Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, good fight between Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi: it gets three stars.
The Bellator Bw champion Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-1-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He suffered his only loss when he faced Joe Taimanglo in 2016 (Caldwell vs Taimanglo I) but then he took revenge on him (Taimanglo vs Caldwell II); after this bout he has won three fights beating Noad Lahat in his last one (Darrion Caldwell vs Noad Lahat).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 25-2-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced former Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson in 2015 (Johnson vs Horiguchi), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Ian McCall and Hiromasa Ogikubo in 2018. Caldwell vs Horiguchi is valid for the inaugural Rizin bantamweight title; undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa – Rizin 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, pretty good finish between Petr Yan and Douglas Silva de Andrade but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won five bouts defeating Teruto Ishihara and Jin Soo Son in 2018.
His opponent, Douglas Silva de Andrade, has a record of 25-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Rob Font last year but he came back to win in 2018 against Marlon Vera. Yan vs Silva de Andrade is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 gets two stars.
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former Ufc light-Hw champion Jon Jones entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-1-0 (68% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 29, 2017 when he defeated current #1 Hw and light-Hw Ufc champ Daniel Cormier (but then the result was overturned in a no-contest because Jon ‘Bones’ Jones’ tested positive for turinabol, Daniel Cormier vs Jon Jones 2). Jones’ only loss was, in reality, a disqualification suffered against Matt Hamill in 2009 due to multiple “12-6 elbows” (strike brought from a high position toward the floor), since then he has collected 13 consecutive victories and one no-contest beating ‘DC’ Cormier in 2015 (Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier I) and Ovince Saint Preux in 2016 (Jon Jones vs Ovince St Preux).
His opponent, Alexander Gustafsson, has an official record of 18-4-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is also not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year, May 2017, when he defeated Glover Teixeira (Alexander Gustafsson vs Glover Teixeira). Before this bout ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson had also beat Jan Blachowicz (Gustafsson vs Blachowicz) but in 2015 he had lost two consecutive bouts: against Anthony Johnson (Gustafsson vs Johnson) and Daniel Cormier (via split decision, Cormier vs Gustafsson). In their first fight Jones had won over Gustafsson via unanimous decision (September 21, 2013 – Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson I); this second fight, main event of Ufc 232, is valid for the Ufc light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, tough fight with some heavy exchanges from the first bell: Cris Cyborg Justino vs Amanda Nunes is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The current Ufc women’s Fw, former Strikeforce and Invicta Fc champion Cristiane Cyborg Justino entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-1-0 (85% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her only loss at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes in 2005, since then she has won 20 consecutive bouts beating Tonya Evinger (Cyborg vs Evinger), Holly Holm (Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm) and Yana Kunitskaya in her last three (Cris Cyborg Justino vs Yana Kunitskaya).
Her opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc women’s Bw champ Amanda Nunes, has a record of 16-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.1 women’s bantamweight. She suffered her last loss when she faced Cat Zingano in 2014 (Zingano vs Nunes), since then she has won seven bouts beating Ronda Rousey (Nunes vs Rousey), Valentina Shevchenko (Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2) and Raquel Pennington in her last three (Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington). Cyborg vs Nunes is valid for the Ufc women’s featherweight title (Cyborg’s third defense); undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, good fight between Carlos Condit and Michael Chiesa: it gets three stars.
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former interim Ufc Ww champion Carlos Condit entered this fight with a mma record of 30-12-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.41 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last six fights, against Thiago Alves in 2015 (Condit vs Alves); after this bout he has been defeated four times losing to Alex Oliveira in his last one (Carlos Condit vs Alex Oliveira).
His opponent, the Tuf winner Michael Chiesa, has an official record of 14-4-0 (71% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.33 lightweight but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Kevin Lee (Michael Chiesa vs Kevin Lee) and Anthony Pettis (Anthony Pettis vs Michael Chiesa); before these two bouts he had beat Beneil Dariush. Condit vs Chiesa is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, spectacular finish between BJ Penn and Ryan Hall: this is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former Ufc Lw and Ww champion BJ Penn entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-12-2 (81% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 25, 2017 when he was defeated by Denni Siver (BJ Penn vs Dennis Siver); before this bout he had also lost four consecutive bouts, his last victory was in 2010 against Matt Hughes.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitu Ryan Hall, has an official record of 6-1-0 (67% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 3, 2016 when he defeated Gray Maynard; before this bout, in 2015, he had also beat Artem Lobov (Artem Lobov vs Ryan Hall). BJ Penn vs Hall is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, some good exchanges between Andrei Arlovski and Walt Harris but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a record of 27-17-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Tai Tuivasa (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa) and Shamil Abdurakhimov (Andrei Arlovski vs Shamil Abdurakhimov); before these two fights he had beat Stefan Struve (Andrei Arlovski vs Stefan Struve).
His opponent, Walt Harris, has a mma record of 11-7-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.81 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts last year, with Fabrício Werdum (Fabricio Werdum vs Walt Harris) and Mark Godbeer but he came back to win in 2018 against Daniel Spitz. Arlovski vs Harris is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, nice and tough fight between Chad Mendes and Alexander Volkanovski: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
Chad Mendes entered this fight with a pro record of 18-4-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Max Holloway). He lost two consecutive bouts in 2015, against Conor McGregor (Mendes vs McGregor) and Frankie Edgar (Frankie Edgar vs Chad Mendes) but since then he has fought just once beating Myles Jury in 2018 (Chad Mendes vs Myles Jury).
His opponent, Alexander Volkanovski, has an official mma record of 18-1-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Corey Nelson in 2013, since then he has collected 15 consecutive victories beating Shane Young, Jeremy Kennedy and Darren Elkins in his last three (Darren Elkins vs Alexander Volkanovski). Mendes vs Volkanovski is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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