2016 MMA fight – Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – full fight Video Rizin FF 2016 1st Round

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, disappointing fight between Kron Gracie and Hideo Tokoro: it gets two stars.

The undefeated black belt in Bjj and judo Kron Gracie (youngest son of Rickson Gracie and grandson of Helio Gracie) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (100% submission victory rate) having won over Hyung Soo-Kim in 2014 and Asen Yamamoto in 2015 (=Gracie vs Yamamoto).
His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, has an official record of 33-28-2 (73% finishing rate) and he fought twice in 2015 losing to LC Davis (=Davis vs Tokoro) and beating Kizaemon Siaga. Gracie vs Tokoro is the main event of “Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Hyun Man Myung – full fight Video Rizin FF

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Hyun Man Myung: it gets three stars.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a mma record of 31-11-2 (90% finishing rate) while his opponent, Hyun Man Myung, has an official record of 3-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Filipovic is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2015 when he defeated Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2). Cro Cop vs Myung is the eighth-final of the Rizin openweight tournament; undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Andy Souwer vs Daron Cruickshank – full fight Video Rizin FF

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, fight not particularly good between Andy Souwer and Daron Cruickshank: it gets two stars.

The two time K-1 World Max champion Andy Souwer is at his second pro mma fight, 1-0-0 (1 knockouts – but he has a kickboxing record of 159-19-1) while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Daron Cruickshank, has an official record of 17-8-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.72 lightweight in the world. Souwer debuted in mma last year, against Yuichiro Nagashima (=Souwer vs Nagashima) while the former Ufc fighter Cruickshank comes off the victory over Shinji Sasaki; before this bout Daron had lost three consecutive bouts, the last one with Paul Felder . Souwer vs Cruickshank is on the undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii full fight Video Bellator 157 – 2016

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1 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, boring fight between Quinton Jackson and Satoshi Ishii: it gets one star.

The former Ufc light-Hw champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 36-11-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world. He suffered three consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2013 (the last one against Glover Teixeira: Rampage vs Teixeira) but then he has won four bouts winning the Bellator light-Hw tournament (Season 10) against Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (=Rampage vs Lawal) and beating Fabio Maldonado in his last fight (=Jackson vs Maldonado).
His opponent, the 2008 Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, has an official record of 14-5-1 (50 knockouts) and he entered as the No.59 heavyweight but he comes off the loss against Jiri Prochazka (=Ishii vs Prochazka). Rampage vs Ishii is the main event of “Bellator 157: Dynamite 2”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado full fight Video EFN 50 – 2016

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5 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, epic and brutal fight in which both fighters exchanged shot for shot in an authentic war: Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado gets five stars and it is a candidate for the Mma Fight of the Year 2016 but also for the Mma Round of the Year!

The former Pride and world combat sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko entered this fight with a mma record of 35-4-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.48 heavyweight in the world. Fedor suffered three consecutive defeats between 2010 and 2011, against the former #1 Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum, with Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Emelianenko), and against Dan Henderson (=Henderson vs Emelianenko), after this bout he has won four fights beating Singh Jaideep in 2015 (after three years of inactivity, Emelianenko vs Jaideep).
His opponent, the former Ufc fighter and undefeated professional boxer Fabio Maldonado, has an official record of 22-9-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 light heavyweight but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Hans Stringer (=Maldonado vs Stringer); after this bout he lost twice in 2015, with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (=Rampage vs Maldonado) and Corey Anderson (=Anderson vs Maldonado). Emelianenko vs Maldonado is the main event of the EFN 50 (Eurasia Fight Nights). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Phil Davis vs Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal – full fight Video Bellator 154

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-14, good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Phil Davis vs Muhammed Lawal gets two stars.

Phil Davis entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-3-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He fought three times last year losing to Ryan Bader (=Davis vs Bader) but then he beat Emanuel Newton (=Davis vs Newton) and Francis Carmont (=Davis vs Carmont).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, has an official record of 19-4-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in 2014 (=Rampage vs Lawal), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Jiri Prochazka in his last one (=King Mo vs Prochazka). Davis vs Lawal is the main event of the Bellator 154. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Best fights of the week 52, year 2015

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: from December 21, 2015 to December 31, 2015.

 

Boxing Fight of the Week: Javier Mendoza vs Akira Yaegashi
Boxing Knockout of the Week: Takashi Uchiyama vs Oliver Flores

 

K-1 Muay Thai Fight of the Week: Zabit Samedov vs Paul Slowinski 2

 

Mma Fight of the Week: Jiri Prochazka vs Vadim Nemkov
Mma Knockout of the Week: Muhammed Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka
Mma Submission of the Week: Kron Gracie vs Asen Yamamoto

 

2015 MMA fight – Teodoras Aukstuolis vs Bruno Henrique Cappelozza – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, fight not so exciting between Teodoras Aukstuolis and Bruno Henrique Cappelozza: it gets two stars.

Teodoras Aukstuolis entered this fight with a professional record of 7-2-0 (86% finishing rate) while his opponent, Bruno Henrique Cappelozza, has a mma record of 7-3-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission). Both fighters have fought twice in 2015: Aukstuolis has defeated Krzysztof Pietraszek and Alexander Grebenkin while Cappelozza has beat Marco Talebi Paulo and Francisco Sandro da Silva Bezerra. Aukstuolis vs Cappelozza is the quarterfinal of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament; undercard of Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki – Rizin FF 1 Saraba. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Goran Reljic vs Tomasz Narkun 2 – full fight Video KSW 32

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-31, pretty good finish between Goran Reljic and Tomasz Narkun but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Goran Reljic entered this fight with a mma record of 15-4-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 light heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Tomasz Narkun, has an official record of 10-2-0 (100% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class. In their first bout Reljic beat Narkun via majority decision (December 6, 2014); this second fight is valid for the KSW light heavyweight title (Reljic’s first defense) and it is on the undercard of Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Peter Graham – KSW 32. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Linton Vassell – full fight Video Dynamite

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-09-19, disappointing fight between Muhammed Lawal and Linton Vassell: it gets two stars.

The former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a professional record of 15-4-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson last year (=Rampage vs Lawal) but after this bout he has won three consecutive fights defeating Cheick Kongo in his last one (=Lawal vs Kongo).
His opponent, Linton Vassell, has the same record of 15-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat in 2014 as well, against Emanuel Newton (=Newton vs Vassell), but then he came back to win in 2015 beating Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (=Vassell vs Sokoudjou). Lawal vs Vassell is the semifinal of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; undercard of Liam McGeary vs Tito Ortiz – “Bellator 142 Dynamite 1”. Watch the video and rate this fight!