2013 MMA fight – “King Mo” Lawal vs Jacob Noe – full fight Video Bellator 97

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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 – Richard Hale vs Ryan Martinez – full fight Video Bellator 96

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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!

2013 MMA fight – Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs Seth Petruzelli – full fight Video Bellator 96

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 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!

2013 MMA fight – Brett Cooper vs Doug Marshall – full fight Video Bellator 95

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-04-04, aggressive start and spectacular finish: Brett Cooper vs Doug Marshall gets three stars. Brett Cooper (19-7-0, 74% finishing rate) entered as the No.28 middleweight in the world while Doug Marshall (17-6-0, 89% finishing rate) entered as the No.57. Cooper vs Marshall is the final of the Bellator middleweight tournament; undercard of Pat Curran vs Shahbulat Shamhalaev – Bellator 95. Watch the video!