Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-02, pretty good fight between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Raphael Assuncao entered this fight with a professional mma record of 27-5-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 bantamweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Ufc Bw champion TJ Dillashaw in 2016 (Dillashaw vs Assuncao 2) but then he has won four bouts beating Matthew Lopez (Raphael Assuncao vs Matthew Lopez) and Rob Font in his last two (Raphael Assuncao vs Rob Font).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has an official record of 21-5-1 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost the first bout against Assuncao in 2017 (Moraes vs Assuncao) but then he has won three fights defeating Jimmie Rivera in 2018 (Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes). Assuncao vs Moraes 2 is the main event of UFC Fight Night 144 (UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, fight not particularly good between Yancy Medeiros and Gregor Gillespie: it gets two stars.
Yancy Medeiros entered this fight with a mma record of 15-5-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Donald Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Yancy Medeiros); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Erick Silva (Silva vs Medeiros) and Alex Oliveira (Alex Oliveira vs Yancy Medeiros).
His opponent, the undefeated Gregor Gillespie, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Jordan Rinaldi (Gregor Gillespie vs Jordan Rinaldi) and Vinc Pichel (Gregor Gillespie vs Vinc Pichel). Medeiros vs Gillespie is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-15, nice exchanges between Edson Barboza and Dan Hooker: it gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 19-6-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 lightweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against current #1 Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza) and Kevin Lee (Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee); before these two bouts he had beat Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush).
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has a record of 17-7-0 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He lost to Jason Knight in 2016 but then he has won four bouts beating Jim Miller (Jim Miller vs Dan Hooker) and Gilbert Burns in 2018. Barboza vs Hooker is on the undercard of Kevin Lee vs Al Iaquinta 2 – UFC on Fox 31. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-10, good fight with a spectacular finish: Chan Sung Jung vs Yair Rodriguez is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night, UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in hapkido, judo and tae-kwon-do Chan Sung Jung entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-4-0 (86% finishing rate) while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Yair Rodriguez, has an official record of 10-2-0 (50% finishing rate). Both fighters are not ranked as they haven’t fought for more than one year: ‘The Korean Zombie’ was defeated by Jose Aldo in 2013 (Aldo vs Jung) but then he beat Dennis Bermudez in February 2017 (Dennis Bermudez vs Chan Sung Jung) while ‘Pantera’ Rodriguez fought twice last year defeating BJ Penn in January (Rodriguez vs Penn) and losing to Frankie Edgar in May (Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriguez).Jung vs Rodriguez is the main event of UFC Fight Night 139. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-08, fight not so exciting between John Dodson and Jimmie Rivera: it gets two stars.
The black belt in gaidojutsu and Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson entered this fight with a record of 20-9-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost to Marlon Moraes at the end of 2017 (John Dodson vs Marlon Moraes) but he came back to win against Pedro Munhoz in 2018 (John Dodson vs Pedro Munhoz).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Jimmie Rivera, has a mma record of 21-2-0 (29% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He beat Thomas Almeida last year (Jimmie Rivera vs Thomas Almeida) but then he was defeated by Marlon Moraes in 2018 (Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes). Dodson vs Rivera is on the undercard of Tyron Woodley vs Darren Till – UFC 228. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-08-25, fight not so exciting between Bryan Barberena and Jake Ellenberger: it gets two stars.
Bryan Barberena entered this fight with a professional record of 13-5-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.73 welterweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Colby Covington and Leon Edwards (Leon Edwards vs Bryan Barberena); between these two bouts he beat Joe Proctor.
His opponent, Jake Ellenberger, has a mma record of 31-14-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.77 in the same weight class but he won just two out of his last ten fights: he beat Matt Brown in 2016 (Brown vs Ellenberger) but then he was defeated by Jorge Masvidal (Ellenberger vs Masvidal), Mike Perry (Jake Ellenberger vs Mike Perry) and Ben Saunders (Jake Ellenberger vs Ben Saunders). Barberena vs Ellenberger is on the undercard of Justin Gaethje vs James Vick – UFC Fight Night 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-11, disappointing fight between Mark Hunt and Curtis Blaydes: it gets two stars.
The 43-year-old (27 years older than Blaydes) former K-1 world champion Mark Hunt entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-11-1 (77% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He fought twice last year losing to Alistair Overeem (Overeem vs Hunt 2) and beating Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt).
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has a record of 8-1-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou in 2016, after this fight he has won over Cody East, Adam Milstead (then overturned in a no-contest beacause he tested positive for marijuana), Daniel Omielanczuk (Omielanczuk vs Blaydes) and Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes). Blaydes vs Hunt is on the undercard of Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold – UFC 221. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-27, pretty good fight between Gregor Gillespie and Jordan Rinaldi: it gets three stars.
The undefeated Gregor Gillespie entered this fight with a perfect record of 10-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.59 lightweight in the world. He fought twice in 2017 winning over Andrew Holbrook and Jason Gonzalez.
His opponent, Jordan Rinaldi, has a mma record of 13-5-0 (69% finishing rate) and he fought once last year beating Alvaro Herrera; before this fight, in 2016, he had lost to Abel Trujillo. Gillespie vs Rinaldi is on the undercard of Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Derek Brunson 2 – UFC on Fox 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, spectacular finish between Marlon Moraes and Aljamain Sterling: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Aljamain Sterling entered this fight with a professional record of 14-2-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost two consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017, against Bryan Caraway and Raphael Assuncao (=Sterling vs Assuncao) but then he has defeated Augusto Mendes and Renan Barao (=Sterling vs Barao).
His opponent, the former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has a mma record of 19-5-1 (68% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 losing to Raphael Assuncao (=Moraes vs Assuncao) and beating John Dodson (=Dodson vs Moraes). Moraes vs Sterling is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-22, pretty good fight between Jimmie Rivera and Thomas Almeida: it gets three stars.
Jimmie Rivera entered this fight with a pro record of 20-1-0 (30% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his second professional mma fight, against Jason McLean in 2008 (via split decision), since then he has collected 19 consecutive victories beating Iuri Alcantara (=Alcantara vs Rivera) and Urijah Faber in 2016 (=Faber vs Rivera).
His opponent, Thomas Almeida, has an official mma record of 21-1-0 (95% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. ‘Tominhas’ fought twice last year losing to #1 Cody Garbrandt (=Almeida vs Garbrandt) and winning over Albert Morales (=Almeida vs Morales). Jimmie Rivera vs Thomas Almeida is on the undercard of Chris Weidman vs Kelvin Gastelum – UFC on Fox 25. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-02, pretty good fight between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
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