Review: 2013-09-07, great start and good first part of the fight but the rest of the bout was not so exciting: Patricky Freire vs Derek Anderson gets two stars. Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire ranked as the No.74 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 10-4-0 (80% finishing rate) while the undefeated Derek Anderson had a record of 9-0-0 (100% finishing rate). Pitbull vs Anderson is on the undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brett Cooper 2 – Bellator 98. Watch the video!
Bellator fight videos
2013 MMA fight – Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – full fight Video Bellator 97
Review: 2013-07-31, good first round between Michael Chandler and David Rickels: it gets three stars. The undefeated Michael Chandler (11-0-0, 81% finishing rate) entered as the No.4 lightweight in the world while David Rickels (14-1-0, 64% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. Chandler vs Rickels, main event of Bellator 97, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s second defense). Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Ben Askren vs Andrey Koreshkov – full fight Video Bellator 97
Review: 2013-07-31, good ground control but the fight between Ben Askren and Andrey Koreshkov was not so exciting: it gets two stars. Both undefeated, the American Ben Askren (11-0-0, 45% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 welterweight in the world while the Russian Andrey Koreshkov (13-0-0, 85% finishing rate) entered as the No.25. Askren vs Koreshkov is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (Askren’s fourth defense); undercard of Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – Bellator 97. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – “King Mo” Lawal vs Jacob Noe – full fight Video Bellator 97
Review: 2013-07-31, one sided fight, Muhammed Lawal vs Jacob Noe gets two stars. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (10-2-0, 80% finishing rate – curiously he has never won by submission) entered as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world while Jacob Noe (12-2-0, 92% finishing rate) entered as the No.30. “King Mo” Lawal vs Noe is the final of the Bellator light heavyweight tournament; undercard of Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – Bellator 97. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Vitaly Minakov vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 97
Review: 2013-07-31, fight not particularly good between Vitaly Minakov and Ryan Martinez: it gets two stars. The undefeated Vitaly Minakov (11-0-0, 91% finishing rate) entered as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while Ryan Martinez (10-2-0, 70% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. Minakov vs Martinez is the final of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – Bellator 97. Watch the video!
Patricio Freire vs Jared Downing full fight Video Bellator 97 -2013
Review: 2013-07-31, good start and good finish between Patricio Freire and Jared Downing: it gets three stars. Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire (17-2-0, 76% finishing rate) entered as the No.15 featherweight in the world while Jared Downing (9-2-0, 22% finishing rate) entered as the No.54. Freire vs Downing is on the undercard of Michael Chandler vs David Rickels – Bellator 97. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – War Machine vs Blas Avena – full fight Video Bellator 96
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!
2013 MMA fight – Richard Hale vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 96
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!
2013 MMA fight – Vitaly Minakov vs Ron Sparks – full fight Video Bellator 96
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!
2013 MMA fight – Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs Jacob Noe – full fight Video Bellator 96
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!