Here you can find the best mma fights of 2016 rated by our users (ranking updated monthly). We post the top 25 fighting with 4 and 5 stars rated at least ten times.
Clicking on the name of the fighter you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-02, good finish but the rest of the fight was pretty boring: Vinny Magalhaes vs Jake Heun gets two stars.The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former M-1 Global champion Vinny Magalhaes entered this fight with a boxing record of 13-7-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013, against Phil Davis (=Davis vs Magalhaes) and Anthony Perosh, but then he has won three bouts beating Matt Hamill in his last one (=Magalhaes vs Hamill).
His opponent, Jake Heun, has an official record of 9-4-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.96 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year losing to Clifford Starks, but then he won over Davin Clark and Clinton Williams. Magalhaes vs Heun is on the undercard of David Branch vs Clifford Starks – WSOF 30. Watch the video and rate this fight!
‘Best of Mma’, is the annual ranking of the best mma fights of the year 2016 (best Ufc fights and other promotions), matches rated by AllTheBestFights.
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-19, disappointing fight between Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie: it gets two stars.The former Ufc Superfight, Pride and King of Pancrase champion Ken Shamrock entered this fight with a record of 28-16-2 (89% finishing rate) but now he is 52 years old (three years older than Gracie) and he fought just once since the end of 2010: he lost to Kevin ‘Kimbo Slice’ Ferguson last year (=Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock).
His opponent, the 6th degree black belt in Gracie jiu-jitsu and winner of three Ufc tournament Royce Gracie, has a mma record of 14-2-3 (86% submission victory rate – he has never won by ko/tko) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 2, 2007 when he defeated Kazushi Sakuraba; before this bout he had lost to Matt Hughes. In their first fight ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Man’ Shamrock lost to Gracie by submission in just 57 seconds (November 12, 1993 – UFC 1) while their second bout ended in a draw (April 7, 1995 – UFC 5). Gracie vs Shamrock 3 is the main event of Bellator 149. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-17, Vinny Magalhaes vs Matt Hamill gets three stars thanks to a good finish.The black belt in Bjj and former M-1 Global light-Hw champion Vinny Magalhaes entered this fight with a mma record of 12-7-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive losses in 2013, against Phil Davis (=Davis vs Magalhaes) and Anthony Perosh, but then he has won over Jorge Gonzalez and Jason Brilz.
His opponent, Matt Hamill, has an official record of 11-5-0 (55% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 9, 2013 when he was defeated by Thiago Silva (=Silva vs Hamill). Magalhaes vs Hamill is on the undercard of Jon Fitch vs Yushin Okami – WSOF 24. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-09-19, good finish between Liam McGeary and Tito Ortiz: it gets three stars.The undefeated Liam McGeary entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (90% 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 has fought once in 2015 winning the Bellator light-Hw title against Emanuel Newton (=Newton vs McGeary).
His opponent, the former Ufc light-Hw champion Tito Ortiz, has an official record of 18-11-1 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive losses between 2011 and 2012 but he came back to win last year defeating Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Stephan Bonnar (=Ortiz vs Bonnar). Ortiz vs McGeary, main event of “Bellator 142 – Dynamite 1”, is valid for the Bellator light heavyweight title (McGeary’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-09-19, Phil Davis vs Emanuel Newton gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.Phil Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 13-3-0 (46% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones) but he lost two out of his last three bouts, against Anthony Johnson (=Davis vs Johnson) and Ryan Bader (=Davis vs Bader). Between these two fights he had won over Glover Teixeira (=Teixeira vs Davis).
His opponent, Emanuel Newton, has a record of 25-8-1 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Liam McGeary (fight in which he lost his Bellator light-Hw title, Newton vs McGeary). Davis vs Newton is the semifinal of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; undercard of Liam McGeary vs Tito Ortiz – “Bellator 142 Dynamite 1”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-28, back and forth fight between Thiago Silva and Teddy Holder: it gets three stars.The black belt in Bjj Thiago Silva entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-3-0 (87% finishing rate) while his opponent, Teddy Holder (who replaces Matt Hamill), has a record of 8-1-0 (100% finishing rate). Both fighters are not ranked as they haven’t fought since 2013 when Silva defeated Matt Hamill (=Silva vs Hamill) and Holder beat Chris Davis. Silva vs Holder is on the undercard of Justin Gaethje vs Luis Palomino – WSOF 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-27, some good exchanges in the second part but it is not enough to get three stars: Francis Carmont vs Guilherme Viana gets two.Francis Carmont entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-10-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 middleweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive defeats: against Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (=Jacare vs Carmont), CB Dollaway (=Carmont vs Dollaway) and Thales Leites (=Leites vs Carmont).
His opponent, Guilherme Viana, has a record of 6-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.67 light heavyweight. He suffered his only loss in 2012 when he faced Rodney Wallace, after this bout he has won three consecutive fights beating Julio Cesar dos Santos in his last one. Carmont vs Viana is on the undercard of Joe Warren vs Marcos Galvao 2 – Bellator 135. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-01-30, good finish between Rodney Wallace and Misha Cirkunov: it gets three stars.The former Ufc and Bellator fighter Rodney Wallace entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-9-1 (36% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.46 light heavyweight in the world; he lost two out of his five bouts of 2014, against Maxim Grishin and Kelly Anundson, but in his last fight he won the HKFC light-Hw title beating Clay Davidson.
His opponent, Misha Cirkunov, has an official record of 7-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Aaron Johnson, since then he fought and won just twice. Wallace vs Cirkunov, main event of Hard Knocks Fighting Championship 41, is valid for the HKFC light-Hw championship title (Wallace’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
