2016 MMA fight – Szymon Bajor vs Valentin Moldavsky – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, fight not so exciting between Szymon Bajor and Valentin Moldavsky: it gets two stars.

Szymon Bajor entered this fight with a professional record of 16-6-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.86 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated Valentin Moldavsky, has a perfect record of 4-0-0 (75% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.87 in the same weight class. Both fighters have fought and won twice in 2016: Bajor has beat Jedrzej Mackowiak and Teodoras Aukstuolis while Moldavsky has won over Daniel Doerrer and Karl Albrektsson. Bajor vs Moldavsky is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Heath Herring vs Amir Aliakbari – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, good exchanges between Heath Herring and Amir Aliakbari: it gets three stars.

The former World Vale Tudo and Bas Rutten Invitational 3 Tournament champion Heath Herring (who replaces Shane Carwin) entered this fight with a mma record of 28-14-0 (82% finishing rate) while his opponent, the 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a perfect record of 3-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Herring is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 9, 2008 when he was defeated by Brock Lesnar. Herring vs Aliakbari is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Baruto Kaito vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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1 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, boring fight between Baruto Kaito and Tsuyoshi Kosaka: it gets one star.

The undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (0 knockouts) while his opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Tsuyoshi Kosaka (who replaces Jiri Prochazka), has a record of 27-18-2 (52% finishing rate). Baruto beat Peter Aerts in 2015 (=Aerts vs Baruto) and Kazuyuki Fujita in 2016 while Kosaka has fought just once since 2006, when he was defeated by Mark Hunt, winning over James Thompson. Baruto vs Kosaka is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament; undercard of Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Muhammed King Mo Lawal. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs King Mo Lawal – full fight Video Rizin FF 3

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and King Mo Lawal but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 32-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won four bouts beating Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2) and Hyun Man Myung (=Cro Cop vs Myung).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (who replaces Wanderlei Silva), has an official record of 20-5-0 (65% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing to Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal) and winning over Satoshi Ishii (=Lawal vs Ishii). Cro Cop vs Lawal, main event of Rizin 3 2016 2nd Round, is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – full fight Video Rizin FF 2016 1st Round

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, disappointing fight between Kron Gracie and Hideo Tokoro: it gets two stars.

The undefeated black belt in Bjj and judo Kron Gracie (youngest son of Rickson Gracie and grandson of Helio Gracie) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 2-0-0 (100% submission victory rate) having won over Hyung Soo-Kim in 2014 and Asen Yamamoto in 2015 (=Gracie vs Yamamoto).
His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, has an official record of 33-28-2 (73% finishing rate) and he fought twice in 2015 losing to LC Davis (=Davis vs Tokoro) and beating Kizaemon Siaga. Gracie vs Tokoro is the main event of “Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Hyun Man Myung – full fight Video Rizin FF

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Hyun Man Myung: it gets three stars.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a mma record of 31-11-2 (90% finishing rate) while his opponent, Hyun Man Myung, has an official record of 3-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Filipovic is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2015 when he defeated Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2). Cro Cop vs Myung is the eighth-final of the Rizin openweight tournament; undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 MMA fight – Andy Souwer vs Daron Cruickshank – full fight Video Rizin FF

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, fight not particularly good between Andy Souwer and Daron Cruickshank: it gets two stars.

The two time K-1 World Max champion Andy Souwer is at his second pro mma fight, 1-0-0 (1 knockouts – but he has a kickboxing record of 159-19-1) while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Daron Cruickshank, has an official record of 17-8-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.72 lightweight in the world. Souwer debuted in mma last year, against Yuichiro Nagashima (=Souwer vs Nagashima) while the former Ufc fighter Cruickshank comes off the victory over Shinji Sasaki; before this bout Daron had lost three consecutive bouts, the last one with Paul Felder . Souwer vs Cruickshank is on the undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka – full fight Video Rizin FF 2

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-31, good fight with a spectacular finish: Muhammed Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka is close to get four stars!

The former Strikeforce champion and Bellator 2013 Summer Series tournament winner Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal entered this fight with a pro record of 18-4-0 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Jiri Prochazka, has an official record of 16-2-1 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. Lawal vs Prochazka is the final of the 8-men Rizin FF tournament, in the semifinal ‘King Mo’ defeated Teodoras Aukstuolis (=Lawal vs Aukstuolis) while Prochazka beat Vadim Nemkov (=Prochazka vs Nemkov); undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Singh Jaideep – Rizin FF 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Fedor Emelianenko vs Singh Jaideep – full fight Video Rizin FF 2

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-31, pretty good fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Jaideep Singh: it gets three stars.

The former Pride world champion Fedor Emelianenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 34-4-0 (76% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 21, 2012 when he defeated Pedro Rizzo (=Emelianenko vs Rizzo). Fedor had lost three consecutive fights between 2010 and 2011, against the current #1 Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum, with Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Emelianenko), and against Dan Henderson (=Henderson vs Emelianenko). After these three defeats he came back to win beating Satoshi Ishii (=Fedor vs Ishii) and Jeff Monson (=Fedor vs Monson).
His opponent, the 28-year-old Singh Jaideep (11 years younger than Fedor), has an official record of 2-0-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) but he has a kickboxing record of 40-10-0. He has fought once in 2015 winning over Carlos Toyota. ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko vs Jaideep is the main event of “Rizin FF 2 Iza”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 MMA fight – Kron Gracie vs Asen Yamamoto – full fight Video Rizin FF 2

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-31, nice grappling exchanges between Kron Gracie and Asen Yamamoto: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Kron Gracie (youngest son of Rickson Gracie) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 1-0-0 (1 submission) while his opponent, Asen Yamamoto, is at his professional mma debut (he is a wrestler currently targeting Rio 2016 Olympics). Kron fought once in 2014 beating Hyung Soo Kim. Gracie vs Yamamoto is on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Singh Jaideep – Rizin FF 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!