Best of MMA: Ranking of the best mma Fights of the Year 2018 by ATBF

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‘Best of Mma’, is the annual ranking of the best mma fights of the year 2018 (best Ufc fights and other promotions), 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 mma matches because we create a single post just for the 4 and 5 stars fights or for the most important ones.

Comment this post if you want to suggest your favorite mma fight and to help us creating the best mma ranking of all the most spectacular fights!

2018 MMA fight – Rafael Carvalho vs Gegard Mousasi – full fight Video Bellator 200

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-25, pretty good fight between Rafael Carvalho and Gegard Mousasi: it gets three stars.

The Bellator Mw champion Rafael Carvalho entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-1-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.23 middleweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his pro mma debut in 2011, against Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes, since then he has won 15 consecutive bouts beating Melvin Manhoef (Carvalho vs Manhoef II) and Alessio Sakara in 2017 (Rafael Carvalho vs Alessio Sakara).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Gegard Mousasi, has a record of 43-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 middleweight (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won six bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Mousasi) and Alexander Shlemenko in 2017 (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko). Carvalho vs Mousasi, main event of Bellator 200, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Carvalho’s fourth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko full fight Video Bellator 185 – 2017

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-20, nice and tough fight between Gegard Mousasi and Alexander Shlemenko: it gets three stars.

The black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 42-6-2 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce light-Hw champion). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (=Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won five bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (=Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman in 2017 (=Weidman vs Mousasi).
His opponent, the former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko, has an official record of 56-9-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (bout in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey in their first fight (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey); after this bout he has collected six victories and one no-contest taking revenge on Halsey in his last bout (=Shlemenko vs Halsey). Mousasi vs Shlemenko is the main event of the Bellator 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!

USERS’ MMA RANKING: top 25 mma Fights of the Year 2017

Here you can find the best mma fights of 2017 rated by our users (ranking updated monthly). We post the top 25 fighting with 4 and 5 stars rated at least five times.

Clicking on the name of the fighter you can watch and rate the video of the fight (if it is available on the web) and read some info about it.

Best of MMA: Ranking of the best mma Fights of the Year 2017 by ATBF

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‘Best of Mma’, is the annual ranking of the best mma fights of the year 2017 (best Ufc fights and other promotions), 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 mma matches because we create a single post just for the 4 and 5 stars fights or for the most important ones.

Comment this post if you want to suggest your favorite mma fight and to help us creating the best mma ranking of all the most spectacular fights!

2016 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Guto Inocente vs Demoreo Dennis – full fight Video

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-26, fantastic finish between Guto Inocente and Demoreo Dennis: this fight gets four stars!

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce and Ufc fighter Carlos Augusto Inocente Filho entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 28-7-0 (15 knockouts or 47-14-0 on wikipedia) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Demoreo Dennis, has an official record of 9-5-0 (7 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. In their last bout Inocente beat Felipe Micheletti while Dennis lost to Chi Lewis Parry. Inocente vs Dennis is on the undercard of Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3 – Glory 27. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Gokhan Saki vs Sebastian Ciobanu – full fight Video GFC 3

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-17, pretty good fight between Gokhan Saki and Sebastian Ciobanu: it gets three stars.

Gokhan Saki entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 81-16-0 (58 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super cruiserweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced #1 heavyweight Rico Verhoeven (=Saki vs Verhoeven) but after this bout he won the Glory light-Hw title beating Tyrone Spong in the final of the tournament (=Spong vs Saki 2).
His opponent, Sebastian Ciobanu, has an official record of 27-14-1 (4 knockouts) but he comes off two consecutive defeats, against Vladimir Mineev and Maxim Bolotov. Saki vs Ciobanu is the main event of Global Fighting Championship 3 (GFC-3). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Pat Barry vs Zack Mwekassa – full fight Video GLORY 16

Fight rated 4 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-03, aggressive start, wild exchanges and impressive finish: Pat Barry vs Zack Mwekassa is one of the best kickboxing fights of the year and it gets four stars! Former mma fighter Pat Barry entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 15-5-1, last year he fought and lost twice in the Ufc: against Shawn Jordan (=Barry vs Jordan) and Soa Palelei (=Barry vs Palelei); he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Ed Burris in a kickboxing bout.
His opponent, Zack Mwekassa, has a record of 10-1-0 and he entered as the No.64 boxing cruiserweight in the world (his professional boxing record is 14-4-0). Barry vs Mwekassa is the reserve fight of the Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament; undercard of Karapet Karapetyan vs Marc de Bonte 2 – Glory 16. Watch the video and rate this fight!

‘Rampage’ Jackson vs Joey Beltran full fight Video Bellator 108 – 2013

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-11-15, some good exchanges between Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Joey Beltran but it is not enough to get three stars. Quinton Jackson (32-11-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.14 light heavyweight in the world while Joey Beltran (14-9-0, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.66. Rampage vs Beltran is the main event of Bellator 108. Watch the video!