2013 MMA fight – Renan Barao Pegado vs Eddie Wineland – full fight Video UFC 165

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-09-21, Renan Barao vs Eddie Wineland gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Knockout of the Night). Renan “Barao” Pegado (30-1-0, 67% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 bantamweight in the world while Eddie Wineland (20-8-1, 75% finishing rate) entered as the No.8. Barao vs Wineland is valid for the UFC interim bantamweight title (Barao’s second defense); undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson – UFC 165. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Glover Teixeira vs Ryan Bader – full fight Video UFC Ufn 28

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-09-04, Glover Teixeira vs Ryan Bader gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Knockout of the Night). Glover Teixeira (21-2-0, 86% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 light heavyweight in the world while Ryan Bader (15-3-0, 67% finishing rate) entered as the No.10 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Jon Jones). Teixeira vs Bader is the main event of UFC Fight Night 28. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Benson Henderson vs Anthony Pettis 2 – full fight Video UFC 164

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-08-31, the second fight between Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Submission of the Night). Benson Henderson (19-2-0, 53% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 lightweight in the world while Anthony Pettis (16-2-0, 82% finishing rate) entered as the No.5. In their first fight Pettis defeated Henderson by unanimous decision and that is the last loss of ‘Bendo’ (December 16, 2010); this second fight, main event of UFC 164, is valid for the UFC lightweight title (Henderson’s fourth defense). Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua vs Chael Sonnen – fight Video UFC Ufn 26

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-08-17, Mauricio Rua vs Chael Sonnen gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Submission of the Night). Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (21-7-0, 91% finishing rate) entered as the No.8 light heavyweight in the world while Chael Sonnen (27-13-1, 41% finishing rate) entered as the No.15. Mauricio Rua vs Sonnen is the main event of UFC Fight Night 26 (also known as UFC on Fox Sports 1: Shogun vs Sonnen). Watch the video!

Jose Aldo vs Chan Sung Jung full fight Video UFC 163 – 2013

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-08-03, the fight between Jose Aldo and Chan Sung Jung was not particularly good: it gets two stras. Jose Aldo (22-1-0, 68% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 featherweight in the world while Chan Sung Jung (13-3-0, 85% finishing rate) entered as the No.16. Aldo vs ‘Korean Zombie’ Jung, main event of UFC 163, is valid for the UFC featherweight title (Aldo’s fifth defense). Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Demetrious Johnson vs John Moraga – fight Video UFC on Fox 8

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-07-27, Demetrious Johnson vs John Moraga gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Submission of the Night). Demetrious Johnson (17-2-1, 53% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 flyweight in the world while John Moraga (13-1-0, 61% finishing rate) entered as the No.5. Johnson vs Moraga, main event of UFC on Fox 8, is valid for the UFC flyweight title (Johnson’s second defense). Watch the video!

Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman full fight Video UFC 162 – 2013

4_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-07-06, the fight between Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva and Chris Weidman was neither a war nor a particularly technical fight, but it was certainly a great show with a spectacular finish (UFC Knockout of the Night), and a bout like this one will go down in mma history: this is one of the most exciting mma fight of the year, four stars! Anderson Silva (33-4-0, 79% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 middleweight in the world while the undefeated Chris Weidman (9-0-0, 66% finishing rate) entered as the No.3. Silva vs Weidman, main event of UFC 162, is valid for the UFC middleweight title (Silva’s eleventh defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 28, 2013 (=Weidman vs Silva 2). Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Rashad Evans vs Dan Henderson – fight Video UFC 161

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-06-15, something good in the last part of the fight but the bout between Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson was pretty boring: it gets two stars. Rashad Evans (17-3-1, 47% finishing rate) entered as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world while Dan Henderson (29-9-0, 52% finishing rate) entered as the No.3. Evans vs Henderson is the main event of UFC 161. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fabricio Werdum 2 – full fight Video UFC

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-06-08, the second fight between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum gets three stars thanks to a great second round. Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira (34-7-1, 71% finishing rate) entered as the No.10 heavyweight in the world while Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1, 81% finishing rate) entered as the No.5. In their first fight Minotauro Nogueira defeated Werdum by unanimous decision (July 1, 2006 – Pride FC); this second fight is the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 10. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Cain Velasquez vs Antonio Silva 2 – full fight Video UFC 160

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-05-25, pretty good fight between Cain Velasquez and Antonio ‘Pezao’ Silva but it is not enough to get three stars. Cain Velasquez (11-1-0, 82% finishing rate – curiously he has never won by submission) entered as the No.1 heavyweight in the world while Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (18-4-0, 89% finishing rate) entered as the No.4. In their first fight Velasquez defeated ‘Bigfoot’ Silva by TKO in the first round (May 26, 2012); this second fight is valid for the UFC heavyweight title, main event of UFC 160. Watch the video!