LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2013-12-31, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Ryo Miyazaki vs Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr gets two. The undefeated Ryo Miyazaki (20-0-3, 11 KOs) entered as the No.3 light flyweight in the world while Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (22-2-0, 14 KOs) entered as the No.38. Miyazaki vs Sakkreerin is on the undercard of Kazuto Ioka vs Felix Alvarado. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-31, exciting fight with some nice toe-to-toe exchanges: Kazuto Ioka vs Felix Alvarado is close to get four stars!!! Both undefeated, the Japanese Kazuto Ioka (13-0-0, 9 KOs) entered as the No.9 light flyweight in the world while Felix Alvarado (18-0-0, 15 KOs=83%) entered as the No.26. Ioka vs Alvarado is valid for the WBA World light flyweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-31, nice exchanges in the last part of the fight but the bout between Takashi Uchiyama and Daiki Kaneko was not so exciting, it gets two star. The undefeated Takashi Uchiyama (20-0-1, 17 KOs=85%) entered as the No.2 super featherweight in the world while Daiki Kaneko (19-2-3, 12 KOs) entered as the No.5 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Mikey Garcia). Uchiyama vs Kaneko is valid for the WBA World super featherweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-31, fight not particularly good between Brett Rogers and Philip De Fries: it gets two stars. Brett Rogers (13-5-0, 85% finishing rate) entered as the No.40 heavyweight in the world while Philip De Fries (9-3-0, 89% submission victory rate – he has never won by ko/tko) entered as the No.95. Rogers vs De Fries is on the undercard of Satoshi Ishii vs Kazuyuki Fujita – IGF Inoki 2013. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-31, something good in the last part of the fight but the bout between Satoshi Ishii and Kazuyuki Fujita was quite boring, it gets one star! Satoshi Ishii ranked as the No.29 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 10-2-1 (50% finishing rate) while Kazuyuki Fujita had a record of 15-9-0 (86% finishing rate – Fujita is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 31, 2009 when he was defeated by Alistair Overeem). Ishii vs Fujita is the main event of “IGF – Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2013”. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-04-20, close fight, high pace and one knockdown: Celestino Caballero vs Robinson Castellanos gets three stars. Robinson Castellanos ranked as the No.10 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 17-9-0 while Celestino Caballero had a record of 36-4-0 (‘Pelenchin’ Caballero is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 31, 2011 when he defeated Satoshi Hosono winning the WBA World featherweight title). Caballero vs Castellanos is valid for the WBC Silver featherweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-11-30, boring fight between Vicente Mosquera and Javier Prieto, don’t waste your time watching this bout: it gets one star. Vicente Mosquera (33-2-1, 18 KOs) entered as the No.26 lightweight in the world while Javier Prieto (23-7-0, 18 KOs) entered as the No.30. Mosquera vs Prieto is valid for the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-11-30, the fight between Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr and Zolani Tete gets three stars thanks to a spectacular finish. Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr (17-1-1, 9 KOs) entered as the No.3 bantamweight in the world while Zolani Tete (17-3-0, 15 KOs=88%) entered as the No.29 super flyweight. Sanchez Jr vs Tete, IBF super flyweight eliminator, is on the undercard of Jorge Paez Jr vs Ivan Hernandez. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-28, worth watching fight thanks to a good start and a dramatic finish: the second fight between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva gets three stars. The undefeated Chris Weidman (10-0-0, 70% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 middleweight in the world while Anderson Silva (33-5-0, 79% finishing rate) entered as the No.2. In their first fight (July 7, 2013) Weidman defeated Silva by ko and ‘The Spider’ lost the Ufc middleweight title after tenth consecutive defense; this second fight, main event of UFC 168, is valid again for the UFC middleweight title and it is Weidman’s first defense.
Here are some words said by Weidman before the fight: “100-percent, I know it’s going to be a better version of me…For the last camp, I went through hurricane Sandy, two surgeries, a year layoff. And even though, I wouldn’t let those excuses get in my mind before that fight. I didn’t make any excuses in my mind for, why I should lose? This time, there’s really no excuses for me to lose.” And this is what Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva said “The last fight is in the past. I’m really looking forward to this next fight, and everything is going to be different, […] My mistakes in that fight, and this is the first time I’m saying this, were basic mistakes, […] Obviously we made a few changes. When you see a mistake, you’ve got to get back and see where that mistake is and change things around. But like I said, that’s in the past and everything is going to be different from now on…” Watch the video!
Review: 2013-12-28, exciting fight thanks to an aggressive start, excellent work on the ground, high pace and some nice takedowns: the second fight between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate is very close to get four stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The undefeated Ronda Rousey (7-0-0, 100% submission armbar victory rate in the first round) entered as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world while Miesha Tate (13-4-0, 69% finishing rate) entered as the No.9. In their first fight Rousey defeated Tate by submission (March 3, 2012); this second fight is valid for the UFC bantamweight title and it is on the undercard of Chris Weidman vs Anderson Silva 2 – UFC 168. Watch the video!
