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Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: (Mon-Sun) from December 24, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Mma Fight of the Week: Cris Cyborg Justino vs Amanda Nunes Mma Submission of the Week: BJ Penn vs Ryan Hall

2018 BOXING fight – Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa – full fight Video

2023/02/082018/12/31 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa was only an exhibition fight and we prefer not to rate such a bad show…

The undefeated former Olympian and former world champion in five different weight classes Floyd Mayweather Jr entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 50-0-0 (27 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 26, 2017 when he defeated Conor McGregor (Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor). Before this bout, in 2015, ‘Money’ Mayweather had beat Manny Pacquiao (Mayweather vs Pacquiao) and Andre Berto (Mayweather vs Berto).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in karate and former ISKA world champion Tenshin Nasukawa, has a perfect kickboxing record of 28-0-0 (22 KOs=79% but he has also a mma record of 4-0-0) and he entered as the No.5 featherweight (in kickboxing/K-1 rules). He has already fought five times in 2018 beating Rodtang Jitmuangnon, Kyoji Horiguchi and Taiki Naito in his last three. Nasukawa is just 20 years old, 21 years younger than Floyd but the Japanese is 5 ft 5 in tall (165 cm) while Mayweather is 5 ft 8 in tall (173 cm). Mayweather vs Nasukawa is a 3-round exhibition boxing match (but fighters allowed to use their full strength) and it is the main event of Rizin 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Darrion Caldwell vs Kyoji Horiguchi – full fight Video Rizin 14

2019/06/152018/12/31 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, good fight between Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi: it gets three stars.

The Bellator Bw champion Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-1-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He suffered his only loss when he faced Joe Taimanglo in 2016 (Caldwell vs Taimanglo I) but then he took revenge on him (Taimanglo vs Caldwell II); after this bout he has won three fights beating Noad Lahat in his last one (Darrion Caldwell vs Noad Lahat).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 25-2-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced former Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson in 2015 (Johnson vs Horiguchi), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Ian McCall and Hiromasa Ogikubo in 2018. Caldwell vs Horiguchi is valid for the inaugural Rizin bantamweight title; undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa – Rizin 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka full fight Video WBO – 2018

2022/07/142018/12/31 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, fight not so exciting between Donnie Nietes and Kazuto Ioka: it gets two stars.

The former world champion in three different weight classes Donnie Nietes entered this fight with a professional record of 41-1-5 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Srisaket Sor Rungvisai). He suffered his only loss when he faced Angky Angkotta in 2004, since then he has collected 30 victories and 4 draws beating Juan Carlos Reveco (Donnie Nietes vs Juan Carlos Reveco) and drawing with Aston Palicte in 2018 (Donnie Nietes vs Aston Palicte).
His opponent, former world champ in three different weight divisions as well Kazuto Ioka, has a boxing record of 23-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Amnat Ruenroeng in 2014 (via split decision, Ioka vs Ruenroeng), but after this bout he has won nine bouts beating Yutthana Kaensa (Ioka vs Kaensa), Nare Yianleang and McWilliams Arroyo in his last three (Kazuto Ioka vs McWilliams Arroyo). Nietes vs Ioka is valid for the vacant WBO World super flyweight title; they also faced each other a second time on July 13, 2022 (Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Hekkie Budler vs Hiroto Kyoguchi – full fight Video WBA

2019/06/212018/12/31 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, some good single shots between Hekkie Budler and Hiroto Kyoguchi but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The world champion in two different weight classes Hekkie Budler entered this fight with a pro record of 32-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 light flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ken Shiro). He lost to Milan Melindo last year (via split decision, Milan Melindo vs Hekkie Budler) but he came back to win in 2018 against Ryoichi Taguchi (Ryoichi Taguchi vs Hekkie Budler).
His opponent, the undefeated former Ibf minimumweight champ Hiroto Kyoguchi, has a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Carlos Buitrago (Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Carlos Buitrago), Vince Paras (Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Vince Paras) and Tibo Monabesa. Budler vs Kyoguchi is valid for the WBA Super World light flyweight title (Budler’s first defense); undercard of Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Masayuki Ito vs Evgeny Chuprakov – full fight Video WBO

2019/05/262018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-30, disappointing fight between Masayuki Ito and Evgeny Chuprakov: it gets two stars.

The Wbo super-Fw champion Masayuki Ito entered this fight with a boxing record of 24-1-1 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.11 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Rikki Naito in 2015, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Vergil Puton and Christopher Diaz in 2018 (Masayuki Ito vs Christopher Diaz).
His opponent, the undefeated Evgeny Chuprakov, has a perfect record of 20-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. Between 2017 and 2018 he has fought three times beating Eden Sonsona, Pablo Manuel Ojeda and Ernie Sanchez. Ito vs Chuprakov is valid for the WBO World super featherweight title (Ito’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Takuma Inoue vs Petch Sor Chitpattana – full fight Video WBC

2024/10/082018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-30, some good exchanges between Takuma Inoue and Petch Sor Chitpattana but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Both undefeated, the Japanese Takuma Inoue entered this fight with a perfect record of 12-0-0 (3 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Nery) while his opponent, Petch Sor Chitpattana (also known as Tasana Salapat or Petch CP Freshmart), has a boxing record of 48-0-0 (33 knockouts) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. In their last three fights Inoue has beat Kentaro Masuda, Waldo Sabu and Mark John Yap (Mark John Yap vs Takuma Inoue) while Chitpattana has won over Espinos Sabu, Manot Comput and Chatri Charoensin. Inoue vs Chitpattana is valid for the interim WBC World bantamweight title; undercard of Masayuki Ito vs Evgeny Chuprakov. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Petr Yan vs Douglas Silva de Andrade – fight Video UFC 232

2019/02/232018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, pretty good finish between Petr Yan and Douglas Silva de Andrade but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Petr Yan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 bantamweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedov in 2016 (via split decision), since then he has won five bouts defeating Teruto Ishihara and Jin Soo Son in 2018.
His opponent, Douglas Silva de Andrade, has a record of 25-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Rob Font last year but he came back to win in 2018 against Marlon Vera. Yan vs Silva de Andrade is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – full fight Video UFC 232

2020/01/282018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 gets two stars.

The black belt in gaidojutsu and former Ufc light-Hw champion Jon Jones entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-1-0 (68% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 29, 2017 when he defeated current #1 Hw and light-Hw Ufc champ Daniel Cormier (but then the result was overturned in a no-contest because Jon ‘Bones’ Jones’ tested positive for turinabol, Daniel Cormier vs Jon Jones 2). Jones’ only loss was, in reality, a disqualification suffered against Matt Hamill in 2009 due to multiple “12-6 elbows” (strike brought from a high position toward the floor), since then he has collected 13 consecutive victories and one no-contest beating ‘DC’ Cormier in 2015 (Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier I) and Ovince Saint Preux in 2016 (Jon Jones vs Ovince St Preux).
His opponent, Alexander Gustafsson, has an official record of 18-4-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is also not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year, May 2017, when he defeated Glover Teixeira (Alexander Gustafsson vs Glover Teixeira). Before this bout ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson had also beat Jan Blachowicz (Gustafsson vs Blachowicz) but in 2015 he had lost two consecutive bouts: against Anthony Johnson (Gustafsson vs Johnson) and Daniel Cormier (via split decision, Cormier vs Gustafsson). In their first fight Jones had won over Gustafsson via unanimous decision (September 21, 2013 – Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson I); this second fight, main event of Ufc 232, is valid for the Ufc light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Cris Cyborg Justino vs Amanda Nunes full fight Video UFC 232 – 2018

2022/08/012018/12/30 by ATBF Editorial Board

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-29, tough fight with some heavy exchanges from the first bell: Cris Cyborg Justino vs Amanda Nunes is one of the best mma fights of 2018 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The current Ufc women’s Fw, former Strikeforce and Invicta Fc champion Cristiane Cyborg Justino entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-1-0 (85% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her only loss at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes in 2005, since then she has won 20 consecutive bouts beating Tonya Evinger (Cyborg vs Evinger), Holly Holm (Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm) and Yana Kunitskaya in her last three (Cris Cyborg Justino vs Yana Kunitskaya).
Her opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc women’s Bw champ Amanda Nunes, has a record of 16-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.1 women’s bantamweight. She suffered her last loss when she faced Cat Zingano in 2014 (Zingano vs Nunes), since then she has won seven bouts beating Ronda Rousey (Nunes vs Rousey), Valentina Shevchenko (Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2) and Raquel Pennington in her last three (Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington). Cyborg vs Nunes is valid for the Ufc women’s featherweight title (Cyborg’s third defense); undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!