Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 36: (Mon-Sun) from August 31, 2015 to September 6, 2015.
Boxing Fight of the Week: Daniel Rosas vs Jhon Gemino
Boxing Knockout of the Week: Masternak vs Ailton Nascimento
Mma Fight of the Week: John Lineker vs Francisco Rivera
Mma Submission of the Week: Paige VanZant vs Alex Chambers
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-07-15, brutal exchanges from the first bell and spectacular finish: Frank Mir vs Todd Duffee is one of the best mma fights of the year 2015 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc Hw champion Frank Mir entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-9-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Fabricio Werdum). He suffered four consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2014, the last one against Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Mir), but after this bout he came back to win beating Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Mir).
His opponent, Todd Duffee, has an official record of 9-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. He lost twice in 2010, against Mike Russow and Alistair Overeem, but since then he has won three bouts winning over Anthony Hamilton in his last one (=Duffee vs Hamilton). Mir vs Duffee is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 71. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, pretty good finish between Francisco Rivera and Alex Caceres but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a mma record of 10-4-0 (70% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.39 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Alex Caceres, has an official record of 10-7-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. Rivera vs Caceres is on the undercard of Dan Henderson vs Tim Boetsch – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, good fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Anthony Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.2 light-heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). His last defeat occurred in 2012, against Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Johnson), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts, but just the last three in the Ufc: against Phil Davis (who had defeated Gustafsson in 2010, Davis vs Johnson), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (=Johnson vs Nogueira) and Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Johnson).
His opponent, the former Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. ‘DC’ beat Patrick Cummins (=Cormier vs Cummins) and Dan Henderson in 2014 (=Henderson vs Cormier) but then he suffered his first loss in 2015 when he faced the champ Jon Jones (=Jones vs Cormier). ‘Rumble’ Johnson vs Cormier, main event of Ufc 187, is valid for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title (Jones was stripped of the belt on April 28th, 2015 for violating the Athlete Code of Conduct Policy and for his legal problems); they also faced each other a second time on April 8, 2017 (=Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, back and forth fight with some wild exchanges: Andrei Arlovski vs Travis Browne is one of the best mma fights of 2015 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a mma record of 23-10-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez). He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Anthony Johnson (=Arlovski vs Johnson), since then he has won four bouts beating Brendan Schaub (=Schaub vs Arlovski) and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in 2014 (=Silva vs Arlovski 2).
His opponent, Travis Browne, has an official record of 17-2-1 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He also fought twice last year losing to Fabricio Werdum (=Werdum vs Browne) but then he came back to win against Brendan Schaub (=Browne vs Schaub). ‘The Pit Bull’ Arlovski vs Browne is on the undercard of Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier – UFC 187. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-23, some good single shots between John Dodson and Zach Makovsky but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-6-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 flyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced #1 Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson (=Johnson vs Dodson) but after this bout he has won over Darrell Montague (=Dodson vs Montague) and John Moraga (=Dodson vs Moraga 2).
His opponent, the former Bellator Bw champion Zach Makovsky, has an official record of 19-5-0 (37% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He lost to Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva in 2014 but then he came back to win in 2015 beating Tim Elliott. Dodson vs Makovsky is on the undercard of Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier – UFC 187. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi gets three stars only thanks to great finish (UFC Performance of the Night).The Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Dominick Cruz (=Cruz vs Johnson), since then he has collected one draw and seven consecutive victories beating Chris Cariaso in his last bout (=Johnson vs Cariaso).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Shooto Bw champion Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred in 2012 against Masakatsu Ueda (via majority decision), since then he has won nine consecutive fights winning over Louis Gaudinot in his last bout (=Horiguchi vs Gaudinot). Johnson vs Horiguchi, main event of Ufc 186, is valid for the Ufc flyweight title (held by Johnson). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, great performance by both fighters: Felice Herrig vs Paige VanZant gets three stars and should have been awarded as the Fight of the Night and not Corey Anderson vs Gian Villante (the one awarded by the Ufc).Felice Herrig entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-5-0 (40% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.20 women’s stawweight in the world while her opponent, Paige VanZant, has an official record of 4-1-0 (50% finishing rate). Both fighters lost to Tecia Torres in 2013 (=Herrig vs Torres); after losing Herrig has won one bout, against Lisa Ellis while VanZant has won twice, with Courtney Himes and Kailin Curran. Herrig vs VanZant is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold – UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-11, some good single shots between Jan Blachowicz and Jimi Manuwa but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former KSW light-Hw champion Jan Blachowicz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-3-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Rameau Sokoudjou, since then he has won six consecutive bouts taking revenge on Sokoudjou (=Blachowicz vs Sokoudjou 2) and beating Ilir Latifi in his last fight (at his Ufc debut, Latifi vs Blachowicz).
His opponent, Jimi Manuwa, has a record of 14-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class but he comes off his first and only loss, against Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Manuwa). Blachowicz vs Manuwa is on the undercard of Gabriel Gonzaga vs Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic 2 – UFC Fight Night 64. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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