Bellator 159

2016 MMA fight – Daniel Weichel vs Emmanuel Sanchez – full fight Video Bellator 159

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, disappointing fight between Daniel Weichel and Emmanuel Sanchez: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former M-1 Lw and Bellator Fw tournament champion Daniel Weichel entered this fight with a mma record of 36-9-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 featherweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Pat Curran (=Curran vs Weichel) and Georgi Karakhanyan (=Weichel vs Karakhanyan) but between these two fights he lost to Patricio Freire (=Freire vs Weichel).
His opponent, Emmanuel Sanchez, has an official record of 13-2-0 (46% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Pat Curran last year (=Curran vs Sanchez) but then he has won three consecutive fights beating Daniel Pineda in 2016 (=Sanchez vs Pineda). Weichel vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo – Bellator 159; they also faced each other a second time on November 12, 2020 (Daniel Weichel vs Emmanuel Sanchez 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – David Rickels vs Melvin Guillard – full fight Video Bellator 159

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, fight not so exciting between David Rickels and Melvin Guillard: it gets two stars.

The former Bellator Lw tournament champion (Season 8) David Rickels entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-4-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.60 lightweight in the world. He lost to Michael Chandler in 2015 (=Chandler vs Rickels 2) but he came back to win in 2016 against Bobby Cooper.
His opponent, the former Ufc fighter Melvin Guillard, has an record of 32-16-2 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.75 in the same weight class but he comes off three consecutive defeats, the last one against Derek Campos (=Guillard vs Campos). Rickels vs Guillard is on the undercard of Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo – Bellator 159. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo – full fight Video Bellator 159

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-22, Darrion Caldwell vs Joe Taimanglo gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.

The undefeated Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 9-0-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz). He has already fought once in 2016 winning over Joe Warren (=Warren vs Caldwell).
His opponent, Joe Taimanglo, has an official record of 22-6-1 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2013 and 2014, against Justin Wilcox (=Wilcox vs Taimanglo) and Robert Emerson, but then he has won three times beating Sirwan Kakai in his last one (=Taimanglo vs Kakai). Caldwell vs Taimanglo is the main event of the Bellator 159. Watch the video and rate this fight!