Review: 2013-10-09, close fight but not so exciting: Demian Maia vs Jake Shields gets two stars. Demian Maia (18-4-0, 67% finishing rate) entered as the No.5 welterweight in the world while Jake Shields (28-6-1, 47% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Georges St Pierre). Maia vs Shields is the main event of UFC Fight Night 29. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-09-21, close fight thanks to a great performance and some good single shots by both Jon Jones and Gustafsson but without ground game it is very difficult to give more than three stars. However the fight won UFC Fight of the Night honors and it is really possible to see a rematch since Jones and Gustafsson proved they are the two best light heavyweight fighters in the world! Jon ‘Bones’ Jones (18-1-0, 83% finishing rate) entered as the No.1 light heavyweight in the world while Alexander Gustafsson (15-1-0, 80% finishing rate) entered as the No.6. Jon Jones vs Gustafsson, main event of UFC 165, is valid for the UFC light heavyweight title (Jones’ sixth defense); they also faced each other a second time on December 29, 2018 (Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2). Watch the video!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
Review: 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!
