Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-08-13, mma fight not so exciting: Gegard Mousasi vs John Salter gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Salter vs Mousasi, main event of Bellator 264, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-08, fight not so exciting between John Salter and Costello van Steenis: it gets two stars.The black belt in Bjj John Salter entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.32 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Rafael Lovato Jr (Rafael Lovato Jr vs John Salter) and beating Chidi Njokuani (Chidi Njokuani vs John Salter).
His opponent, Costello van Steenis, has an official record of 12-1-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.47 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Jake Bostwick in 2015, since then he has won six consecutive fights defeating Chris Honeycutt and Mike Shipman in his last two. Salter vs van Steenis is the main event of Bellator 233. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-30, pretty good finish between Chidi Njokuani and John Salter but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Chidi Njokuani entered this fight with a record of 18-5-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.41 middleweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Melvin Guillard (Melvin Guillard vs Chidi Njokuani) and Hisaki Kato but between these two bouts he was defeated by Andrey Koreshkov (Andrey Koreshkov vs Chidi Njokuani).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj John Salter, has a mma record of 15-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Rafael Lovato Jr (Rafael Lovato Jr vs John Salter). Before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Kendall Grove in July (John Salter vs Kendall Grove) and Jason Radcliffe in November. Njokuani vs Salter is the main event of Bellator 210. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-21, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Rafael Lovato Jr vs John Salter gets two stars.The undefeated black belt in Bjj and former world jiu jitsu champion Rafael Lovato Jr entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 8-0-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 middleweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Mike Rhodes, Chris Honeycutt (Chris Honeycutt vs Rafael Lovato Jr) and Gerald Harris (Rafael Lovato Jr vs Gerald Harris).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu John Salter, has a record of 15-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat when he faced Reggie Pena in 2012, since then he has won seven bouts beating Kendall Grove and Jason Radcliffe in 2017 (John Salter vs Kendall Grove). Lovato vs Salter is on the undercard of AJ McKee vs John Teixeira da Conceicao – Bellator 205. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-14, pretty good finish between John Salter and Kendall Grove but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.John Salter entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.37 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat when he faced Reggie Pena in 2012, since then he has won five bouts beating Brandon Halsey (=Halsey vs Salter) and Claudio Annicchiarico last year.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf 3 tournament winner Kendall Grove, has a record of 23-16-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Francisco France (=Grove vs France) and losing to Alexander Shlemenko (=Shlemenko vs Grove). John Salter vs Kendall Grove is on the undercard of Derek Campos vs Brandon Girtz 3 – Bellator 181. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-17, pretty good finish between Brandon Halsey and John Salter but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Bellator Mw champion Brandon Halsey entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Kendall Grove (=Halsey vs Grove) and losing to Rafael Carvalho (=Halsey vs Carvalho).
His opponent, John Salter, has an official record of 11-3-0 (100% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 16, 2015 when he defeated Dustin Jacoby. Halsey vs Salter is on the undercard of Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas 2 – Bellator 156. Watch the video and rate this fight!
