Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so good: Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj and former Ksw light-Hw champion Jan Blachowicz entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-7-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2016 and 2017, against Alexander Gustafsson (Gustafsson vs Blachowicz) and Patrick Cummins, but then he has won four bouts beating Jimi Manuwa (Jimi Manuwa vs Jan Blachowicz 2) and Nikita Krylov in 2018 (Jan Blachowicz vs Nikita Krylov).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official record of 20-6-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ was defeated by David Branch in April 2018 (David Branch vs Thiago Santos) but then he has won three fights beating Jimi Manuwa in his last one (Jimi Manuwa vs Thiago Santos). Blachowicz vs Santos is the main event of UFC Fight Night 145 (UFC on ESPN+ 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-10, good fight between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The undefeated former Glory kickboxing fighter Israel Adesanya entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 15-0-0 (87% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.8 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker). He fought four times last year winning over Rob Wilkinson, Martin Vettori (Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori), Brad Tavares (Brad Tavares vs Israel Adesanya) and Derek Brunson (Derek Brunson vs Israel Adesanya).
His opponent, the 43-year-old (14 years older than Adesanya) black belt in Bjj, tae-kwon-do and former Ufc Mw champion Anderson Silva, has an official record of 34-8-0 (76% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since February 11, 2017 when he defeated Derek Brunson (Anderson Silva vs Derek Brunson). Before this bout, in 2016, ‘The Spider’ Silva had lost two consecutive fights: against Michael Bisping in February (controversial decision, Silva vs Bisping) and with Daniel Cormier in July (Cormier vs Silva). Adesanya vs Silva is the new main event of UFC 234 (on the original fight card the main event was Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum but the Australian pulled out of the event a few hours prior due to an abdominal hernia). 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: 2018-12-02, boring fight between Mark Hunt and Justin Willis: it gets one star!
The 44-year-old former K-1 world champion Mark Hunt (13 years older than Willis), entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-13-1 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Derrick Lewis last year (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt); after this fight he has lost to Curtis Blaydes (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes) and Alexey Oleynik (Mark Hunt vs Alexey Oleynik).
His opponent, Justin Willis, has an official record of 7-1-0 (57% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.50 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss at his first professional mma fight, against Henry Solis, since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Chase Sherman in 2018. Hunt vs Willis is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa – UFC Fight Night 142. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-02, disappointing fight between Alexey Kunchenko and Yushin Okami: it gets two stars.
The undefeated M-1 Global Ww champion Alexey Kunchenko entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 19-0-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 welterweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2018 winning over Alexander Butenko and Thiago Alves (Alexey Kunchenko vs Thiago Alves).
His opponent, the black belt in judo Yushin Okami, has an official record of 35-11-0 (48% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class. He lost to Ovince St Preux last year (Ovince St Preux vs Yushin Okami) but he come back to win in 2018 against Dhiego Lima. Kunchenko vs Okami is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa – UFC Fight Night 142. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, pretty good finish between Alexander Volkov and Derrick Lewis but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The former Bellator and M-1 Global Hw champion Alexander Volkov entered this fight with a mma record of 30-6-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He suffered two consecutive losses in 2015, against Tony Johnson (Volkov vs Johnson) and Cheick Kongo (Kongo vs Volkov), but then he has won six bouts beating Fabricio Werdum in his last one (Fabricio Werdum vs Alexander Volkov).
His opponent, Derrick Lewis, has an official record of 20-5-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Mark Hunt in 2017 (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt) but then, in 2018, he has won over Marcin Tybura (Derrick Lewis vs Marcin Tybura) and Francis Ngannou (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis). Volkov vs Lewis is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. 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: 2018-06-09, nice and tough exchanges between Andrei Arlovski and Tai Tuivasa: it gets three stars.
The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a professional record of 27-15-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 heavyweight in the world but he lost five out of his last seven bouts, two in 2017: against Francis Ngannou (Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Marcin Tybura (Arlovski vs Tybura); after this fight he has won over Junior Albini (Andrei Arlovski vs Junior Albini) and Stefan Struve (Andrei Arlovski vs Stefan Struve).
His opponent, the undefeated Tai Tuivasa, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.72 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has defeated James McSweeney, Rashad Coulter and Cyril Asker (Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker). Arlovski vs Tuivasa is on the undercard of Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero 2 – UFC 225. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-19, pretty good fight between Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja: it gets three stars.
Brandon Moreno entered this fight with a pro record of 14-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson). He fought twice in 2017 beating Dustin Ortiz (Moreno vs Ortiz) and losing to Sergio Pettis (Sergio Pettis vs Brandon Moreno).
His opponent, Alexandre Pantoja, has an official mma record of 18-3-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Dustin Ortiz (Dustin Ortiz vs Alexandre Pantoja); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Eric Shelton and Neil Seery (Pantoja vs Seery). Moreno vs Pantoja is on the undercard of Demian Maia vs Kamaru Usman – UFC Fight Night 129; they also face each other on July 8th, 2023 (Brandon Moreno vs Alexandre Pantoja 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-19, good finish between Nikita Krylov and Fabio Maldonado: it gets three stars.
The black belt in karate Nikita Krylov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-5-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 light heavyweight in the world. He was defeated by Misha Cirkunov in 2016 but then he beat Stjepan Bekavac (Nikita Krylov vs Stjepan Bekavac), Maro Perak and Emanuel Newton in 2017.
His opponent, the current FNG light-Hw champion Fabio Maldonado, has an official record of 24-11-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.22 in the same weight class. ‘Caipira de Aco’ Maldonado lost four consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, the last two with Fedor Emelianenko (Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado) and Mikhail Mokhnatkin, but then he has won over Abdul-Khamid Davlyatov and Kurban Omarov. Krylov vs Maldonado is valid for the FNG light heavyweight title (Maldonado’s first defense); undercard of David Khachatryan vs Peter Queally – Fight Nights Global 87. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so good: Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
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