Best of KICKBOXING: Ranking of the best k-1 muay thai Fights of the Year 2015 by ATBF

best-muay-thai-kickboxing-fight-of-the-year-2015

‘Best of Kickboxing’, is the annual ranking of the best kickboxing, k-1 and muay thai fights of the year 2015, matches rated by AllTheBestFights.

Clicking on the names of the fighters you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it. However, you do not find a link for all the kickboxing fights because we create a single post just for the 4 and 5 stars bouts or for the most important ones.

Comment this post if you want to suggest your favorite kickboxing, k-1 or muay thai fight and to help us creating the best kickboxing ranking of all the most spectacular fights!

2015 MMA fight – Phil Davis vs Ryan Bader – fight Video UFC on Fox 14

davis-vs-bader-ufc-on-fox-14-poster
2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-01-24, fight not particularly good between Phil Davis and Ryan Bader: it gets two stars.

Phil Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 13-2-0 (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); he fought twice in 2014 losing to Anthony Johnson (=Davis vs Johnson) but then he came back to win defeating Glover Teixeira (=Teixeira vs Davis).
His opponent, Ryan Bader, has an official mma record of 18-4-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Glover Teixeira (=Teixeira vs Bader); since then he has won three bouts, the last one against Ovince St Preux (=Bader vs St Preux). Davis vs Bader is on the undercard of Alexander Gustafsson vs Anthony Johnson – UFC on Fox 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Tito Ortiz vs Stephan Bonnar – full fight Video Bellator 131

ortiz-vs-bonnar-bellator-131-poster

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-11-15, pretty good fight between Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar: it gets three stars. The former Ufc light-Hw champion Tito Ortiz entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-11-1 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world, he is 39 years old (two years older than Bonnar) and he had retired from mma in 2012 after three consecutive losses in the Ufc (the last one against Forrest Griffin, Griffin vs Ortiz 3) but he came back to fight in 2014 under Bellator promotion beating Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Ortiz).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and tae-kwon-do Stephan Bonnar, has an official record of 15-8-0 (67% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 13, 2012 when he was defeated by Anderson Silva (=Silva vs Bonnar). Ortiz vs Bonnar is the main event of Bellator 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Zack Mwekassa vs Saulo Cavalari – full fight Video GLORY 18

glory-18-poster

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-11-07, Zack Mwekassa vs Saulo Cavalari gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Zack Mwekassa entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 12-1-0 and he is ranked as the No.12 super cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, Saulo Cavalari, has an official record of 29-3-0 and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. Mwekassa vs Cavalari is the final of the Glory light heavyweight contender tournament (they also faced each other a second time on September 19, 2015,Cavalari vs Mwekassa II); undercard of Davit Kiria vs Robin van Roosmalen 3 – Glory 18. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Paul Daley vs Mohammad Ghaedibardeh – full fight Video

k1-max-2014-final-poster

Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-11, some good single shots between Paul Daley and Mohammad Ghaedibardeh but it is not enough to get three stars. Paul Daley entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 19-3-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super middleweight in the world. His opponent is Mohammad Ghaedibardeh but unfortunately we don’t know his record. ‘Semtex’ Daley has already fought five times in 2014 winning all the bouts via ko/tko. Daley vs Ghaedibardeh is on the undercard of Buakaw Banchamek vs Enriko Kehl 2 – K-1 MAX 2014 Final. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2012 MMA fight – Eddie Alvarez vs Shinya Aoki 2 – full fight Video Bellator 66

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2012-04-20, good ground and pound TKO in the first round: Shinya Aoki vs Eddie Alvarez 2 gets three stars. Shinya Aoki (30-5-0) entered as the No.7 lightweight in the world while Eddie Alvarez (22-3-0) entered as the No.12. Aoki vs Alvarez 2 is the main event of Bellator 66; in their first fight Aoki defeated Alvarez by submission in the first round (December 31st, 2008 – K-1 Dynamite). Watch the video!

MMA NEWS – BFC Bellator Fighting Championships 39: Alvarez vs Curran

bellator_bfc_39_alvarez_vs_curran_allthebestfights

The most important MMA event of the weekend is the BFC Bellator Fighting Championships 39. The main event of the evening is Eddie Alvarez vs Pat Curran, fight valid for the Bellator Lightweight Championship; the favorite is Alvarez, who has only two defeats in his career on 23 fights and has fought in tournament like “DREAM” and “K-1 Dynamite” in Japan. But before the main event, thee will be the semifinals of the Bellator Lightweight Tournament: the first one between Lyman Good and the undefeated Rick Hawn, the second one between Toby Imada and Patricky Freire, protagonist of one of the best MMA fights of 2011 (at Bellator 36 – Freire vs McCullough).