Best fights of the week 40, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 40: (Mon-Sun) from September 29, 2014 to October 5, 2014.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Vanes Martirosyan vs Willie Nelson Boxing Knockout of the Week: Josh Warrington vs Davide Dieli   Mma Knockout of … Read more

2014 MMA fight – Peter Graham vs Marcin Rozalski – full fight Video KSW 28

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, pretty good fight between Peter Graham and Marcin Rozalski: it gets three stars. The black belt in kyokushin karate Peter Graham entered this fight with a mma record of 9-7-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.56 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Marcin Rozalski, has an official record of 5-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.79 in the same weight class. Graham vs Rozalski is on the undercard of Karol Bedorf vs Rolles Gracie – KSW 28. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Mitch Gagnon vs Roman Salazar – fight Video UFC FN 54

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, pretty good finish between Mitch Gagnon and Roman Salazar: it gets three stars. Mitch Gagnon entered this fight with a mma record of 11-2-0 (91% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.19 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Bryan Caraway (=Caraway vs Gagnon), after that bout he won three consecutive fights, the last one against Tim Gorman.
His opponent, Roman Salazar, has an official record of 9-2-0 (67% finishing rate), the last time he lost was in 2012 when he faced Anthony Birchak, since then he has collected four consecutive victories beating in his last bout Jose Carbajal. Gagnon vs Salazar is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Tarec Saffiedine – UFC FN 54. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Vanes Martirosyan vs Willie Nelson – full fight Video

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, nice and tough exchanges between Vanes Martirosyan and Willie Nelson: it gets three stars. Vanes Martirosyan entered this fight with a professional record of 34-1-1 (21 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 light middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez), he suffered his only defeat (via split decision) in 2013 when he faced Demetrius Andrade in a fight valid for the vacant WBO light-Mw title; he came back to win in 2014 beating Mario Alberto Lozano (=Martirosyan vs Lozano).
His opponent, Willie Nelson, has an official record of 23-1-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class, the only bout he lost was in 2011 against Vincent Arroyo (by majority decision), since then he has won seven consecutive fights, the last one against Luis Grajeda (=Nelson vs Grajeda). Martirosyan vs Nelson is on the undercard of Rances Barthelemy vs Fernando Saucedo. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Rances Barthelemy vs Fernando David Saucedo – full fight Video IBF

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, pretty good fight between Rances Barthelemy and Fernando Saucedo: it gets three stars. The undefeated Rances Barthelemy entered this fight with a perfect record of 20-0-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mikey Garcia); he has already fought twice in 2014 beating twice Argenis Mendez (=Mendez vs Barthelemy I and Mendez vs Barthelemy II).
His opponent, Fernando David Saucedo, has an official record of 52-5-3 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 in the same weight class, he suffered his last loss in 2010 when he faced then-undefeated Chris John in a fight valid for the Wba Fw title, since then he has won 14 consecutive fights beating in his last bout Luis Armando Juarez. Barthelemy vs Saucedo is valid for the IBF super featherweight title (Barthelemy’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Bruno Santos vs Elias Theodorou – fight Video UFC FN 54

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, something good in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Bruno Santos vs Elias Theodorou gets two. Bruno Santos entered this fight with a mma record of 14-1-0 (14% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.48 middleweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated TUF Nations Mw winner Elias Theodorou, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.54 in the same weight class. Santos vs Theodorou is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Tarec Saffiedine – UFC FN 54. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Jhonny Gonzalez vs Jorge Arce – full fight Video WBC

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, disappointing fight between Jhonny Gonzalez and Jorge Arce: it gets two stars. Jhonny Gonzalez entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 56-8-0 (47 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Daniel Ponce De Leon losing his Wbc Fw belt (=Gonzalez vs Ponce De Leon); after that bout he won four consecutive fights, the last one against Clive Atwell (=Gonzalez vs Atwell) successfully defended the Wbc title that had previously won against Abner Mares (=Mares vs Gonzalez).
His opponent, Jorge Arce, has an official record of 64-7-2 (49 KOs=76%) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class, he has won world titles in five different weight classes (Gonzalez in two), but the last time he fought for a world belt was in 2012 and he lost to #1 Nonito Donaire (=Donaire vs Arce); since then he has moved up in weight class winning three bouts, the last one against Jorge Lacierva (=Arce vs Lacierva). ‘Travieso’Arce vs Gonzalez is valid for the WBC featherweight title (Gonzalez’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Adrian Estrella vs Celestino Caballero – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, fight not so exciting between Adrian Estrella and Celestino Caballero: it gets two stars. The undefeated Adrian Estrella entered this fight with a perfect record of 18-0-0 (17 KOs=94%) and he is ranked as the No.9 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mikey Garcia), he has already fought three times in 2014 beating Dante Jardon in his last bout (=Jardon vs Estrella).
His opponent, Celestino Caballero, has a record of 37-5-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 featherweight, he has won world titles in two different weight classes while Estrella has never fought for a world belt: ‘Pelenchin’ Caballero fought twice in 2013 losing to Robinson Castellanos (Caballero vs Castellanos) but then he came back to win against Jimmy Aburto. ‘Diamante’ Estrella vs Caballero is valid for the WBC Fecarbox super-Fw title; undercard of Jhonny Gonzalez vs Jorge Arce. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Rory MacDonald vs Tarec Saffiedine – full fight Video UFC FN 54

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, pretty good finish between Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Georges St Pierre); he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Robbie Lawler (=MacDonald vs Lawler) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Demian Maia (=MacDonald vs Maia) and Tyron Woodley (=MacDonald vs Woodley).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce Ww champion Tarec Saffiedine, has an official record of 15-3-0 (40% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class, the last time he lost was in 2011 when he faced Tyron Woodley, since then he has won five consecutive fights, beating in his last bout Hyun Gyu Lim (=Saffiedine vs Lim). MacDonald vs Saffiedine is the main event of UFC Fight Night Halifax – UFC FN 54. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Raphael Assuncao vs Bryan Caraway – fight Video UFC FN 54

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-10-04, fight not so exciting between Raphael Assuncao and Bryan Caraway: it gets two stars. The black belt in Bjj Raphael Assuncao entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-4-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 bantamweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Erik Koch, since then he has won six consecutive fights, the last one against Pedro Munhoz.
His opponent, Bryan Caraway, has a record of 19-6-0 (95% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he lost to Takeya Mizugaki in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Johnny Bedford; he has already fought once in 2014 defeating Erik Perez (=Caraway vs Perez). Assuncao vs Caraway is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Tarec Saffiedine – UFC FN 54. Watch the video and rate this fight!