The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricio Freire entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-2-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo). Patricio ‘Pitbull’ suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Pat Curran (via split decision, Curran vs Freire), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts taking revenge on Curran last year in a fight valid for the Bellator Fw title (=Curran vs Freire 2) and defending his belt twice, the last time against Daniel Weichel (=Freire vs Weichel).
His opponent, the former bellator fw champion Daniel Straus, has an official record of 23-6-0 (43% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He lost both the first and the second fight with Freire (Freire vs Straus I in 2011 and Freire vs Straus II in 2015), but after the second one he came back to win beating Henry Corrales (=Straus vs Corrales). ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Straus 3, main event of Bellator 145, is valid for the Bellator featherweight title (Freire’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
2015 MMA fight – Will Brooks vs Marcin Held – full fight Video Bellator 145
Will Brooks entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-1-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). He suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Saad Awad (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won seven consecutive fights winning the vacant Bellator Lw belt last year, against Michael Chandler (=Brooks vs Chandler II), and defending it once in 2015 with Dave Jansen (=Brooks vs Jansen).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Marcin Held, has a record of 21-3-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He lost to Dave Jansen in 2013 (=Jansen vs Held) but then he has won six bouts defeating Patricky Freire in the final of the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) (=Freire vs Held) and beating Alexander Sarnavskiy in 2015 (=Held vs Sarnavskiy). Brooks vs Held is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ second defense); undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Michael Chandler vs David Rickels 2 – full fight Video Bellator 145
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional record of 13-3-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014 but he came back to win in 2015 defeating Derek Campos (=Chandler vs Campos).
His opponent, the Bellator Lw tournament champion (season 8) David Rickels, has a record of 16-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year, losing to Patricky Freire (=Rickels vs Freire) and winning over Davi Ramos; he has also fought in 2015 but the bout ended in a no-contest (=Rickels vs Alessio). In their first fight Chandler beat Rickels in less than a minute (July 31, 2013 Chandler vs Rickels I); this second bout is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Emmanuel Sanchez vs Justin Lawrence – full fight Video Bellator 145
The black belt in kempo karate Justin Lawrence entered this fight with a mma record of 8-2-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.67 featherweight in the world while his opponent, Emmanuel Sanchez, has an official record of 11-2-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.72 in the same weight class. Lawrence vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Bobby Lashley vs James Thompson 2 – full fight Video Bellator 145
The TNA and former WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley entered this fight with a mma record of 13-2-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.50 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, James Thompson, has an official record of 20-14-0 (90% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 6, 2014 when he defeated Eric Prindle (=Thompson vs Prindle). In their first fight Thompson beat Lashley by unanimous decision (May 6, 2012 Thompson vs Lashley I); this second bout is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Robin van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai – full fight Video
Robin van Roosmalen entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 46-14-3 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Andy Ristie (final of the Glory Lw tournament, Roosmalen vs Ristie); since then he has won four bouts winning the Glory Lw belt in 2014, against Davit Kiria (=Kiria vs Roosmalen 3), taking revenge on Ristie (=Roosmalen vs Ristie 2) and beating Steve Moxon in his last fight (=Roosmalen vs Moxon).
His opponent, the 2014 Lumpinee Ww champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, has an official record of 103-28-5 and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He has already fought ten times in 2015 losing to Dylan Salvador (via split decision) but then he has won the Glory lightweight contender tournament defeating Davit Kiria (=Kiria vs Sitthichai) and Josh Jauncey (=Sitthichai vs Jauncey); Sittichai has beat Jonay Risco in his last bout. Van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai, main event of Glory 25, is valid for the Glory lightweight title (Roosmalen’s second defense); they also faced each other a second time on June 25, 2016 (=Van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai II). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Karim Ghajji vs Murthel Groenhart – full fight Video Glory 25
The ISKA world champion Karim Ghajji entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 95-11-1 (50 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super middleweight in the world while his opponent, the 2012 K-1 World Max champion Murthel Groenhart, has an official record of 57-19-3 (31 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 in the same weight class. Ghajji vs Groenhart is the final of Glory welterweight contender tournament, in the semifinals Karim defeated Yoann Kongolo while Groenhart beat Nicola Gallo; undercard of Robin van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong – Glory 25. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Giorgio Petrosyan vs Josh Jauncey – full fight Video
The former K-1 World Max and Glory champion Giorgio Petrosyan entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 79-2-2 (36 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super welterweight in the world. ‘The Doctor” suffered his second defeat of his career during the semifinal of the Glory lightweight tournament against Andy Ristie in 2013 (=Petrosyan vs Andy Ristie), since then he has fought three times beating Erkan Varol (=Petrosyan vs Varol), Enriko Kehl (=Petrosyan vs Kehl) and Xu Yan (=Petrosyan vs Yan).
His opponent, Josh Jauncey, has a record of 23-5-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has fought three times in 2015 winning over Max Baumert and Djime Coulibaly (=Jauncey vs Coulibaly), but then he lost to Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (final of the Glory lightweight contender tournament, Sitthichai vs Jauncey). Petrosyan vs Jauncey is on the undercard of Robin van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong – Glory 25. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Dante Jardon vs Reyes Sanchez – full fight Video
Dante Jardon entered this fight with a boxing record of 27-5-0 (22 KOs=81%) and he is ranked as the No.8 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terry Flanagan). Jardon suffered two consecutive losses between 2013 and 2014, against Takashi Miura (=Miura vs Jardon) and Adrian Estrella (=Jardon vs Estrella), but then he has won three bouts beating Jairo Lopez in his last one (=Lopez vs Jardon).
His opponent, Reyes Sanchez, has an official record of 25-6-2 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.81 welterweight. He lost twice in 2013, against Ricardo Alvarez and Roberto Ortiz, but then he has won over Jose Emilio Perea and Diego Cruz. ‘Crazy’ Jardon vs Sanchez is valid for the WBC International Silver lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Alexander Povetkin vs Mariusz Wach – full fight Video
The former Wba Hw champion Alexander Povetkin entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 29-1-0 (21 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 in the world while his opponent, Mariusz Wach, has an official record of 31-1-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. Both boxers suffered their only loss against #1 Wladimir Klitschko: Povetkin was defeated by the Ukrainian in 2013 (=Klitschko vs Povetkin) and then he has won three bouts beating Mike Perez in his last one (=Povetkin vs Perez), while Wach lost to Wladimir in 2012 (=Klitschko vs Wach) and then he has won four consecutive fights. Povetkin vs Wach is valid for the WBC Silver heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!