Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-15, good exchanges between Marcin Held and Joe Lauzon: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj and former Bellator Lw tournament winner (season 10) Marcin Held entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-5-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 lightweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Will Brooks (=Brooks vs Held) and Diego Sanchez (=Held vs Sanchez). Between these two bouts he beat Dave Jansen.
His opponent, Joe Lauzon, has a record of 26-12-0 (96% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He lost three out of his last five bouts beating Diego Sanchez in 2016 but then he was defeated by Jim Miller (=Lauzon vs Miller 2). Joe Lauzon vs Marcin Held is on the undercard of Yair Rodriguez vs BJ Penn – UFC Fight Night 103. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-05, good fight between Marcin Held and Diego Sanchez: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj and Bellator Lw tournament winner (season 10) Marcin Held entered this fight with a pro record of 22-4-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 lightweight in the world. He lost to Will Brooks in 2015 but he came back to win in 2016 against Dave Jansen.
His opponent, the black belt in gaidojutsu, Bjj and Tuf 1 Mw winner Diego Sanchez, has an official mma record of 26-9-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Jim Miller but then he lost to Joe Lauzon. Held vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Rafael dos Anjos vs Tony Ferguson – UFC Fight Night 98 – Tuf Latin America 3 Finale. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-11-06, disappointing fight between Will Brooks and Marcin Held: it gets two stars.
Will Brooks entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-1-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). He suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Saad Awad (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won seven consecutive fights winning the vacant Bellator Lw belt last year, against Michael Chandler (=Brooks vs Chandler II), and defending it once in 2015 with Dave Jansen (=Brooks vs Jansen).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Marcin Held, has a record of 21-3-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He lost to Dave Jansen in 2013 (=Jansen vs Held) but then he has won six bouts defeating Patricky Freire in the final of the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) (=Freire vs Held) and beating Alexander Sarnavskiy in 2015 (=Held vs Sarnavskiy). Brooks vs Held is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ second defense); undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, great work on the ground and good finish: Marcin Held vs Alexander Sarnavskiy gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marcin Held entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Alexander Sarnavskiy, has an official record of 30-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2013 and then they have won five consecutive bouts: Sarnavskiy was defeated by Will Brooks (=Sarnavskiy vs Brooks), while Held lost to Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held); after losing Held has won the Bellator Lw tournament (season ten) beating Patricky Freire in the final (=Freire vs Held). ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy vs Held is on the undercard of Will Brooks vs Dave Jansen – Bellator 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-26, fight not so exciting between Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire and Marcin Held: it gets two stars. The black belt in Bjj Patricky Freire entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 lightweight in the world, he suffered three consecutive defeats between 2012 and 2013, the last one against Derek Anderson (=Freire vs Anderson), but then he came back to win beating James Edson Berto, David Rickels (=Rickels vs Freire) and Derek Campos (=Freire vs Campos).
His opponent, Marcin Held (black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well), has a record of 19-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in his first bout of 2013, against Dave Jansen (=Jansen vs Held), but then he won four consecutive fights, the last one against Nate Jolly. ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Held is the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament; undercard of Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey – Bellator 126. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-04-18, pretty good finish between Marcin Held and Derek Anderson but it is not enough to get three stars. The balck belt in bjj Marcin Held entered this fight with a mma record of 17-3-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.68 lightweight in the world while the undefeated Derek Anderson has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.91 in the same weight class. Held vs Anderson is the semifinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Douglas Lima vs Rick Hawn; in the quarterfinals Held defeated Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia while Anderson beat Brandon Girtz. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2013-03-21, good work on the ground in the second part of the fight but on the whole the bout between Jansen and Held was not so exciting: two stars. Dave Jansen (18-2-0) entered as the No.54 lightweight in the world while Marcin Held (15-2-0) entered as the No.86. Jansen vs Held is the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament; main event of Bellator 93. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-16, very good work on the ground but the fight between Rich Clementi and Marcin Held has not been very spectacular: two stars. Rich Clementi ranked as the No.61 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 45-21-1 while Marcin Held had a record of 14-2-0. Clementi vs Held is the semifinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, main event of Bellator 81. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-19, fight not particularly good between Marcin Held and Murad Machaev: two stars. Marcin Held entered the fight with a record of 13-2-0 while the undefeated Murad Machaev had a record of 9-0-0. Held vs Machaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-11, nice submission in the first round between Marcin Held and Derrick Kennington: three stars. Marcin Held entered the fight with a record of 12-2-0 while Derrick Kennington had a record of 6-2-0. Held vs Kennington is on the undercard of Daniel Straus vs Marlon Sandro (Bellator 68); on the original main card Carmelo Marrero was scheduled to fight Seth Petruzelli but it was cancelled due to an illness by Petruzelli. Watch the video!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-15, good exchanges between Marcin Held and Joe Lauzon: it gets three stars.
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