Review: 2013-06-19, good fight between War Machine and Blas Avena: it gets three stars. War Machine entered the fight with a record of 12-4-0 while Blas Avena had a record of 8-6-0. War Machine vs Avena is on the undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, fight not particularly exciting between Richard Hale and Ryan Martinez: it gets two stars. Richard Hale (21-5-1, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while Ryan Martinez (9-2-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.37 (on the original fight card Hale was expected to face Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz who suffered a knee injury and was replaced with Martinez). Hale vs Martinez is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, good first round between Vitaly Minakov and Ron Sparks: it gets three stars. The undefeated Vitaly Minakov ranked as the No.34 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 10-0-0 (90% finishing rate) while Ron Sparks had a record of 8-1-0 (88% finishing rate – Sparks is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 29, 2011 when he was defeated by Eric Prindle). Minakov vs Sparks is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, boring fight with just some good shots in the last part of the fight: Renato Sobral vs Jacob Noe gets two stars. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (37-10-0, 65% finishing rate) entered as the No.27 light heavyweight in the world while Jacob Noe (11-2-0, 90% finishing rate) entered as the No.63. “Babalu” Sobral vs Noe is the semifinal of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; undercard of “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – Bellator 96. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-06-19, Muhammed Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli is very close to get four stars thanks to a spectacular finish. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (9-2-0, 78% finishing rate – curiously he has never won by submission) entered as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world while Seth Petruzelli (14-7-0, 93% finishing rate) entered as the No.95. “King Mo” Lawal vs Petruzelli is the semifinal of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; main event of Bellator 96. Watch the video!
