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!

2014 MMA fight – Javy Ayala vs Raphael Butler – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, pretty good finish between Javy Ayala and Raphael Butler: it gets three stars. Javy Ayala entered this fight with a mma record of 7-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.39 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Carl Seumanutafa, after that bout he won twice defeating Thiago Santos and Eric Prindle.
His opponent, the undefeated Raphael Butler, has a record of 8-0-1 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.88 in the same weight class, the only man who stopped him in a draw was Nick Rossborough in his last bout; Butler was also a professional boxer with a boxing record of 35-12-0 but he hasn’t fought since November 5, 2011 when he was defeated by Chris Arreola. Ayala vs Butler is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Rafael Carvalho vs Brian Rogers – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, fight not particularly exciting between Rafael Carvalho and Brian Rogers: it gets two stars. Rafael Carvalho entered this fight with a mma record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.85 middleweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in his first professional mma fight when he faced Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes in 2011.
His opponent, Brian Rogers, has an official record of 11-6-0 (91% finishing rate), he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Dan Cramer (=Rogers vs Cramer) and Mikkel Parlo (=Rogers vs Parlo), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Adrian Miles. Carvalho vs Rogers is on the undercard of Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Melvin Manhoef vs Doug Marshall – full fight Video Bellator 125

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-19, nice exchanges between Melvin Manhoef and Doug Marshall: it gets three stars. Melvin Manhoef entered this fight with a pro mma record of 28-11-1 (93% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.56 welterweight in the world, he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Brock Larson (=Manhoef vs Larson) and Mamed Khalidov (=Khalidov vs Manhoef), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos in their rematch (=Manhoef vs Cyborg 2).
His opponent, Doug Marshall, has a record of 18-7-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 middleweight, he won the Bellator Mw tournament (season 8) last year defeating Brett Cooper in the final (=Cooper vs Marshall) but then he was beat by Alexander Shlemenko in a fight valid for the Bellator Mw title (=Shlemenko vs Marshall). Manhoef vs Marshall is the main event of Bellator 125. Watch the video and rate this fight!