lauzon (=Lauzon vs Iaquinta).
His opponent, Jorge Masvidal, has an official record of 28-8-0 (43% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class; the last time he lost was in 2013, against Rustam Khabilov (=Masvidal vs Khabilov), but after this bout he has won three fights: against Pat Healy, Daron Cruickshank and James Krause. Iaquinta vs Masvidal is on the undercard of Chad Mendes vs Ricardo Lamas – UFC Fight Night 63. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Michael Chiesa vs Mitch Clarke – fight Video UFC FN 63

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, some good exchanges between Michael Chiesa and Mitch Clarke but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Michael Chiesa entered this fight with a mma record of 11-2-0 (73% submission victory rate – he has never won by ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.41 lightweight in the world; he fought twice last year beating Francisco Trinaldo but then he lost to Joe Lauzon (=Chiesa vs Lauzon).
His opponent, Mitch Clarke, has the same record of Chiesa, 11-2-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class; he suffered two consecutive losses between 2011 and 2012, against John Cholish and Anton Kuivanen, but then he came back to win defeating John Maguire and Al Iaquinta. Chiesa vs Clarke is on the undercard of Chad Mendes vs Ricardo Lamas – UFC Fight Night 63. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Julianna Pena vs Milana Dudieva – full fight Video UFC FN 63

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, the fight between Julianna Pena and Milana Dudieva gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Julianna Pena entered this fight with a mma record of 5-2-0 (100% finishing rate) while her opponent, Milana Dudieva, has a record of 11-3-0 (82% finishing rate). ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ Pena is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since November 3, 2013 when she defeated Jessica Rakoczy (=Pena vs Rakoczy); before this bout she had lost twice: against Sarah Moras and DeAnna Bennett. Pena vs Dudieva is on the undercard of Chad Mendes vs Ricardo Lamas – UFC Fight Night 63. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Chad Mendes vs Ricardo Lamas – full fight Video UFC FN 63

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, some good shots between Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

Chad Mendes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-2-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world; both his two defeats occurred against #1 Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo: the first time he lost by ko in just one round (in 2012, Aldo vs Mendes I) while in the second bout he lost by unanimous decision (at the end of 2014, Aldo vs Mendes II).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ricardo Lamas, has an official record of 15-3-0 (53% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class; he lost to Jose Aldo in 2014 as well (by unanimous decision, Aldo vs Lamas), but then he came back to win beating Hacran Dias (=Lamas vs Dias) and Dennis Bermudez (=Bermudez vs Lamas). Mendes vs Lamas is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 63. Watch the video and rate this fight!