LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2013-10-20, boring fight between Jeff Monson and Satoshi Ishii: it gets one star. The 42-year-old Jeff Monson (49-15-1, 65% finishing rate) entered as the No.64 heavyweight in the world while Satoshi Ishii (9-2-1, 55% finishing rate) entered as the No.32. Monson vs Ishii is the main event of M-1 Challenge 42. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-20, just two stars for the fight between Konstantin Gluhov and Marcin Tybura. Konstantin Gluhov (26-12-0, 89% finishing rate) entered as the No.26 heavyweight in the world while the undefeated Marcin Tybura (8-0-0, 76% finishing rate) entered as the No.51. Gluhov vs Tybura is the final of M-1 heavyweight Grand Prix 2013; undercard of Jeff Monson vs Satoshi Ishii – M-1 Challenge 42. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-20, the fight between Vyacheslav Vasilevsky and Vitor Nobrega was not particularly exciting: it gets two stars. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky ranked as the No.24 light heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 22-2-0 (68% finishing rate) while Vitor Nobrega had a record of 13-6-1 (77% finishing rate). Vasilevsky vs Nobrega is on the undercard of Jeff Monson vs Satoshi Ishii – M-1 Challenge 42. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, something good in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars. Omar Chavez, Julio Cesar Chavez’s youngest son, (30-2-1, 22 KOs) entered as the No.51 light middleweight in the world while Joachim Alcine (33-5-1, 19 KOs) entered as the No.56. Chavez vs Alcine is the main event of the evening. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, the fight between Luis Concepcion and Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz gets three stars only thanks to a spectacular finish. Luis ‘El Nica’ Concepcion (29-3-0, 21 KOs) entered as the No.11 flyweight in the world while Carlos Ruiz (17-2-0, 10 KOs) entered as the No.40. Concepcion vs Ruiz is valid for the WBC Silver flyweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, fight not particularly good between Daniel Cormier and Roy Nelson: it gets two stars. The undefeated Daniel Cormier (12-0-0, 67% finishing rate) entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world while Roy Nelson (19-8-0, 89% finishing rate) entered as the No.13 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Cain Velasquez). Cormier vs Nelson is on the undercard of Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3 – UFC 166. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, Mike Alvarado vs Ruslan Provodnikov was a really exciting fight as we expected. Alvarado came off three consecutive spectacular fights: two fights of the year candidate as Alvarado vs Herrera and Rios vs Alvarado 1 in 2012 and a great battle against Brandon Rios in their second fight, but also the Russian boxer came off the candidate for Fight of the Year 2013, a very controversial defeat against Timothy Bradley…
In this fight Provodnikov was the aggressor but Alvarado likes toe-to-toe fights and exchanging shot for shot, so the result was an action packed fight with also two knockdowns and a “touching finish” with the winner in tears hugging his mother: Alvarado vs Provodnikov is definitely one of the best boxing fights of 2013, four stars! Mike Alvarado (34-1-0, 23 KOs) entered as the No.4 light welterweight in the world while Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2-0, 15 KOs) entered as the No.6 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Danny Garcia). Alvarado vs Provodnikov is valid for the WBO light welterweight title (Alvarado’s first defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, great fight with some tough exchanges, we are sure they will face each other in the future…two real warriors: the third fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos gets three stars. Cain Velasquez (12-1-0, 83% ko/tko victories – curiously he has never won by submission) entered as the No.1 heavyweight in the world while Junior dos Santos (16-2-0, 88% finishing rate) entered as the No.2. In their first fight ‘Cigano’ dos Santos defeated Velasquez by ko (November 12, 2011) while in their second bout Cain defeated JDS by unanimous decision (December 29, 2012); this third fight, main event of UFC 166, is valid for the UFC heavyweight title (Velasquez’s second defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, the final part of the fight between Gilbert Melendez and Diego Sanchez was simply astonishing: brutal exchanges, blood, nonstop pace and big heart, so it could be a perfect candidate for Mma Fight of the Year 2013 but unfortunately the first part was “only” a very good one and not epic. For this reason Melendez vs Sanchez (UFC Fight of the Night) gets four stars and not five, but we would like to see a rematch since it was also a very close bout. Gilbert Melendez (21-3-0, 57% finishing rate) entered as the No.3 lightweight in the world while Diego Sanchez (24-5-0, 63% finishing rate) entered as the No.10 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Anthony Pettis). Melendez vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3 – UFC 166. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-10-19, pretty good fight between Gabriel Gonzaga and Shawn Jordan but it is not enough to get three stars. Gabriel Gonzaga (15-7-0, 100% finishing rate) entered as the No.20 heavyweight in the world while Shawn Jordan (15-4-0, 93% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. ‘Napao’ Gonzaga vs Jordan is on the undercard of Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3 – UFC 166. Watch the video!
