Best fights of the week 28, year 2017

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 28: (Mon-Sun) from July 10, 2017 to July 16, 2017.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Omar Figueroa vs Robert Guerrero   K-1 Muay Thai Fight of the Week: Adegbuyi vs Guto Inocente   Mma … Read more

2017 MMA fight – Joe Warren vs Steve Garcia – full fight Video Bellator 181

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-14, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Joe Warren vs Steve Garcia gets two stars.

The former Bellator Fw and Bw champion Joe Warren entered this fight with a mma record of 14-6-0 (36% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 bantamweight in the world. He fought three times last year losing twice, against Darrion Caldwell (=Warren vs Caldwell) and Eduardo Dantas (=Dantas vs Warren 2); between these two fights he beat Sirwan Kakai (=Warren vs Kakai).
His opponent, Steve Garcia, has an official record of 7-1-0 (71% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he suffered his first defeat last year, against Ricky Turcios (via split decision); after this bout he came back to win with Ronnie Lawrence. Joe Warren vs Steve Garcia is on the undercard of Derek Campos vs Brandon Girtz 3 – Bellator 181. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Jose Cayetano vs Kid Galahad – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-15, pretty good fight between Jose Cayetano and Kid Galahad: it gets three stars.

Jose Cayetano entered this fight with a professional record of 21-5-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.18 super bantamweight in the world. He lost to Scott Quigg last year (=Quigg vs Cayetano) but he came back to win in 2017 against Gregorio Perez.
His opponent, the undefeated Kid Galahad, has a perfect boxing record of 22-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.45 featherweight. He has fought once in 2017 winning over Leonel Hernandez. Kid Galahad vs Jose Cayetano is valid for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title; undercard of Chris Eubank Jr vs Arthur Abraham. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Lee Selby vs Jonathan Victor Barros – full fight Video IBF

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-15, some good exchanges between Lee Selby and Jonathan Barros but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The Ibf Fw champion Lee Selby entered this fight with a boxing record of 24-1-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz). He suffered his only loss when he faced Samir Mouneimne in 2009, since then he has won 20 consecutive fights beating Eric Hunter in 2016 (=Selby vs Hunter) and Andoni Gago in 2017 (=Selby vs Gago).
His opponent, the former Wba Fw champion Jonathan Victor Barros, has an official record of 41-4-1 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2012, against Juan Carlos Salgado (=Salgado vs Barros) and Mikey Garcia (=Garcia vs Barros), but then he has won seven fights defeating Satoshi Hosono in 2016. Lee Selby vs Jonathan Victor Barros is valid for the IBF World featherweight title (Selby’s third defense); undercard of Chris Eubank Jr vs Arthur Abraham. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Gunnar Nelson vs Santiago Ponzinibbio full fight Video UFC FN 113

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-16, nice exchanges between Gunnar Nelson and Santiago Ponzinibbio: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gunnar Nelson entered this fight with a professional record of 16-2-1 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 welterweight in the world. He lost to Demian Maia in 2015 (=Maia vs Nelson) but then he has won over Albert Tumenov (=Tumenov vs Nelson) and Alan Jouban (=Nelson vs Jouban).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Santiago Ponzinibbio, has an official mma record of 24-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He also suffered his last defeat in 2015, against Lorenz Larkin (=Larkin vs Ponzinibbio), but then he has won four bouts beating Andreas Stahl, Court McGee, Zak Cummings (=Ponzinibbio vs Cummings) and Nordine Taleb (=Ponzinibbio vs Taleb). Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Gunnar Nelson is the main event of UFC Fight Night 113. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Joanne Calderwood vs Cynthia Calvillo – fight Video UFC FN 113

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-16, pretty good fight between Joanne Calderwood and Cynthia Calvillo: it gets three stars.

Joanne Calderwood entered this fight with a professional mma record of 11-2-0 (45% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.16 women’s strawweight in the world. She fought twice last year beating Valerie Letourneau and losing to Jessica Andrade (=Calderwood vs Andrade).
Her opponent, the undefeated Cynthia Calvillo, has an official record of 5-0-0 (80% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. She has already fought three times in 2017 winning over Montana Stewart, Amanda Cooper and Pearl Gonzalez. JoJo Calderwood vs Cynthia Calvillo is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Santiago Ponzinibbio – UFC Fight Night 113. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Steven Ray vs Paul Felder – full fight Video UFC FN 113

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-16, pretty good finish between Stevie Ray and Paul Felder but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

Steven Ray entered this fight with a pro record of 21-6-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world. He lost to Alan Patrick last year but then he has won over Ross Pearson (=Ray vs Pearson) and Joe Lauzon (=Lauzon vs Ray).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and tae-kwon-do Paul Felder, has an official mma record of 13-3-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. He also lost once in 2016, against Francisco Trinaldo (=Trinaldo vs Felder) but he came back to win in 2017 with Alessandro Ricci. Paul Felder vs Stevie Ray is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Santiago Ponzinibbio – UFC Fight Night 113. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Alexandre Pantoja vs Neil Seery – fight Video UFC FN 113

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-16, good performance by both fighters: Alexandre Pantoja vs Neil Seery gets three stars.

Alexandre Pantoja entered this fight with a record of 17-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 flyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Jussier Formiga in 2010, since then he has collected 10 consecutive victories beating Eric Shelton in 2017.
His opponent, Neil Seery, has a mma record of 16-12-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three bouts, against Louis Smolka and Kyoji Horiguchi. Between these two fights he beat Jon delos Reyes (=Seery vs delos Reyes). Alexandre Pantoja vs Neil Seery is on the undercard of Gunnar Nelson vs Santiago Ponzinibbio – UFC Fight Night 113. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Joe Smith Jr vs Sullivan Barrera full fight Video – 2017

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-15, fight not particularly exciting between Joe Smith Jr and Sullivan Barrera: it gets two stars.

Joe Smith Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-1-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Eddie Caminero in 2010, since then he has collected 17 consecutive victories beating Fabiano Pena, Andrzej Fonfara (=Fonfara vs Smith) and Bernard Hopkins in 2016 (=Hopkins vs Smith).
His opponent, Sullivan Barrera, has an official record of 19-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He lost to #1 Andre Ward last year (=Ward vs Barrera) but then he has beat Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (=Shabranskyy vs Barrera) and Paul Parker (=Barrera vs Parker). Sullivan Barrera vs Joe Smith Jr is valid for the WBC International light heavyweight title; undercard of Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Jezreel Corrales vs Robinson Castellanos – full fight Video WBA

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-15, disappointing fight between Jezreel Corrales and Robinson Castellanos: it gets two stars.

The Wba super-Fw champion Jezreel Corrales entered this fight with a record of 21-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He suffered his only defeat when he faced Jhonatan Arenas in 2009, since then he has collected 20 victories and one no-contest beating twice Takashi Uchiyama in 2016 (=Uchiyama vs Corrales I and Corrales vs Uchiyama II).
His opponent, Robinson Castellanos, has a boxing record of 24-12-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He lost to Oscar Escandon last year (=Castellanos vs Escandon) but he came back to win in 2017 against Yuriorkis Gamboa (=Gamboa vs Castellanos). Jezreel Corrales vs Robinson Castellanos is valid for the WBA Super World super featherweight title; undercard of Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura. Watch the video and rate this fight!