Review: 2014-12-31, Shinya Aoki vs Yuki Yamamoto gets three stars thanks to a good finish. The black belt in judo and Bjj Shinya Aoki entered this fight with a pro mma record of 36-6-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Eddie Alvarez in their rematch (=Alvarez vs Aoki 2), since then he ha won six consecutive bouts, the last one against Kamal Shalorus (=Aoki vs Shalorus).
His opponent, Yuki Yamamoto, has a record of 6-6-3 (100% finishing rate) and he comes off the loss against Ramazan Esenbaev. Aoki vs Yamamoto is on the undercard of Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic vs Satoshi Ishii 2 – IGF Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014. Watch the video and rate this fight!
LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
2014 MMA fight – Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic vs Satoshi Ishii 2 – full fight Video IGF
Review: 2014-12-31, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was boring: the second fight between Mirko Filipovic and Satoshi Ishii gets two stars. The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 29-11-2 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in his only fight of 2013, against Alexey Oleinik (=Filipovic vs Oleinik); after this bout he has fought just once beating Satoshi Ishii in their first fight (tko – doctor stoppage, Ishii vs Filipovic).
His opponent, the 2008 judo Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, has an official record of 12-3-1 (42% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.45. Filipovic vs Ishii 2, main event of “IGF – Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014”, is valid for the IGF heavyweight title (Filipovic’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Hisashi Amagasa full fight Video – 2014
Review: 2014-12-31, some good single shots between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Hisashi Amagasa but it is not enough to get three stars. The undefeated 2000 and 2004 Olympic bantamweight gold medalist, Guillermo Rigondeaux entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Carl Frampton); he has fought once in 2014 beating Sod Kokietgym (=Rigondeaux vs Kokietgym).
His opponent, Hisashi Amagasa, has a record of 28-4-2 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 featherweight, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Ryol Li Lee, since then he has won 13 consecutive fights, the last one against Ryo Takenaka. Rigondeaux vs Amagasa is valid for the WBO World super bantamweight title (Rigondeaux’s third defense), first world title shot for Amagasa. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez – full fight Video
Review: 2014-12-31, nice exchanges and good finish: Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez gets three stars. The former Wba minimumweight and light-Flw Kazuto Ioka entered this fight with a boxing record of 15-1-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.16 flyweight in the world, he has fought twice in 2014 losing to Amnat Ruenroeng (bout valid for the IBF Flw title, Ioka vs Ruenroeng) but then he came back to win defeating Pablo Carrillo (=Ioka vs Carrillo).
His opponent, Jean Piero Perez, has an official record of 20-7-1 (14 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 2, 2013 when he was defeated by David Sanchez, before this bout he had already lost to Kompayak Porpramook (=Porpramook vs Perez). Ioka vs Perez is on the undercard of Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Hisashi Amagasa. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Akira Yaegashi vs Pedro Guevara – full fight Video WBC
Review: 2014-12-30, pretty good finish between Akira Yaegashi and Pedro Guevara but it is not enough to get three stars. The former Wba minimumweight and Wbc Flw champion Akira Yaegashi entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 20-4-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 flyweight in the world, he has fought twice in 2014 beating Odilon Zaleta (=Yaegashi vs Zaleta) but then he lost to #1 undefeated Roman Gonzalez (=Yaegashi vs Gonzalez).
His opponent, Pedro Guevara, has an official record of 23-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 light flyweight, he suffered his only defeat in 2012 when he faced John Riel Casimero in a bout valid for the IBF light-Flw title (Casimero vs Guevara), since then he has won five consecutive bouts, the last one against Alejandro Morales (=Guevara vs Morales). Yaegashi vs Guevara is valid for the vacant WBC World light flyweight title; undercard of Omar Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Ryota Murata vs Jessie Nicklow – fight Video
Review: 2014-12-30, fight not particularly good between Ryota Murata and Jessie Nicklow: it gets two stars. The 2012 Olympic middleweight gold medalist Ryota Murata entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 5-0-0 (4 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world while his opponent, Jessie Nicklow, has an official record of 24-4-3 (8 knockouts). Murata has fought three times in 2014 beating Carlos Nascimento, Jesus Angel Nerio (=Murata vs Nerio) and Adrian Luna Flores (=Murata vs Flores). Murata vs Nicklow is on the undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Jorge Linares vs Javier Prieto – full fight Video WBC
Review: 2014-12-30, disappointing fight between Jorge Linares and Javier Prieto: it gets two stars. The former Wbc featherweight and Wba super-Fw champion Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 37-3-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.20 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson), since then he has won six consecutive bouts, the last one against Ira Terry.
His opponent, Javier Prieto, has a record of 24-7-2 (18 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class; the last time he lost was in 2012, against Roberto Ortiz, after this bout he has collected eight victories and two draws (both against Ivan Cano, Prieto vs Cano 2). Linares vs Prieto is valid for the vacant WBC World lightweight title; undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Omar Andres Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue – full fight Video WBO
Review: 2014-12-30, good fight between Omar Narvaez and Naoya Inoue: it gets three stars. The 39-year-old Omar Andres Narvaez (18 years older than Inoue) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 43-1-2 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super flyweight he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he moved up in weight class to the bantamweight division and he faced Nonito Donaire in a bout valid for the WBC and WBO Bw titles (=Donaire vs Narvaez); since then he has won eight consecutive fights, the last one against Felipe Orucuta (=Narvaez vs Orucuta 2).
His opponent, the undefeated Naoya Inoue, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.1 light flyweight, he has fought twice in 2014 defeating Adrian Hernandez (bout valid for the Wbc light-Flw belt, Hernandez vs Inoue) and Samartlek Kokietgym (=Inoue vs Kokietgym). ‘El Huracan’ Narvaez vs Inoue is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title (held by Narvaez). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Pornsanae Sitmonchai vs Pokaew – full fight Video
Review: 2014-07-08, after a classic muay thai first round in which both fighters study each other, the second period is simply amazing: a back and forth battle with both fighters exchanging shot for shot and going to the canvas. However we think that Pakorn vs Saeksan and Yodsanklai vs Rumchong are the real candidates for Muay thai Fight of the Year 2014 but Pornsanae vs Pokaew is our candidate for Muay thai Round of the Year and it gets for stars.
Pornsanae Sitmonchai (red trunks) entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 145-44-1 (or 109-53-1, wikipedia’s record) while unfortunately we don’t know the record of his opponent, Pokaew Fonjangchonburi (also known as Pokkeaw Fonjaengchonburi) that replaces Dejnarong Wor Soontonnont. Pornsanae vs Pokaew was held at the new Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok (Thailand). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Best fights of the week 51, year 2014
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 51: (Mon-Sun) from December 15, 2014 to December 21, 2014. Boxing Fight of the Week: Juan Carlos Reveco vs Yodmongkol Boxing Knockout of the Week: Adonis Stevenson vs Dmitry Sukhotsky K-1 Muay Thai … Read more