2014 MMA fight – Patricky Freire vs Marcin Held – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, fight not so exciting between Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire and Marcin Held: it gets two stars. The black belt in Bjj Patricky Freire entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 lightweight in the world, he suffered three consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, the last one against Derek Anderson (=Freire vs Anderson), but then he came back to win beating James Edson Berto, David Rickels (=Rickels vs Freire) and Derek Campos (=Freire vs Campos).
His opponent, Marcin Held (black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well), has a record of 19-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in his first bout of 2013, against Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held), but then he won four consecutive fights, the last one against Nate Jolly. ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Held is the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament; undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – Bellator 126. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – full fight Video Bellator 126

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-26, great start between Alexander Shlemenko and Brandon Halsey: it gets three stars. Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 50-8-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 beating Brennan Ward (=Shlemenko vs Ward) but then he moved up in weight class to the light heavyweight division to face Tito Ortiz and he lost (=Shlemenko vs Ortiz).
His opponent, the undefeated Brandon Halsey, has an official record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class, he has fought twice as well in 2014 beating Joe Pacheco in April and Brett Cooper in July (final of the Bellator Mw tournament – season 10, Cooper vs Halsey). Shlemenko vs Halsey, main event of Bellator 126, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Shlemenko’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 38, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 38: (Mon-Sun) from September 15, 2014 to September 21, 2014.   Boxing Fight & Ko of the Week: Orlando Salido vs Terdsak Kokietgym   K-1 Muay Thai Fight & Ko of the Week: Chanajon vs … Read more

2014 MMA fight – Kiichi Kunimoto vs Richard Walsh – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Kiichi Kunimoto vs Richard Walsh gets two stars. Kiichi Kunimoto entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-5-2 (65% finishing rate) while his opponent, Richard Walsh, has an official record of 8-1-0 (62% finishing rate); both fighters come off six consecutive wins. Kunimoto vs Walsh is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah gets two. The black belt in judo Yoshihiro Akiyama entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (92% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since February, 2012 when he was defeated by Jake Shields (=Shields vs Akiyama); before that bout he had already lost three consecutive times.
His opponent, Amir Sadollah, has a record of 6-4-0 (33% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 29, 2012 when he was defeated by Dan Hardy (=Hardy vs Sadollah). Akiyama vs Sadollah is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Miesha Tate vs Rin Nakai – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, fight not particularly exciting between Miesha Tate and Rin Nakai: it gets two stars. The former Strikeforce women’s Bw champion Miesha Tate entered this fight with a mma record of 14-5-0 (64% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.5 women’s bantamweight in the world; she lost two out of two fights in 2013, against Cat Zingano (=Tate vs Zingano) and the rematch against #1 Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Tate 2), but she came back to win in 2014 beating Liz Carmouche (=Tate vs Carmouche).
Her opponent, the undefeated black belt in judo and former Pancrase women’s Bw champion Rin Nakai, has an official record of 16-0-1 (62% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, she has already fought once in 2014 beating Sarah D’Alelio. Tate vs Nakai is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Myles Jury vs Takanori Gomi – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, pretty good finish between Myles Jury and Takanori Gomi: it gets three stars. The undefeated black belt in Bjj Myles Jury entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world, he has already fought once in 2014 beating Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Jury).
His opponent, the former Pride Lw champion Takanori Gomi, has an official record of 35-9-0 (54% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Gomi) but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Isaac Vallie-Flagg. Jury vs Gomi is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The 40-year-old Mark Hunt (two years older than Nelson) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-8-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); he fought three times last year defeating Stefan Struve (=Struve vs Hunt) but then he was beat by #2 Junior dos Santos (=Dos Santos vs Hunt) and he drew against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in one of the most exciting fights of 2013 (4-stars-fight Bigfoot vs Hunt).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Roy Nelson, has an official record of 20-9-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive bouts in 2013, against Stipe Miocic (=Nelson vs Miocic) and Daniel Cormier (=Cormier vs Nelson), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson). ‘Big Country’ Nelson vs Hunt is the main event of UFC Fight Night 52. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Kyoji Horiguchi vs Jon delos Reyes – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, good finish between Kyoji Horiguchi and Jon delos Reyes: it gets three stars. The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a mma record of 13-1-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson); he suffered his only defeat (via majority decision) in 2012 when he faced Masakatsu Ueda, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories.
His opponent, Jon delos Reyes, has an official record of 7-3-0 (100% finishing rate), he has already fought once in 2014 but he lost to Dustin Kimura: Horiguchi vs Reyes is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Goiti Yamauchi vs Martin Stapleton – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, good work on the ground between Goiti Yamauchi and Martin Stapleton but it is not enough to get three stars. The black belt in Bjj Goiti Yamauchi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.52 featherweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2014 losing to Will Martinez but then he defeated Mike Richman.
His opponent, Martin Stapleton, has an official record of 13-3-0 (62% finishing rate), he lost two consecutive fights in 2013, against Saad Awad (=Awad vs Stapleton) and Derek Campos (=Campos vs Stapleton), but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Stanislav Enchev. Yamauchi vs Stapleton is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!