2014 MMA fight – Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, tough fight with some good single shots but it is not enough to get three stars: Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira gets two. Jon Jones entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-1-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 light heavyweight in the world, his only loss was, in reality, a disqualification against Matt Hamill due to multiple “12-6 elbows” (strike brought from a high position toward the floor). Jon ‘Bones’ Jones is the Ufc light-Hw champion since March 19, 2011 when he defeated Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (=Jon Jones vs Mauricio Rua); since then he has successfully defended the title six times.
His opponent, Glover Teixeira, has an official record of 22-2-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class, he is 34 years old (8 years older than Jones) and he is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Teixeira suffered his first defeat at his pro mma debut against Eric Schwartz in 2002 and against Ed Herman three years later; he is undefeated in the Ufc. Jones vs Teixeira, main event of Ufc 172, is valid for the Ufc light heavyweight title (Jones’ seventh defense), first Ufc title shot for Teixeira. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Phil Davis vs Anthony Johnson – fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, some good exchanges but the fight between Phil Davis and Anthony Johnson was not so exciting: it gets two stars. Phil Davis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat when he faced Rashad Evans in 2012 (=Evans vs Davis), since then he has collected three wins and one no-contest.
His opponent, Anthony Johnson, has a record of 16-4-0 (69% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones), he was released from the Ufc in 2012 after he missed weight and lost to Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Johnson), since then he has won six consecutive bouts. Davis vs Johnson is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 172. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Omar Figueroa vs Jerry Belmontes – full fight Video WBC

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, close fight but not so exciting: Omar Figueroa vs Jerry Belmontes gets two stars. The undefeated Omar Figueroa entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 22-0-1 (17 KOs=77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 lightweight in the world, he fought and won three times in 2013 winning the interim Wbc Lw belt in his last bout, against Nihito Arakawa (5 stars-fight Figueroa vs Arakawa).
His opponent, Jerry Belmontes, has a record of 19-3-0 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.15 super featherweight, he lost three out of his last five bouts but in 2014 he managed to defeat former IBO super-Fw champion Will Tomlinson. Figueroa vs Belmontes is valid for the WBC lightweight title (Figueroa’s first defense while it is the first world title shot for Belmontes); undercard of Keith Thurman vs Julio Diaz. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Luke Rockhold vs Tim Boetsch – full fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, pretty good finish between Luke Rockhold and Tim Boetsch but it is not enough to get three stars. The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Luke Rockhold entered this fight with a record of 11-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 middleweight in the world, he is the former Strikeforce Mw champion but last year, at his Ufc debut, he lost to Vitor Belfort (4 stars-fight Belfort vs Rockhold), he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Costas Philippou (=Rockhold vs Philippou).
His opponent, Tim Boetsch, has a record of 17-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2013 losing the first bout against Mark Munoz (=Munoz vs Boetsch) but then he defeated CB Dollaway; currently the #1 in this division is Chris Weidman. Rockhold vs Boetsch is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 172. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Jim Miller vs Yancy Medeiros – fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, Jim Miller vs Yancy Medeiros gets three stars thanks to a good finish. The balck belt in bjj Jim Miller entered this fight with a record of 23-4-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Nate Diaz (Ufc Lw title eliminator Diaz vs Miller), since then he has collected two wins and one no-contest.
His opponent, Yancy Medeiros, has a record of 9-1-0 (78% finishing rate), he made his Ufc debut in 2013 but he lost to Rustam Khabilov, then he defeated Yves Edwards but later he tested positive for marijuana and it has been changed to a no-contest. Miller vs Medeiros is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 172. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Max Holloway vs Andre Fili – fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, just some good single shots between Max Holloway and Andre Fili: it gets two stars. Max Holloway entered this fight with a record of 8-3-0 (38% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he is ranked as the No.42 featherweight in the world, he fought and lost twice in 2013: against Dennis Bermudez and Conor McGregor (=McGregor vs Holloway); he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Will Chope (=Holloway vs Chope).
His opponent, Andre Fili, has a record of 13-1-0 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2010 when he faced Derrick Burnsed (for the Rebel Fighter Fw title), since then he has collected nine consecutive wins. Holloway vs Fili is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 172. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Joseph Benavidez vs Tim Elliott – full fight Video UFC 172

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, aggressive start and great work on the ground: Joseph Benavidez vs Tim Elliott gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Joseph Benavidez entered this fight with a mma record of 19-4-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world, he fought four times in 2013 losing only his last bout against # 1 Demetrious Johnson in a fight valid for the Ufc Flw title (=Johnson vs Benavidez 2).
His opponent, Tim Elliott, has a record of 40-4-1 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class, last year he fought twice: defeating Louis Gaudinot in August but then he lost to Ali Bagautinov (=Elliott vs Bagautinov). Benavidez vs Elliott is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 172. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Wladimir Klitschko vs Alex Leapai – full fight Video WBO, WBA, IBF

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, fight not particularly exciting between Wladimir Klitschko and Alex Leapai: it gets two stars. Wladimir Klitschko entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 61-3-0 (51 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world, curiously he lost three out of three fights via ko/tko: against Ross Puritty in 1998, Corrie Sanders in 2003 (4 stars fight Sanders vs Klitschko) and Lamon Brewster in 2004; since then he has collected 19 consecutive wins.
His opponent, Alex Leapai, has an official record of 30-4-3 (24 KOs=80%) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Kevin Johnson, after that bout he fought and won five times. Klitschko vs Leapai is valid for the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles (all held by Klitschko). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Lucas Browne vs Eric Martel Bahoeli – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-26, some wild exchanges in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Lucas Browne vs Eric Martel Bahoeli gets two. The undefeated Lucas Browne entered this fight with a perfect record of 19-0-0 (17 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in the world, he fought five times in 2013 winning the vacant Wbf Hw title against James Toney.
His opponent, Eric Martel Bahoeli, has an official record of 10-3-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.48 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced the undefeated Bogdan Dinu, since then he has fought and won three times. Browne vs Bahoeli is valid for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Thomas Williams Jr vs Enrique Ornelas – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-04-24, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Thomas Williams Jr vs Enrique Ornelas gets two stars. The undefeated Thomas Williams Jr entered this fight with a perfect record of 16-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.12 light heavyweight in the world, he has already fought in 2014 defeating Cornelius White in one round (four-stars fight: Williams Jr vs White).
His opponent, Enrique Ornelas, has a record of 34-8-0 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.93 in the same weight class, he suffered his last two defeats in world title fights: against Robert Stieglitz in 2010 and Beibut Shumenov in 2012; after this bout he fought and won just once, against Isaac Mendez in 2013. Williams Jr vs Ornelas is on the undercard of Josesito Lopez vs Aaron Martinez. Watch the video and rate this fight!