Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-23, mma fight not so exciting: Grant Dawson vs Ricky Glenn gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Glenn vs Dawson is on the undercard of Paulo Costa vs Marvin Vettori – UFC Vegas 41 (also known as UFC Fight Night 196 or UFC on ESPN+ 54). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-09-25, good mma fight: Marlon Moraes vs Merab Dvalishvili gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Dvalishvili vs Moraes is on the undercard of Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega – UFC 266. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-19, pretty good finish between Marlon Moraes and Rob Font: it gets three stars – UFC Performance of the Night (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The black belt in Bjj and former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes entered this fight with a professional record of 23-7-1 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Petr Yan) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Henry Cejudo (Henry Cejudo vs Marlon Moraes) and Cory Sandhagen (Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen); between these two bouts he beat Jose Aldo (Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo).
His opponent, Rob Font, has a mma record of 17-4-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Raphael Assuncao in 2018 (Raphael Assuncao vs Rob Font) but then he has beat Sergio Pettis (Sergio Pettis vs Rob Font) and Ricky Simon. Font vs Moraes is on the undercard of Stephen Thompson vs Geoff Neal – UFC Fight Night 183 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 41 or UFC Vegas 17). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-24, good fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match took second place in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, good fight between Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-30, disappointing fight between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai: it gets two stars.
The black belt in judo, former world combat sambo and Wsof champion Blagoy Ivanov entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-3-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Ben Rothwell (Blagoy Ivanov vs Ben Rothwell) and Tai Tuivasa (Tai Tuivasa vs Blagoy Ivanov) but then he was defeated by Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Blagoy Ivanov).
His opponent, Augusto Sakai, has a record of 14-1-1 (79% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He lost to Cheick Kongo in 2017 (Cheick Kongo vs Augusto Sakai) but then he has won five consecutive bouts beating Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Augusto Sakai) and Marcin Tybura in 2019. Ivanov vs Sakai is on the undercard of Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns – UFC on ESPN 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-09, nice and tough fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night, UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match took third place in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).The black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi Bjj), Tuf 13 tournament winner and former interim Ufc Lw champion Tony Ferguson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov). ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson suffered his last defeat when he faced Michael Johnson in 2012, since then he has collected twelve consecutive victories beating Kevin Lee (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee), Anthony Pettis (Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis) and Donald Cerrone in his last three (Tony Ferguson vs Donald Cerrone).
His opponent, the former Wsof Lw champion Justin Gaethje, has an official record of 21-2-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, against Eddie Alvarez (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje) and Dustin Poirier (4-stars fight, Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje), but then he has won over James Vick (Justin Gaethje vs James Vick), Edson Barboza (4-stars fight, Edson Barboza vs Justin Gaethje) and Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Justin Gaethje). Ferguson vs Gaethje is valid for the interim Ufc lightweight title, and it is the main event of the UFC 249 (on the original fight card Ferguson was expected to face Khabib Nurmagomedov but the Russian had to pull out due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, close fight but not so exciting: Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo gets two stars.The black belt in Bjj and former Wsof Bw champ Marlon Moraes entered this fight with a record of 22-6-1 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 bantamweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Bw Henry Cejudo (Henry Cejudo vs Marlon Moraes); before this fight, between 2018 and 2019, he had beat Jimmie Rivera (Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes) and he took revenge on Raphael Assuncao in their second bout (Raphael Assuncao vs Marlon Moraes 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Fw champion Jose Aldo, has an official mma record of 28-5-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 featherweight but he also lost his last bout, against Alexander Volkanovski (Jose Aldo vs Alexander Volkanovski); before this fight, ‘Scarface’ Aldo had beat Jeremy Stephens in 2018 (Jose Aldo vs Jeremy Stephens) and Renato Moicano in 2019 (Jose Aldo vs Renato Moicano Carneiro). Moraes vs Aldo is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington – UFC 245. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, good fight between Alexander Shlemenko and David Branch: it gets three stars.The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 58-12-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 middleweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, the last one against Anatoly Tokov (Alexander Shlemenko vs Anatoly Tokov), but then he has won over Billstein (Alexander Shlemenko vs Jonas Billstein) and Viscardi Andrade (Alexander Shlemenko vs Viscardi Andrade).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, former Wsof light-Hw and Mw champion David Branch, has an official record of 22-6-0 (59% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Thiago Santos in 2018 (David Branch vs Thiago Santos); after this bout he has lost to Jared Cannonier (David Branch vs Jared Cannonier) and Jack Hermansson (David Branch vs Jack Hermansson). Shlemenko vs Branch is the main event of RCC 7 – Russian Cagefighting Championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-02, disappointing fight between Derrick Lewis and Blagoy Ivanov: it gets two stars.Derrick Lewis entered this fight with a professional record of 21-7-0 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Derrick Lewis) and Junior dos Santos (Derrick Lewis vs Junior dos Santos); before these fights he had beat Alexander Volkov (Alexander Volkov vs Derrick Lewis).
His opponent, the black belt in judo, former world combat sambo and Wsof champion Blagoy Ivanov, has an official record of 18-2-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He also lost to Junior dos Santos, in 2018 (via unanimous decision, Junior dos Santos vs Blagoy Ivanov), but then he has won over Ben Rothwell (Blagoy Ivanov vs Ben Rothwell) and Tai Tuivasa (Tai Tuivasa vs Blagoy Ivanov). Lewis vs Ivanov is on the undercard of Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz – UFC 244. Watch the video and rate this fight!
