Best fights of the week 36, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 36: (Mon-Sun) from September 1, 2014 to September 7, 2014.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Akira Yaegashi vs Roman Gonzalez   Mma Fight of the Week: Michael Chiesa vs Joe Lauzon Mma Knockout of … Read more

2014 MMA fight – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs Ramazan Emeev – full fight Video M-1 Chall 51

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-07, fight not particularly exciting between Vyacheslav Vasilevsky and Ramazan Emeev: it gets two stars. The black belt in judo and four times Combat Sambo world champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 middleweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Maiquel Falcao at Bellator 66 (=Falcao vs Vasilevsky), since then he has collected seven consecutive victories and he took revenge on Falcao in his last fight (August 9, 2014).
His opponent, Ramazan Emeev, has a record of 11-2-0 (64% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 9, 2013 when he defeated Mario Miranda in their second fight successfully defending his M1 Global Mw belt (=Miranda vs Emeev 2). Vasilevsky vs Emeev, main event of M-1 Challenge 51, is valid for the M-1 Global middleweight title (Emeev’s second defense); they also faced each other a second time on April 10, 2015 (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – full fight Video UFC FN 50

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, technical fight with a pretty good finish but it was not so exciting: Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and judo Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Strikeforce Mw title (=Chris Weidman), he suffered his last defeat when he faced Luke Rockhold in 2011 losing his Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Jacare ), since then he has collected six consecutive wins (three under Strikeforce and three in the Ufc).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce light-Hw champion and black belt in judo Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 35-4-2 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout, against Lyoto Machida in February (=Machida vs Mousasi), but then he came back to win against Mark Munoz in May (=Munoz vs Mousasi). In their first fight Mousasi defeated Jacare in just one round (on September 23, 2008) and the bout was valid for the Dream Mw title; this second fight is the main event of Ufc Fight Night 50 (Ufc Foxwoods). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Alistair Overeem vs Ben Rothwell – fight Video UFC FN 50

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, pretty good finish between Alistair Overeem and Ben Rothwell: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The former K-1 world Gp and Strikeforce Hw champion Alistair Overeem entered this fight with a mma record of 37-13-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); ‘the Reem’ fought twice in 2013 but he lost both fights: against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in February (=Overeem vs Silva) and to Travis Browne in August (=Overeem vs Browne). He came back to win in 2014 beating Frank Mir (=Overeem vs Mir).
His opponent, Ben Rothwell, has an official record of 33-9-0 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2013 as well, losing the first bout, against Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Rothwell), but then he defeated Brandon Vera (=Rothwell vs Vera). Overeem vs Rothwell is on the undercard of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – UFC FN 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Matt Mitrione vs Derrick Lewis – fight Video UFC FN 50

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, fight not particularly good between Matt Mitrione and Derrick Lewis: it gets two stars. The black belt in shotokan karate Matt Mitrione entered this fight with a professional mma record of 7-3-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.25 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Brendan Schaub at Ufc 165 (=Schaub vs Mitrione) but after that bout he came back to win in 2014 beating Shawn Jordan (=Mitrione vs Jordan).
His opponent, the former Legacy Fc Hw champion Derrick Lewis, has an official record of 11-2-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class, he lost his last bout in 2011 against Tony Johnson, since then he has collected seven wins and one no-contest. Mitrione vs Lewis is on the undercard of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – UFC FN 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 full fight Video Bellator 123 – 2014

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, disappointing fight between Pat Curran and Patricio Freire: their second fight gets two stars. Pat Curran entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo); he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Daniel Straus in their second fight losing his Bellator Fw belt (=Curran vs Straus II) but he took revenge on him in 2014 in their third bout (=Straus vs Curran III).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, has an official record of 21-2-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat last year when he faced for the first time Curran (=Curran vs Freire I), after that bout he collected four consecutive victories winning the Bellator Fw tournament (season 9) beating Justin Wilcox in the final (=Freire vs Wilcox). Curran vs Pitbull Freire 2, main event of Bellator 123, is valid for the Bellator featherweight title (Curran’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Michael Chiesa vs Joe Lauzon – fight Video UFC FN 50

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, good fight between Michael Chiesa and Joe Lauzon: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The Tuf Live Tournament winner Michael Chiesa entered this fight with a pro mma record of 11-1-0 (73% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.27 lightweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat last year when he faced Jorge Masvidal, after that bout he won two consecutive fights: against Colton Smith and Francisco Trinaldo.
His opponent, Joe Lauzon, has a record of 23-9-0 (96% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive bouts between 2012 and 2013, against Jim Miller (=Miller vs Lauzon) and Michael Johnson (=Lauzon vs Johnson), but he came back to win a the end of 2013 beating Mac Danzig (=Lauzon vs Danzig). Chiesa vs Lauzon is on the undercard of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Gegard Mousasi 2 – UFC FN 50. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Dustin Jacoby – full fight Video Bellator 123

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, pretty good finish but the first part of the fight was quite boring: Muhammed Lawal vs Dustin Jacoby gets two stars. The former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a mma record of 12-4-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.18 light heavyweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Mikhail Zayats in february (=King Mo vs Zayats) but then he was defeated by Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson in May (final of the Bellator light-hw tournament Rampage vs Lawal).
His opponent, Dustin Jacoby, has an official record of 10-3-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.71 in the same weight class, he fought twice in the Ufc between 2011 and 2012 but he lost both fights: against Clifford Starks and Chris Camozzi; he makes his Bellator debut in this bout. Lawal vs Jacoby is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Bobby Lashley vs Josh Burns – full fight Video Bellator 123

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, fight not particularly good between Bobby Lashley and Josh Burns: it gets two stars. Bobby Lashley entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.79 heavyweight in the world, he lost his last fight in 2012 when he faced James Thompson (=Thompson vs Lashley), since then he has won three consecutive bouts.
His opponent, Josh Burns, has a record of 8-7-0 (75% finishing rate), he fought four times under the Bellator promotion but he lost all four bouts, the last one against Raphael Butler in 2013 (his last professional mma fight). Lashley vs Burns is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Cheick Kongo vs Lavar Johnson – full fight Video Bellator 123

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-05, fight not particularly exciting between Cheick Kongo and Lavar Johnson: it gets two stars. The black belt in karate Cheick Kongo entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-9-2 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 heavyweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing the first bout in April, against Vitaly Minakov (fight valid for the Bellator Hw title, Minakov vs Kongo), and winning his second fight in May against Eric Smith.
His opponent, Lavar Johnson, has a record of 18-9-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.51 in the same weight class but he lost four out of his last five fights, the last one against Blagoi Ivanov at Bellator 116 (=Johnson vs Ivanov). Kongo vs Johnson is on the undercard of Pat Curran vs Patricio Freire 2 – Bellator 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!