Best fights of the week 26, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 26: (Mon-Sun) from June 23, 2014 to June 29, 2014.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa   Mma Fight of the Week: Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens Mma Submission of … Read more

2014 MMA fight – Clint Hester vs Antonio Braga Neto – fight Video UFC Ufn 44

ufc-fight-night-44-ufn-poster

Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Clint Hester vs Antonio Braga Neto gets two. Clint Hester entered this fight with a professional record of 10-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.35 middleweight in the world, he lost his last bout in 2010 when he faced Cale Yarbrough, after that bout he has won six consecutive times.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and two Bjj world champion (in 2008 and 2011) Antonio Braga Neto, has a record of 9-1-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2008 facing Ryo Kawamura, since then he has collected four wins and one no-contest. Hester vs Braga Neto is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC Ufn 44. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Andrew Craig vs Cezar Ferreira – fight Video UFC Ufn 44

ufc-fight-night-44-ufn-poster

Fight rated 1 star by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, pretty boring fight between Andrew Craig and Cezar Ferreira: it gets one star/strong> as soon as possible. Andrew Craig entered this fight with a mma record of 9-2-0 (44% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.43 middleweight in the world, he comes off two defeats out of his last three fights: against Ronny Markes and Luke Barnatt (while he won against Chris Leben).
His opponent, th black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu and master in Capoeira Cezar ‘Mutante’ Ferreira, has an official record of 7-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.82 in the same weight class, he suffered his first defeat in the Ufc in his last bout, against CB Dollaway three months ago (=Dollaway vs Ferreira). Craig vs Ferreira is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC Ufn 44. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Ricardo Lamas vs Hacran Dias – fight Video UFC Ufn 44

ufc-fight-night-44-ufn-poster

Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, good grappling exchanges in the last part of the fight but the rest of the bout was pretty boring: Ricardo Lamas vs Hacran Dias gets two stars. The balck belt in Bjj Ricardo Lamas entered this fight with a record of 13-3-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 featherweight in the world, he had his first Ufc title shot five months ago but he lost to #1 Fw Jose Aldo (Aldo vs Lamas).
His opponent, Hacran Dias, has an official record of 21-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class, he also suffered his last defeat in his last bout, against Nik Lentz in 2013. Lamas vs Dias is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC Ufn 44. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Matt Korobov vs Jose Uzcategui – fight Video

korobov-vs-uzcategui-poster-2014-06-28

Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, fight not so good between Matt Korobov and Jose Uzcategui: it gets two stars. Both undefeated, the Russian Matt Korobov entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.15 middleweight in the world, he has already fought in 2014 beating Emil Gonzalez.
His opponent, the Venezuelan Jose Uzcategui, has an official record of 22-0-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he has fought in 2014 as well defeating David Alonso Lopez in a fight valid for the vacant WBO Latino Mw title. Korobov vs Uzcategui is valid for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title; undercard of Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens – fight Video UFC Ufn 44

swanson-vs-stephens-ufc-ufn-44-poster

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, good fight between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The black belt in Bjj Cub Swanson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jose Aldo), he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Swanson), since then he has fought five times and in 2013 he beat Dustin Poirier (=Swanson vs Poirier) and Dennis Siver (=Swanson vs Siver).
His opponent, Jeremy Stephens (black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu as well), has an official record of 23-9-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he lost three consecutive fights between 2011 and 2012 but he came back to victory in 2013 defeating Estevan Payan and Rony Jason (=Stephens vs Jason); Stephens has already fought and won in 2014 beating Darren Elkins (=Elkins vs Stephens). Swanson vs Stephens is the main event of UFC Fight Night 44 San Antonio. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Kelvin Gastelum vs Nicholas Musoke – fight Video UFC Ufn 44

gastelum-vs-musoke-ufc-ufn-44-poster

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, pretty good fight between Kelvin Gastelum and Nicholas Musoke: it gets three stars. The undefeated Kelvin Gastelum entered this fight with a pro mma record of 8-0-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 welterweight in the world, he is just 22 years old (six years younger than Musoke) and he is the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 17 (defeating Uriah Hall in the final: Hall vs Gastelum); after that bout he beat Brian Melancon (=Melancon vs Gastelum) and Rick Story.
His opponent, Nicholas Musoke, has an official record of 12-2-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.48 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Cathal Pendred, since then he has collected seven wins (two of which in the Ufc) and one no-contest. Gastelum vs Musoke is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens – UFC Ufn 44. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa full fight Video – 2014

crawford-vs-gamboa-poster-2014-06-28

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, exciting back and forth battle between Terence Crawford and Yuriorkis Gamboa: it is very close to get four stars! Both undefeated, the American Terence Crawford entered this fight with a perfect record of 23-0-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Miguel Vazquez), he has already fought in 2014 winning the Wbo belt against Ricky Burns (=Burns vs Crawford).
His opponent, the 2004 Olympic flyweight gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa, has the same record of 23-0-0 (16 KOs) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 8, 2013 when he beat Darleys Perez in a bout valid for the interim WBA World lightweight title (=Gamboa vs Perez); Gamboa has won world titles in three different weight classes, Crawford ‘just’ in one but he is 26 years old while the Cuban is 32. Crawford vs Gamboa is valid for the WBO lightweight title (Crawford’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Soa Palelei vs Jared Rosholt – fight Video UFC Ufn 43

ufc-fight-night-43-auckland-poster

Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, fight not particularly exciting between Soa Palelei and Jared Rosholt: it gets two stars. The black belt in Brazilian-jiu-jitsu Soa Palelei entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Daniel Cormier, since then he has collected 11 consecutive wins (his last three in the Ufc).
His opponent, Jared Rosholt, has an official record of 10-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2012 facing Derrick Lewis for the vacant Legacy FC heavyweight title, after that bout he has fought five times. Palelei vs Rosholt is on the undercard of James Te Huna vs Nate Marquardt – UFC Ufn 43 Auckland. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – James Te Huna vs Nate Marquardt – full fight Video UFC Ufn 43

te-huna-vs-marquardt-ufc-fight-night-43-auckland-poster

Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-06-28, James Te Huna vs Nate Marquardt gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). James Te Huna entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-7-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 light heavyweight in the world, he fought three times in 2013 winning the first bout, against Ryan Jimmo (=Te Huna vs Jimmo) but then he lost twice: against Glover Teixeira (=Teixeira vs Te Huna) and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (=Rua vs Te Huna).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and Pancrase Pankration Nate Marquardt, has an official record of 32-13-2 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.35 welterweight but he lost three out of three fights in 2013: against Tarec Saffiedine (losing the Strikeforce Ww title Marquardt vs Saffiedine), Jake Ellenberger (=Ellenberger vs Marquardt) and Hector Lombard (=Lombard vs Marquardt). Te Huna vs Marquardt is the main event of UFC Fight Night Auckland – Ufn 43. Watch the video and rate this fight!