LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2012-10-27, tough and exciting fight between Rafael Marquez and Cristian Mijares: three stars. Rafael Marquez (41-7-0 with 37 victories coming by way of knockout) entered as the No.6 super bantamweight in the world while Cristian Mijares (46-6-2) entered as the No.21. Marquez vs Mijares is valid for the vacant WBC Silver super bantamweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-27, pretty boring fight between Miguel Vazquez and Marvin Quintero: one star. Miguel Vazquez (31-3-0) entered as the No.1 lightweight in the world while Marvin Quintero (25-3-0) entered as the No.36. Vazquez vs Quintero is valid for the IBF lightweight title; undercard of Thomas Dulorme vs Luis Carlos Abregu. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-27, the fight between Mauricio Herrera and Karim Mayfield has not been particularly spectacular: two stars. Mauricio Herrera (18-2-0) entered as the No.23 light welterweight in the world while the undefeated Karim Mayfield (16-0-1) entered as the No.20. Herrera vs Mayfield is valid for the WBO NABO light welterweight title; undercard of Thomas Dulorme vs Luis Carlos Abregu. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-27, nice fight with two knockdowns: Thomas Dulorme vs Luis Abregu gets three stars. The undefeated Thomas Dulorme (16-0-0) entered as the No.40 welterweight in the world while Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1-0 with 27 victories coming by way of knockout) entered as the No.28. Dulorme vs Abregu, main event of the evening, is valid for the vacant WBC International welterweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-26, some good shots but the fight has not been particularly spectacular: Brian Rogers vs Dominique Steele gets two stars. Brian Rogers ranked as the No.74 middleweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 9-4-0 while Dominique Steele had a record of 6-2-0. Rogers vs Steele is on the undercard of Lyman Good vs Michail Tsarev – Bellator 78. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-26, even with a good finish, the fight between Daniel Straus and Alvin Robinson isn’t worth three stars. Daniel Straus ranked as the No.9 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 20-4-0 while Alvin Robinson had a record of 12-6-0. Straus vs Robinson is on the undercard of Lyman Good vs Michail Tsarev – Bellator 78. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-26, good fight between Andrey Koreshkov and Marius Zaromskis: three stars. The undefeated Andrey Koreshkov (11-0-0) entered as the No.87 welterweight in the world while Marius Zaromskis (19-6-0) entered as the No.27. Koreshkov vs Zaromskis is the semifinal of the Bellator welterweight tournament; undercard of Lyman Good vs Michail Tsarev – Bellator 78. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-26, pretty good fight between Lyman Good and Michail Tsarev but it is not enough to get three stars. Lyman Good ranked as the No.36 welterweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 13-2-0 while Michail Tsarev had a record of 24-2-0. Good vs Tsarev, main event of Bellator 78, is the semifinal of the Bellator welterweight tournament. Watch the video!
All four semifinalists for Bellator Fighting Championships’ 170-pound title made weight at the Wright Room at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn in Fairborn, Ohio.
Lyman Good (170.5) vs Michail Tsarev (171) is the main event. The Russian submission specialist comes from an 11-fight win streak and his wants to conquer a title shot to boost his career. His last match was during Bellator 74 against Tim Welch, and as usual the victory came by submission.
“For me, it would mean a lot,” ‘The Lonely Wolf’ said. “It would mean the next step in my career. I trained very hard, and I hope the best fighter will win tomorrow.”
On the other hand, former champ Good is on fire to regain the title he lost in 2010 to current champ Ben Askren. He started his road defeating LeVon Maynard in only 13 seconds and continued with a victory via decision against Jim Wallhead (= Lyman Good vs Jim Wallhead).
“I know that’s going to be one step closer to me getting what I really want,” Good said of a potential Bellator 78 win. “But I’m only focused on
On Saturday October 27, at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Wales, it’s time for Cage Warriors 49.
The main event is Bruno Carvalho (14-5) vs Cathal Pendred (10-2-1).
Carvalho has won nine of his past 10 bouts over a stretch of three and a half years, with his lone loss coming against former DREAM champion and current Bellator fighter Marius Zaromskis in absolutely must see and brutal fight… four stars for one of the best mma KO of 2011: somersault kick (!!!), elbow and punches!
Pendred hopes to remain undefeated under the Cage Warriors banner and is 4-0-1 in his past five fights.
Cathal ‘The Punisher’ Pendred (overall 10-2-1) had the
