Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-24, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight Anthony Smith vs Jimmy Crute gets two.
Crute vs Smith is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal 2 – UFC 261. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-18, pretty good finish between Jimmy Crute and Modestas Bukauskas: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-02-23, pretty good fight between Jim Crute and Michal Oleksiejczuk: it gets three stars.The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Jim Crute entered this fight with a pro record of 10-1-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.34 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off his first loss, suffered against Misha Cirkunov (Jim Crute vs Misha Cirkunov); before this bout he had beat Sam Alvey (Sam Alvey vs Jim Crute).
His opponent, Michal Oleksiejczuk, has an official mma record of 14-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year defeating Gian Villante (Gian Villante vs Michal Oleksiejczuk) and Gadzhimurad Antigulov but then he lost to Ovince Saint Preux. Crute vs Oleksiejczuk is on the undercard of Paul Felder vs Dan Hooker – UFC Fight Night 168. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-09-14, back and forth bout between Jim Crute and Misha Cirkunov: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Jimmy Crute entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 light heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Chris Birchler, Paul Craig and Sam Alvey (Sam Alvey vs Jim Crute).
His opponent, Misha Cirkunov (black belt in Bjj as well), has an official record of 14-5-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Patrick Cummins last year (Misha Cirkunov vs Patrick Cummins); after this fight, in 2019, he has lost to Johnny Walker (Misha Cirkunov vs Johnny Walker). Jimmy Crute vs Cirkunov is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Justin Gaethje – UFC Fight Night 158 (UFC on ESPN+ 16). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-10, pretty good finish between Sam Alvey and Jim Crute but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Sam Alvey entered this fight with a record of 33-11-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 light heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Marcin Prachnio and Gian Villante but then he lost to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Sam Alvey vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira).
His opponent, the undefeated Jim Crute, has a perfect mma record of 9-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. He also fought three times in 2018 winning over Doo Hwan Kim, Chris Birchler and Paul Craig. Alvey vs Crute is on the undercard of Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva (on the original fight card the main event was Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum but the Australian pulled out of the event a few hours prior due to an abdominal hernia) – UFC 234. Watch the video and rate this fight!
