Review: 2014-02-15, spectacular knockdown (look at the GIF) in the first part of the fight but the rest of the bout doesn’t deserve three stars: Nicholas Musoke vs Viscardi Andrade gets two. Nicholas Musoke entered this fight with a professional mma record of 11-2-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.67 middleweight in the world, he comes off six consecutive wins and in his last fight (his Ufc debut) he defeated Alessio Sakara (=Sakara vs Musoke).
His opponent, Viscardi Andrade, has an official record of 17-5-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.86 welterweight, he is also at his second fight in the Ufc after his win against Bristol Marunde in 2013. Musoke vs Andrade is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi – UFC Ufn 36. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
2014 BOXING fight – Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Kantun – full fight Video
Review: 2014-02-15, nice and tough toe-to-toe exchanges from the first bell: Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Kantun is very close to get four stars!! The undefeated Roman Gonzalez entered this fight with a perfect record of 37-0-0 (31 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.4 flyweight in the world, he moved up in weight class to the flyweight division just last year after having successfully defended the WBA light flyweight title five times (moreover he had already won the WBA minimumweight belt in 2008).
His opponent, Juan Kantun, has an official record of 21-5-3 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.67 in the same weight class, last year he fought four times but he lost twice, the first time against Rocky Fuentes and then to David Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Kantun). ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez vs Kantun is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi – fight Video UFC Ufn 36
Review: 2014-02-15, technical fight with some nice kicks and combinations but the bout was not so exciting: Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi gets two stars (UFC Fight of the Night). Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-4-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world, he is a black belt in Shotokan karate (3rd dan) and in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, last year he fought three times beating Dan Henderson (=Machida vs Henderson), losing to Phil Davis (=Machida vs Davis) and defeating Mark Munoz with a spectacular high kick in his middleweight debut (=Machida vs Munoz).
His opponent, the 28-year-old Gegard Mousasi (seven less than Machida), has an official record of 34-3-2 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 light heavyweight but in this fight he returns to the lower division, currently the #1 in the middleweight class is Chris Weidman. Mousasi started his fighting career practicing judo (he is a black belt) but then he practiced boxing (winning the amateur Netherlands title) and kickboxing. He suffered his last defeat against Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal in 2010 losing also the Strikeforce light heavyweight title but since then he collected six victories and one draw. Machida vs Mousasi is the main event of UFC Fight Night 36 – Ufn 36. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Francis Carmont – fight Video UFC Ufn 36
Review: 2014-02-15, pretty good fight between Ronaldo Souza and Francis Carmont: it gets thrre stars. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 19-3-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world, he is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo (he won eight gold medals in bjj and two in the ADCC submission wrestling championship). Ronaldo Souza suffered his last defeat to Luke Rockhold in 2011 losing also the Strikeforce middleweight title (=Rockhold vs Souza), since then he collected five consecutive wins (all before the limit!).
His opponent, Francis Carmont, has an official record of 22-7-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat against the Russian Baga Agaev in 2008 but after that fight he has just won, eleven-fight win streak (six in the Ufc). Currently the #1 in the middleweight division is Chris Weidman. Jacare Souza vs Carmont is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi – UFC Ufn 36. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Erick Silva vs Takenori Sato – full fight Video UFC Ufn 36
Review: 2014-02-15, fight not so exciting between Erick Silva and Takenori Sato: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in Bjj and judo Erick Silva entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-4-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.30 welterweight in the world, last year he fought twice defeating Jason High in June (=Silva vs High) but then he lost to Dong Hyun Kim(=Silva vs Kim).
His opponent, Takenori Sato, has an official record of 17-8-7 (53% finishing rate), he is the current welterweight champion of “King of Pancrase” and he suffered his last loss against Keiichiro Yamamiya in 2010. On the original fight card Erick Silva was expected to face Nate Loughran but he has forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury and he has been replaced by Sato who debuts in the Ufc. ‘Indio’ Silva vs Sato is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi – UFC Ufn 36. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 MMA fight – Charles Oliveira vs Andy Ogle – fight Video UFC Ufn 36
Review: 2014-02-15, Charles Oliveira vs Andy Ogle gets three stars only thanks a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The black belt in bjj Charles Oliveira entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-4-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 featherweight in the world, he comes off two consecutive defeats, the last one against Frankie Edgar, his only bout in 2013 (=Edgar vs Oliveira).
His opponent, Andy Ogle, has an official record of 9-3-0 (55% finishing rate), he is 24 years old like Oliveira and last year he fought twice, beating Josh Grispi in February but then he lost to Cole Miller in October via unanimous decision. Oliveira vs Ogle is on the undercard of Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi – UFC Ufn 36. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Dereck Chisora vs Kevin Johnson – full fight Video
Review: 2014-02-15, boring fight with too much clinching: Dereck Chisora vs Kevin Johnson gets one star. Dereck Chisora entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 19-4-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world, all his defeats came between 2011 and 2012 when he faced four top ten heavyweights boxers: Tyson Fury (=Fury vs Chisora), Robert Helenius (=Helenius vs Chisora), Vitali Klitschko (=Klitschko vs Chisora) and David Haye (=Haye vs Chisora), but in 2013 he collected four cosecutive wins.
His opponent, Kevin Johnson, has an official record of 29-4-1 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class, he also faced and lost to Vitali Klitschko and Tyson Fury (=Fury vs Johnson) but he managed to win against Alex Leapai who recently beat the prospect Denis Boytsov (=Boytsov vs Leapai) and will be the next opponent of Wladimir Klitschko. Chisora vs Johnson is valid for the WBO and WBA International heavyweight titles, both titles held by Chisora and it is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Tyson Fury vs Joey Abell – full fight Video
Review: 2014-02-15, pretty entertaining fight with four knockdowns but what we have seen (lack of noble behaviour) is not “the sweet science”: Tyson Fury vs Joey Abell gets two stars. The undefeated Tyson Fury entered this fight with a perfect record of 21-0-0 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world, his family has a long history in boxing and they were known as “family of fighting travelers” in fact also the alias of his father John Fury was “Gypsy”, but as a professional boxer he finished his career with a not outstanding record of 8-4-1, but they also used to fight in bare knuckle bouts…
On the original fight card Fury was expected to face the Argentinian Gonzalo Omar Basile but he withdrawn because of a lung infection and he has been replaced with the 32-year-old American Joey Abell who has an official record of 29-7-0 (28 KOs=96%). Fury vs Abell is the co-main event of Dereck Chisora vs Kevin Johnson. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Emmanuel Taylor vs Chris Algieri – full fight Video
Review: 2014-02-14, pretty good fight between Emmanuel Taylor and Chris Algieri: it gets three stars. Emmanuel Taylor entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 17-1-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.26 light welterweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat against Prenice Brewer in 2011 via split decision.
His opponent, the undefeated Chris Algieri, has a record of 18-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.84 in the same weight class, before boxing he won the ISKA and WKA world titles (karate and kickboxing). Taylor vs Algieri is the main event of the night. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2014 BOXING fight – Fidel Maldonado Jr vs John Nater – full fight Video
Review: 2014-02-10, even though there were two knockdowns, the fight between Fidel Maldonado Jr and John Nater was not so exciting: it gets two stars. Fidel Maldonado Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 17-2-0 (14 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.25 light welterweight in the world, his only two defeats came to Fernando Carcamo and Michael Perez in 2012 when he was 20 years old.
His opponent, John Nater, is also very young, 23 years old, and has a record of 13-4-0 (10 KOs=77%), three out of his four losses came against undefeated boxers. On the original fight card Fidel Maldonado Jr was expected to face the former IBF champion Steve Forbes who was pulled from the bout due to a failed pre-fight medical exam. Maldonado vs Nater is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!